Archive for the 'SciLit' Category

Automated validation of genetic variants from large databases: ensuring that variant references refer to the same genomic locations

April 26, 2015

Some initial comparisons of HGMD & OMIM, nice to incl. ClinVar in the future

http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/6/891

The 8q24 cancer risk variant rs6983267 shows long-range interaction with : MYC: in colorectal cancer : Abstract : Nature Genetics

April 26, 2015

http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v41/n8/abs/ng.403.html

Global burden of cancers attributable to infections in 2008: a review and synthetic analysis – The Lancet Oncology

April 26, 2015

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(12)70137-7/abstract

Immune System Drugs Melt Tumors In New Study, Leading A Cancer Revolution – Forbes

April 26, 2015

http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2015/04/20/immune-system-drugs-melt-tumors-leading-a-cancer-revolution/

Intratumor heterogeneity in localized lung adenocarcinomas delineated by multiregion sequencing

April 26, 2015

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/346/6206/256.abstract

A ceRNA hypothesis: the Rosetta Stone of a hidden RNA language? – PubMed – NCBI

April 26, 2015

Applies to all rns
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21802130
A ceRNA hypothesis: the Rosetta Stone of a hidden RNA language? – PubMed – NCBI

PLOS ONE: Circular RNAs Are the Predominant Transcript Isoform from Hundreds of Human Genes in Diverse Cell Types

April 26, 2015

PLOS ONE: Circular RNAs Are the Predominant Transcript Isoform from Hundreds of Human Genes in Diverse Cell Types
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0030733

Whole-exome sequencing and clinical interpretation of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor samples to guide precision cancer medicine : Nature Medicine : Nature Publishing Group

April 26, 2015

Whole-exome sequencing and clinical interpretation of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor samples to guide precision cancer medicine : Nature Medicine : Nature Publishing Group

http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v20/n6/abs/nm.3559.html
Describes PHIAL

The External RNA Controls Consortium: a progress report – Nature Methods

April 26, 2015

Another ERCC consortia, predates exRNA
http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v2/n10/full/nmeth1005-731.html

“The Race” to Clone BRCA1

April 25, 2015

The Race to Clone #BRCA1 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6178/1462.abstract
Lessons on #LOF mutations, synthetic lethality, silly gene names & the 2-hit hypothesis

synthetic lethality (PARP inhibitors), gene names (RING fingers)