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Healthy lifestyle could counteract effects of life-shortening genes – UPI.com

November 16, 2024

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2024/04/29/long-life-bad-genes/3351714421196/

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However, “it is quite notable that the four highlighted lifestyle factors did not include alcohol consumption, which one might have expected to be among the top factors,” said Mark Gerstein, a professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn.

Gerstein nonetheless highlighted “the immense value of the UK Biobank, a resource assembled by the British government. This paper heavily relies on this primary data resource, which stands as a major testament to its significance.”
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‘Anonymous’ genetic databases vulnerable to privacy leaks

October 26, 2024

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03236-1

Yale Professors Awarded $1.9 Million Grant for Gene Expression Research < Yale School of Medicine

October 10, 2024

https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/yale-professors-awarded-dollar19-million-grant-for-gene-expression-research/

NYTimes.com: As 23andMe Struggles, Concerns Surface About Its Genetic Data

October 6, 2024

As 23andMe Struggles, Concerns Surface About Its Genetic Data

A plummet in the company’s valuation and a recent board resignation have raised questions about the future of genetic data collected from millions of customers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/05/business/23andme-dna-bankrupt.html?smid=em-share

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“People don’t, I think, appreciate how large the genetic information for a person is,” Mark Gerstein, a professor of biomedical informatics at Yale University, said on Saturday.
“In theory, if there’s a mess-up with your credit card or Social Security number, you get a new one, it can be fixed,” Professor Gerstein said. “But there’s absolutely no way to get a new genome.” …
Looking at a genome can reveal a complicated structure, akin to ones and zeros of binary code, Professor Gerstein said. That might make it seem like the information is harder to glean than from a personal tech device.
“Superficially, there might be a comforting aspect to that, as opposed to if I peek in your email box,” he said. However complex the genome is, though, it can still hold sensitive private data.
“In the longer term, maybe it actually is more revealing,” he said. “}}

Yale Daily News Reporting on YDCoE…

September 26, 2024

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/09/25/new-yale-medical-center-advances-rare-disease-diagnosing/

New Yale Medical Center advances rare disease diagnosing
Doctors at the new Yale Diagnostic Center of Excellence seek methods to diagnose and treat rare diseases.

DAVIS ZONG 11:49 PM, SEP 25, 2024

LLMs predict protein phases | Nature Methods

September 10, 2024

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-024-02421-4

Singh, A. (2024). LLMs predict protein phases. Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-024-02421-4

Yale Study Finds Potential in Predicting Immunotherapy Outcomes in Patients with Melanoma < Pathology

September 1, 2024

https://medicine.yale.edu/pathology/news-article/yale-study-finds-potential-in-predicting-immunotherapy-outcomes-in-patients-with-melanoma/

Genetic predisposition, modifiable lifestyles, and their joint effects on human lifespan: evidence from multiple cohort studies | BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

April 30, 2024

https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2024/04/16/bmjebm-2023-112583

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Interesting that “alcohol consumption” didn’t rank in the study’s “top 4” lifestyle features. Wonder if this is because it potentially overlaps somewhat with two of the other features (diet & body shape). “}}

Genetic predisposition, modifiable lifestyles, and their joint effects on human lifespan: evidence from multiple cohort studies FREE

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2628-7535Zilong Bian1,2, Lijuan Wang1,3, Rong Fan1,2, Jing Sun1, Lili Yu1, Meihong Xu4, Paul R H J Timmers3,5, Xia Shen6, James F Wilson3,5, Evropi Theodoratou3,7, Xifeng Wu1,8, Xue Li1,3

How to Train a Biomedical Data Scientist < Yale School of Medicine

March 24, 2024

https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/how-to-train-a-biomedical-data-scientist/

Emmett Shear ’05 briefly appointed OpenAI CEO amid chaotic turnover – Yale Daily News

December 11, 2023

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/11/28/emmett-shear-05-briefly-appointed-openai-ceo-amid-chaotic-turnover/

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“The appointment, even if temporary, is significant both for Yale’s reputation and the tech community as a whole,” computer science professor Mark Gerstein wrote to the News. “Leaders in the tech industry serve as pivotal role models and inspirational figures for those pursuing technical professions.”

Gerstein said that Shear’s brief stint as OpenAI CEO is especially notable given Yale’s “limited presence in tech leadership” compared to peer schools such as Stanford University and Harvard University. “}}