{"id":183092,"date":"2024-02-19T17:25:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T23:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/us-study-uncovers-275-million-entirely-new-genetic-variants"},"modified":"2024-02-19T17:25:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T23:25:23","slug":"us-study-uncovers-275-million-entirely-new-genetic-variants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/us-study-uncovers-275-million-entirely-new-genetic-variants","title":{"rendered":"US study uncovers 275 million entirely new genetic variants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/us-study-uncovers-275-million-entirely-new-genetic-variants2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO, Feb 19 (Reuters) \u2014 A study that analyzed the genetic code of a quarter of a million U.S. volunteers found more than 275 million entirely new variants that may help explain why some groups are more prone to disease than others, researchers reported on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The whole genome sequencing data from a wide range of Americans aims to address the historical lack of diversity in existing genomic datasets by focusing on previously under-represented groups. The U.S. National Institutes of Health-funded \u201cAll of Us\u201d study turned up 1 billion genetic variants in total.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSequencing diverse populations can lead to new drug targets that are relevant to everyone,\u201d said Dr. Josh Denny, a study author and its chief executive. \u201cIt can also help uncover disparities that lead to specific treatments for people that are experiencing higher burdens of disease or different disease.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, Feb 19 (Reuters) \u2014 A study that analyzed the genetic code of a quarter of a million U.S. volunteers found more than 275 million entirely new variants that may help explain why some groups are more prone to disease than others, researchers reported on Monday. The whole genome sequencing data from a wide range [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}