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Base by Base

Base by Base explores advances in genetics and genomics, with a focus on gene-disease associations, variant interpretation, protein structure, and insights from exome and genome sequencing. Each episode breaks down key studies and their clinical...more

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111: HANCOCK: Multimodal Dataset for Precision Oncology in Head and Neck Cancer

Episode 111

August 19, 2025

111: HANCOCK: Multimodal Dataset for Precision Oncology in Head and Neck Cancer

Dörrich M et al., Nature Communications - This episode summarizes HANCOCK, a monocentric multimodal dataset of 763 head and neck cancer patients combining demographics,...

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00:17:06

110: Rare coding variants implicate STAG1 and ZNF136 in schizophrenia

Episode 110

August 18, 2025

110: Rare coding variants implicate STAG1 and ZNF136 in schizophrenia

Chick SL et al et al., Nature Communications - Largest exome-sequencing meta-analysis to date (28,898 cases, 103,041 controls, 3,444 trios) identifies STAG1 and ZNF136...

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00:20:31

109: Autocrine Interferon Poisoning: ADAR1–BRCA Synthetic Lethality

Episode 109

August 17, 2025

109: Autocrine Interferon Poisoning: ADAR1–BRCA Synthetic Lethality

️ Episode 109: Autocrine Interferon Poisoning: ADAR1–BRCA Synthetic Lethality In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore how loss of the RNA...

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108: Epigenome Editing Reverses HBG Silencing

Episode 108

August 16, 2025

108: Epigenome Editing Reverses HBG Silencing

Bell HW et al et al., Nature Communications - This study shows that CpG methylation at proximal HBG promoters causally enforces perinatal silencing and...

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107: Host genetics of endodontic infections: FinnGen GWAS

Episode 107

August 15, 2025

107: Host genetics of endodontic infections: FinnGen GWAS

Salminen A et al., Nature Communications - A large GWAS in 485,230 FinnGen participants (132,124 cases) identified genetic loci associated with pulpal and apical...

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00:19:07

106: Decoding Cortical Transcriptomes: GABAA Subunit Classes and Pharmacotranscriptomics

Episode 106

August 14, 2025

106: Decoding Cortical Transcriptomes: GABAA Subunit Classes and Pharmacotranscriptomics

Ecker C et al., Nature Communications - This episode reviews a study that develops a surface-based, vertex-level framework for genome-wide imaging transcriptomics using spatial...

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