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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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8: A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics

Episode 8

April 17, 2025

8: A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics

Collins RL et al et al., Nature - This episode reviews gnomAD-SV, a sequence-resolved reference of structural variants from 14,891 genomes that catalogs 433,371...

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00:24:51

7: Using high-resolution variant frequencies to empower clinical genome interpretation

Episode 7

April 17, 2025

7: Using high-resolution variant frequencies to empower clinical genome interpretation

Whiffin N et al., Genetics in Medicine - A statistical framework uses large reference allele-frequency data (ExAC) together with disease prevalence, heterogeneity, penetrance, and...

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00:19:10

6: TRMT1, tRNA m2,2G, and Intellectual Disability

Episode 6

April 17, 2025

6: TRMT1, tRNA m2,2G, and Intellectual Disability

Efthymiou S et al., The American Journal of Human Genetics - A global cohort study identifies bi-allelic TRMT1 variants that cause developmental delay and...

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00:26:15

5: Promoter Footprints Predicting Preterm Birth

Episode 5

April 16, 2025

5: Promoter Footprints Predicting Preterm Birth

Guo Z et al., PLOS Medicine - Large multi-center case-control study shows promoter-region nucleosome footprints in plasma cell-free DNA can predict spontaneous preterm birth....

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00:14:43

4: How CXCL12 Shapes Coronary Dominance

Episode 4

April 16, 2025

4: How CXCL12 Shapes Coronary Dominance

Rios Coronado PE et al., Cell - A multi-ancestry GWAS in >61,000 veterans identifies CXCL12 as a top locus influencing whether the right or...

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00:17:11

3: Data-driven heuristics for splice-altering variants

Episode 3

April 16, 2025

3: Data-driven heuristics for splice-altering variants

Sullivan P et al., The American Journal of Human Genetics - A concise walkthrough of data-driven heuristics and a splicing checklist derived from large-scale...

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00:22:42