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Episode 87
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July 26, 2025
87: Tracing Allograft Injury with cfDNA Methylation
Nature Communications - This study used fragment-level, sequence-based DNA methylation of circulating cell-free DNA to map cellular origins of tissue damage after liver transplant....
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Episode 86
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July 25, 2025
86: Why Pathogenic Variant Impact Varies: Variant Effects, Polygenic Background, and Epistasis
Nature Communications - A biobank-scale study using UK Biobank and Mount Sinai BioMe exomes examines three genetic contributors to incomplete penetrance and variable severity...
00:19:27
Episode 85
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July 24, 2025
️ 85: Genomic landscape of virus-associated cancers
️ Episode 85: Genomic landscape of virus-associated cancers In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore the comparative genomic analysis of virus-positive...
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Episode 84
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July 23, 2025
84: NR6A1 and a newly described oculo‑vertebral‑renal (OVR) syndrome
Nature Communications - Genome sequencing identified rare NR6A1 variants in families with colobomatous microphthalmia, missing vertebrae and congenital kidney anomalies. In silico modeling, cell...
00:17:12
Episode 83
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July 22, 2025
83: Dup15q in Focus: Single-cell traces of metabolic and synaptic change
Perez Y et al., Nature Communications - This episode reviews a single-cell and spatial transcriptomic study of dup15q syndrome using patient postmortem cortex and...
00:25:47
Episode 82
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July 21, 2025
82: JAK2 inhibition drives RAS clonal selection in myelofibrosis
Maslah N et al., Nature Communications - Translational study showing ruxolitinib and JAK2 suppression select for RAS pathway–mutant clones in myelofibrosis, enhancing their fitness...
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