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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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78: Unloading Lipids: TTYH2 Meets APOE

Episode 78

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July 17, 2025

78: Unloading Lipids: TTYH2 Meets APOE

Sukalskaia A et al., Nature - This Nature study identifies APOE as an interaction partner of human TTYH2, maps their endosomal colocalization and binding...

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00:14:53

77: REX: a range extender for long-distance enhancer activity

Episode 77

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July 16, 2025

77: REX: a range extender for long-distance enhancer activity

Bower G et al., Nature - This paper identifies a conserved cis element, REX, and a [C/T]AATTA homeodomain motif signature that are necessary and...

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00:16:31

️ 76: Whole-genome Ancestry of an Old Kingdom Egyptian

Episode 76

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July 15, 2025

️ 76: Whole-genome Ancestry of an Old Kingdom Egyptian

️ Episode 76: Whole-genome Ancestry of an Old Kingdom Egyptian In this episode of PaperCast Base by Base, we explore the first 2× coverage...

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75: How Metabolism Shapes Enzyme Structures Over 400 Million Years

Episode 75

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July 14, 2025

75: How Metabolism Shapes Enzyme Structures Over 400 Million Years

Lemke O et al., Nature - A deep structural and evolutionary analysis of 11,269 enzyme structures across Saccharomycotina reveals how metabolic context sculpts protein...

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00:14:56

74: Benchmarking TCR-epitope predictors with ePytope-TCR

Episode 74

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July 13, 2025

74: Benchmarking TCR-epitope predictors with ePytope-TCR

Drost F et al., Cell Genomics - Drost et al. integrated 21 pre-trained sequence-based TCR-epitope predictors into ePytope-TCR and benchmarked them on a viral...

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73: Family history and genetics in dementia

Episode 73

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July 12, 2025

73: Family history and genetics in dementia

König T et al., Genetics in Medicine - A retrospective study of 701 memory clinic patients tested whether stratifying by age at onset and...

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