
Widespread gene-environment interactions shape the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized COVID-19 patients biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_genomic
Haley Randolph
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postdoc // human genomics, immune response variation, and evolutionary biology https://t.co/UFULsfAuxf

Widespread gene-environment interactions shape the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized COVID-19 patients biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_genomic







Statement from @BlueHensRawak regarding the loss of a Blue Hen family member in the DC plane crash 😢 🔗: bit.ly/3PYueCS









Wow! Peter Visscher and colleagues have published a provocative paper in Nature speculating that "polygenic gene editing" of embryos might prove effective in reducing disease risk, should the technology advance enough to become safe in the future. The authors argue that for polygenic diseases like type 2 diabetes or schizophrenia, theoretically, editing only a handful of variants might produce dramatic reduction in the disease prevalence among the edited embryos. And this approach will prove more effective than embryo screening. Of course, the authors have acknowledged that this is speculative and discussed all the challenges and ethical issues associated with embryo gene editing. Further, Nature has thoughtfully published a well-balanced News and Views titled "Human embryo editing against disease is unsafe and unproven — despite rosy predictions" by experts in this topic (@ShaiCarmi @WiringTheBrain and @HankGreelyLSJU) arguing that though theoretically possible the idea might never work. Visscher et al. Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…








I am proud to share our latest paper📜 “The multi-scale complexity of human genetic variation beyond continental groups”, just pre-printed on @biorxivpreprint! Link Here ➡️biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

I like this dude. But I have to believe there are very few things God cares about less than high-end fashion. Also, God is capitalized.




Widespread gene-environment interactions shape the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized COVID-19 patients biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_genomic