The EGA at the International Congress of Human Genetics
Several EGA team members will attend the 14ᵗʰ edition of the International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG), that will take place from February 22 – 26 …
The EGA joins EUCAIM, the European project powering AI and imaging in cancer research
The European Genome-phenome Archive will bring the experience acquired in the Federated EGA deployment and as a partner of the EUCanImage project. Author: Teresa García EUCAIM …
Upcycling and merging data to challenge the dogma and identify new therapeutic targets for Glioblastoma
The data merge from datasets deposited at the European Genome-phenome Archive allowed to challenge the findings from several other cancer fields. Author: Teresa D’Altri Glioblastoma is …
Providing safe access to sensitive human data across borders: Federated EGA becomes a reality
The European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA) is pleased to announce the first signings of the Collaboration Agreement between national Nodes and Central EGA. This is an …
How upcycled prostate cancer sequences enabled key findings on telomeres length
Author: Teresa D’Altri The length of telomeres, the chromosomes’ end tails, as depicted in the figure below, physiologically shorten with aging. This means that younger cells …
Shedding light over COVID-19 susceptibility and severity
Author: Teresa D’Altri “One of the most remarkable features of SARS-CoV-2 infection is the variation in consequence ranging from asymptomatic to life-threatening” state the authors …
Providing access to COVID-19 data: One year later
Authors: Teresa D’Altri, Mallory Freeberg, Lauren Fromont, Mauricio Moldes & Babita Singh. EGA joins COVID-19 response efforts On 11 March 2020 the World Health Organization declared …
The last addition to the list of clonal evolution studies in the EGA
Author: Teresa D’Altri Tumours of different types may arise from a single cell with at least one malignant mutation. Accumulation of subsequent hits generates lineages …
Advancing fast in the analysis of circulating tumour DNA
Author: Teresa D’Altri The physiological death of human normal haematopoietic cells releases DNA fragments into the bloodstream. This is called cell-free DNA and it is …
Finding the way towards the eradication of therapy-related myeloid neoplasms
Author: Teresa D’Altri Therapy-related neoplasms are directly caused by the drugs used to eradicate a previous cancer. It is well known that a subset of …