by Krista Conger, Stanford University Immune cells (top) generate highly variable receptors by shuffling DNA segments (second panel) to recognize threats like bacteria (green in third). Identifying ‘successful’ receptors (fourth) can help diagnose complex diseases. Credit: Emily Moskal/Stanford University Your immune system harbors a lifetime’s worth of information about threats it’s encountered—a biological Rolodex of baddies....
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Framework to visualize lipid associations with hundreds of complex diseases from electronic health records
by Frank Otto, University of Pennsylvania Credit: University of Pennsylvania It is not shocking to anyone that fat molecules are tied to heart conditions. Lipids, a term for fatty acids and their derivatives, are the subject of countless papers when it comes to cardiovascular disease. If you’re studying lipids, there’s a good chance you’re studying it...