A study in PLoS Genetics shows the difference in gene activity between people who become ill with the flu and those who contract the virus but show no symptoms.
In The American Journal of Psychiatry, Avshalom Caspi and Terrie Moffitt are coauthors on a study connecting variation in the main receptor of the stress hormone system, adverse life events, and the onset of depression.
In Genome Biology, Tom Mitchell-Olds and colleague say that an example of repeated evolution in rice and Brassica illustrates how selection might preferentially target certain genes and mutations.
In Genome Biology, Uwe Ohler, Jack Keene and David Corcoran present an approach, centered on the novel PARalyzer tool, for mapping high-confidence sites from PAR-CLIP deep-sequencing data.
In PLoS Genetics, Hsiu-Ni Kung, Jeffrey Marks and Ashley Chi report the discovery of a systematic variation in glutamine dependence among breast tumor subtypes associated with mammary differentiation.
In PLoS One, Heather Labreche, Joe Nevins and John Chute report evidence that lead exposure alters gene expression patterns in peripheral blood cells and that those changes reflect dose-specific alterations in the activity of particular pathways.
In Gastroenterology, a team led by Patrick Tan in Singapore found that stomach cancer is actually two distinct diseases that respond differently to chemotherapy.
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