Victoria Parsons

Keywords skeletal muscle eQTL GWAS transcriptomics colocalization type 2 diabetes INHBB signal identification complex trait allelic heterogeneity Introduction Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified thousands of genomic regions associated with cardiometabolic diseases and related traits.1,2 However, over 90% of GWAS signals are in non-coding regions, suggesting that most causal variants exert their effects through gene regulation.3,4,5,6 To uncover the mechanisms underlying...

US Predator drone (Doctress Neutopia via Flickr) Pakistan military offensive against the Taliban continues. Two possible US drone strikes in Yemen, bringing seven-week pause in reported US attacks to an end. The seventh successive month without a reported US attack in Somalia.

US Department of Justice handout – Minh Quang Pham The seven justices of the Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed the appeal of a Vietnam-born man who was stripped of his British citizenship in 2011 after allegations he was involved with al Qaeda terrorism. Minh Quang Pham, 32, had appealed home secretary Theresa May’s decision to strip him of his British citizenship on the grounds that her decision made him stateless.