Understanding the consequences of genotype for phenotype (which ranges from molecule-
level effects to whole-organism traits) is at the core of genetic diagnostics in medicine. Many …

SARS-CoV-2 infection affects different organs and tissues, including the upper and lower
airways, the lung, the gut, the olfactory system and the eye, which may represent one of the …

Many pathogens exploit host cell-surface glycans. However, precise analyses of glycan
ligands binding with heavily modified pathogen proteins can be confounded by overlapping …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been responsible for a devastating pandemic since March …

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are a research approach used to identify
genetic variants associated with common diseases, like COVID-19. The lead genetic …

At the dawn of the personalized medicine era, the number of rare diseases has been
estimated at 10,000. By considering the influence of environmental factors together with …

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2) is having a massive impact on public health, societies, and economies …

Abstract Background Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a
novel coronavirus that caused an ongoing pandemic of a pathology termed Coronavirus …

Devastating pandemics, such as that due to COVID-19, can provide strong testimony to our
knowledge of the genetic and evolutionary determinants of infectious disease susceptibility …

Since December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic, which originated in Wuhan, China, has
resulted in over six million deaths worldwide. Millions of people who survived this SARS …