Title:
Denisovan DNA influences immune system of modern day Oceanian populations
By:
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Published:
Phys.org, 11 June 2020
https://phys.org/news/2020-06-denisovan-dna-immune-modern-day.html
From the article:
The resource, published today in Cell, adds new regions of sequence to the human reference genome, the world standard for all of human genetics, which is nevertheless incomplete. These previously-unknown variations in medically-important genes, which could affect the efficacy of medical treatments in certain populations, will be a valuable resource for the field of precision medicine around the globe.