Janie F. Shelton

TL;DR: This investigation of the transatlantic slave trade is broad in scope in terms of both datasets and analyses, establishes genetic links between individuals in the Americas and populations across Atlantic Africa, yielding a more comprehensive understanding of the African roots of peoples of the Americas.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the demographic patterns associated with COVID-19 related anosmia, and find the symptom is more often reported in women and younger respondents, and less often by those of East Asian and African American ancestry compared to those of European ancestry.

TL;DR: A large-scale cross-sectional analysis of self-reported dietary intake data derived from the web-based National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009–2010 dietary screener showed fruit, vegetables and milk intake frequency declined, while total dairy remained stable and added sugars increased.

TL;DR: A large-scale cross-sectional analysis of self-reported dietary intake data derived from the web-based NHANES 2009-2010 dietary screener helps characterize dietary habits, their temporal and spatial patterns, and associations with body mass index (BMI) in the 23andMe study population.

TL;DR: It is found that personalized PRS9 have the potential to identify large numbers of individuals with increased T2D susceptibility equal to or greater than known risk factors and could prove useful in evaluating T1D risk at individual as well as population levels.