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  • A Genetic Link to Tolerating the Cold

    HGNC  · 28 Nov 2022

    Photo: Wellcome Genome Campus in the snow this December, Hinxton UK

    ACTN3 Variants and Tolerance to Cold Temperatures

    Although some of us may be dreaming of a white Christmas, others are piling on the blankets to keep warm as energy prices continue to skyrocket. We all know [Read more]

  • Autumn newsletter 2022

    Newsletters  · 25 Nov 2022

    New REST API

    We are excited to announce that we have expanded our REST API so that you can now query both HGNC and VGNC data! The genenames.org REST web-service is a convenient and quick way of searching and fetching data from our database within [Read more]

  • AlphaFold - an AI tool for protein structure prediction

    HGNC  · 30 Sep 2022

    AlphaFold and Placeholder Symbols

    Alphafold uses artificial intelligence to predict the 3D structure of proteins from their amino acid sequences. The system was developed as a collaboration between DeepMind and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).

    The HGNC are currently looking into using AlphaFold as [Read more]

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