Lesser-known gene appears to play greater role in Alzheimer's and...
The notorious genetic marker of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, ApoE4, may not be a lone wolf.
View ArticleResearchers discover ‘recycled’ genes in mammalian genome
One often hears about the multitude of genes we have in common with chimps, birds or other living creatures, but such comparisons are sometimes misleading. The shared percentage usually refers only to...
View ArticlePediatric researchers discover gene variants related to aggressive form of...
Pediatric researchers investigating the childhood cancer neuroblastoma have identified common gene variants that raise the risk of an aggressive form of that disease. The discovery may assist doctors...
View ArticleResearch findings can lead to new treatment for patients with fatal glandular...
A new combination of existing drugs has been shown to block the cancer gene behind a fatal form of glandular cancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma. The findings from the Sahlgrenska Academy can lead to new...
View ArticleChange in epigenetic gene regulation by imprinting can trigger preeclampsia,...
Preeclampsia is the most dangerous form of hypertension during a pregnancy and can be fatal for both mother and child. Though it is known to originate in the placenta, the root causes remain largely a...
View ArticleWhitehead Institute scientists identify brain/body connection in genomic...
For the first time, Whitehead Institute scientists have documented a direct link between deletions in two genes--fam57ba and doc2a--in zebrafish and certain brain and body traits, such as seizures,...
View ArticleAbnormalities of blood vessels in the brain may play major role in...
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland have discovered that abnormalities of blood vessels in the brain may play a major role in the development of...
View ArticleResearchers use mixed realty viewer to visualize complex biological networks...
They call it the "hairy ball." It's an unflattering name for two-dimensional representations of a complex biological network, a depiction of a system of linkages and connections so complex and dense...
View ArticleNew study maps human genome to healthy tissue functions and disease processes
Our genomes help to determine who we are - the countless variations between individuals that encode the complexity of tissues and functions throughout the body.
View ArticleResearch aims to raise awareness of higher rate of testicular cancer in...
Research by Jue Wang, MD, at the University of Arizona Cancer Center at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center on "Delay in Diagnosis of Testicular Cancer in a Patient with Down...
View ArticleHaving older brothers may increase the likelihood of being gay
Scientists have found a distinct pattern that having older brothers raise the chances of the younger sibling being gay. This effect has been termed the “fraternal birth order effect”. They explain the...
View ArticleNovartis announces FDA approval of its first and only CML therapy with TFR...
Novartis announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the inclusion of Treatment-free Remission (TFR) data in the Tasigna® (nilotinib) US product label.
View ArticleStudy uncovers genomic targets in refractory neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common solid tumor found in children. It starts in some very early forms of nerve cells found in the embryo or fetus.
View ArticleScientists show how alcohol exposure leads to permanent genetic damage
Scientists have shown how alcohol damages DNA in stem cells, helping to explain why drinking increases your risk of cancer, according to research part-funded by Cancer Research UK and published in...
View ArticleStudy illustrates the role of alcohol in causing damage to DNA and increased...
A new study conducted by a group of researchers at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge revealed the significant role of alcohol in causing damage to DNA in stem cells and thereby increasing...
View ArticleMGH study points toward potential strategy for treating X-linked disorders
A study from a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators points toward a potential strategy for treating X-linked disorders - those caused by mutations in the X chromosome - in females.
View ArticleWPI professor receives Smith Family Foundation grant to explore biology of...
Amity Manning, assistant professor of biology and biotechnology, has received a three-year, $300,000 award from the Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research.
View ArticleThree-dimensional organization of genome plays key role in gene expression,...
Scientists have long been reading the code of life - the genome -, as a sequence of letters but now researchers have also started exploring its three-dimensional organization.
View ArticleModular gene enhancers may be suitable target in treatment of blood cancer
Every day, billions of new blood cells are generated in the bone marrow. The gene Myc is known to play an important role in this process, and is also known to play a role in cancer.
View ArticleResearchers discover potential target genes to halt thyroid cancer progression
Thyroid cancer is a disease with good cure rates in most cases. In 5% of patients, however, the tumor becomes refractory to the available therapies and may spread all over the body, causing death.
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