An international team of researchers has identified multiple X chromosomes that likely contribute to infertility in men. In their paper published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, the researchers describe how they ...
The causes of intelligence impairment or epilepsy remain unexplained in more than 50% of cases. Together with international colleagues, researchers at Leipzig University Hospital have discovered two genes with mutations that ...
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Scientists have identified a new genetic disease, which causes some children's brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development.
Jun 24, 2022
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New research from the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute will allow families around the world to discover if they are carrying genetic mutations that cause sudden cardiac arrest—a condition that kills 9 out of 10 victims.
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Inherited mutations in the BRCA1 gene can significantly increase a person's risk of breast and ovarian cancer—but not every mutation in the gene is harmful. To better equip patients and their doctors to understand and manage ...
Jun 3, 2022
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As prices for genetic testing go down and awareness of what these tests can do goes up, more and more people are choosing to have their DNA analyzed. One limitation to these tests is that even when they are conducted with ...
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Scientists have identified a new disease in a ground-breaking discovery that could help patients with unexplained liver and kidney problems.
May 27, 2022
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Researchers led by King's College London, Karolinska Institute and Erasmus University have identified 10 new genes linked with hearing loss and located the part of the ear affected.
May 16, 2022
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By using new methods for analyzing DNA data and medical records, researchers from Brown University are helping improve the understanding of complex traits that will make more discoveries relevant to non-white, non-European ...
May 4, 2022
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UVA Health researchers and their collaborators have developed a better way to predict the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a progressive, potentially deadly form of lung inflammation, for people of non-European ...
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