Diabetes
Breakthrough in battle against type 2 diabetes
Experts from the University of Stirling have made a breakthrough in understanding how people respond to lifestyle treatment for preventing Type 2 diabetes.
Jul 23, 2018
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Nucleic Acids Research
Oncology & Cancer
Cancer fighting effects of aspirin revealed in bowel tumor study
Researchers have shed light on how taking aspirin can help to stave off bowel cancer.
Jun 4, 2018
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Genetics
New method for finding disease-susceptibility genes
A new study has resulted in a novel statistical algorithm capable of identifying potential disease genes in a more accurate and cost-effective way. This algorithm is a possible approach for the identification of candidate ...
May 28, 2018
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Medical research
Therapeutic RNA corrects splicing defect that causes familial dysautonomia
Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have identified a therapeutic RNA molecule that corrects the error in genetic processing that leads to familial dysautonomia, a rare inherited neurodegenerative disorder. ...
Apr 30, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
'Genomic junk' of iron storage gene FTH1 critical for suppressing prostate cancer growth
An abnormally high level of iron in the body is associated with prostate cancer, and researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore may have uncovered the ...
Apr 24, 2018
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Medical research
Breakthrough article on mechanistic features of microRNA targeting and activity
Giovanna Brancati and Helge Grosshans from the FMI have described target specialization of miRNAs of the let-7 family. They identified target site features that determine specificity, and revealed that specificity can be ...
Mar 23, 2018
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Medical research
Mitochondrial mutations and disease
Mitochondria are cellular organelles with their own DNA. Their role in power generation makes them susceptible to oxidative damage, including the formation of DNA-damaging chemical complexes called adducts.
Feb 23, 2018
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
New approaches in medical genomics: A step forward in Parkinson's disease
It is widely known that genomics has already begun to influence medicine and that bioinformatics holds the key for developing new medical approaches, but how does medical genomics really work? Researchers at the Centre for ...
Dec 20, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Immune response to HIV virus linked to cancer mutations
"Our findings could change the way we treat cancer," said microbiology professor Linda Chelico. Her research, funded by the federal agency NSERC, was recently published in Nucleic Acids Research and a related project was ...
Oct 25, 2017
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Medical research
DNA sensor system developed for specific and sensitive measurement of cancer-relevant enzyme activity
The development of DNA sensor systems is of great importance for advances in medical science. Now another piece of the puzzle for the development of personalized medicine has been found with the results of a highly sensitive ...
Aug 23, 2017
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