We tested women and men for breast cancer genes – only 18 percent knew they had it
There are diseases and health conditions that are essentially invisible to us until it is too late.
Oct 17, 2018
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There are diseases and health conditions that are essentially invisible to us until it is too late.
Oct 17, 2018
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A new study led by the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) reveals that up to 20 percent of genes classified as coding (those that produce the proteins that are the building blocks of all living things) may not ...
Aug 31, 2018
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Researchers at the New York Genome Center (NYGC) and Columbia University have uncovered a molecular mechanism behind one of biology's long-standing mysteries: why individuals carrying identical gene mutations for a disease ...
Aug 20, 2018
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A biological switch that could potentially regulate gene drive technology has been created by researchers from Cardiff University.
Jul 11, 2018
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A Danish-German study reports new findings about long non-coding RNA expression in the development of cancer. The results have an impact on the understanding of dynamic regulation of gene expression in biological processes.
Apr 25, 2018
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Until recently, scientific research concentrated almost exclusively on the 2 percent of the genome's protein coding regions, virtually ignoring the other 98 percent - a vast universe of non-coding genetic material previously ...
Apr 19, 2018
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New research has shown how an unusual gene is needed for brain development in young mice.
Apr 16, 2018
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Most of the human genome—98 percent—is made up of DNA but doesn't actually encode genes, the recipes cells use to build proteins. The vast majority of genetic mutations associated with cancer occur in these non-coding ...
Apr 2, 2018
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Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered how unusually long pieces of RNA work in skin cells. The RNA pieces, called "long non-coding RNAs" or "lncRNAs," help skin cells modulate ...
Dec 6, 2017
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Changing the epigenetic code of a single gene is enough to cause a healthy breast cell to begin a chain reaction and become abnormal, according to research by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
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