News tagged with gene mutation

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Common nutritional supplement offers promise in treatment of unique form of autism with epilepsy

An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego and Yale University schools of medicine, have identified a form of autism with epilepsy that may potentially be treatable ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cancer researchers discover gene defect responsible for cancer syndrome

University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researchers have discovered germline BAP1 mutations are associated with a novel cancer syndrome characterized by malignant mesothelioma, uveal melanoma, cutaneous melanoma and atypical ...

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Scientists unravel genetic 'hairballs'

(Medical Xpress)—Some scientists call them "ridiculograms." Others use the term "hairballs."

Genetics created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Benign' malaria key driver of human evolution in Asia-Pacific

The malaria species rampant in the Asia-Pacific region has been a significant driver of evolution of the human genome, a new study has shown. An international team of researchers has shown that Plasmodium vivax malaria, the mo ...

Medical research created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers solve mystery surrounding the death of two sisters nearly 50 years ago

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified the genetic cause of a rare and fatal bone disease by studying frozen skin cells that were taken from a child with the condition almost fifty years ago. Their ...

Genetics created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

U of T and SickKids first to grow lung cells using stem cell technology

Researchers at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) are paving the way towards individualized medicine for patients with cystic fibrosis. 

Medical research created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study of tribe could help find East Asian skin color genes

(Medical Xpress)—Genetic investigation of a Malaysian tribe may tell scientists why East Asians have light skin but lower skin cancer rates than Europeans, according to a team of international researchers. Understanding ...

Genetics created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nutrition tied to improved sperm DNA quality in older men

A new study led by scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found that a healthy intake of micronutrients is strongly associated with improved sperm DNA quality in older men. In younger men, ...

Health created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Newly discovered genetic markers could signal colon cancer development

University of Minnesota Medical School and Masonic Cancer Center researchers have partnered with geneticists from Genentech, Inc., to discover how some proteins may cause the development of some forms of colon cancers.

Cancer created Aug 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Children of older men have more gene abnormalities: study

Do older fathers doom their children to genetic disease?

Genetics created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Low-dose sedative alleviates autistic-like behavior in mice with Dravet syndrome mutation

A low dose of the sedative clonazepam alleviated autistic-like behavior in mice with a mutation that causes Dravet syndrome in humans, University of Washington researchers have shown.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Combination therapy delivers one-two punch to skin cancer, boosting anti-tumor activity

(Medical Xpress) -- Treating metastatic melanoma by combining immunotherapy with a drug that inhibits the cancer-spreading activity of a common gene mutation significantly increased survival times in an animal model, according ...

Cancer created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Inflammation drives Crohn's disease, says study

Inflammation -- not genetic susceptibility -- drives the growth of intestinal bacteria and invasive E. coli linked to Crohn's disease (CD), reports a new Cornell study.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene deletion drives more than a quarter of breast cancers

A new study shows that the lack of a certain gene occurs in almost 28 percent of human breast cancers, playing a role in some 60,000 breast cancer cases in the United States and 383,000 worldwide this year.

Genetics created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

BUSM researchers part of multi-center study on cardiac amyloidosis

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have been part of a multicenter observational study called TRACS (Transthyretin Amyloidosis Cardiac Study) to help determine the health significance of a particular ...

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