Genetics
COVID-19 case severity: How genetic differences leave immune cells at a disadvantage
New research shows how genetic variations linked to severe cases of COVID-19 affect our immune cells.
Nov 19, 2021
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News tagged with gene variant
Genetics
Major genetic study reveals unexpectedly high variation in T-cell receptor genes between persons
T-cells that are part of our immune system are central in the protection against infections and cancer. With the help of TCRs, the cells recognize foreign invaders and tumor cells.
Feb 15, 2023
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Medical research
Discovery of a new ALS and dementia disease mechanism raises treatment hopes
A pioneering new study led by UCL and National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists has revealed, for the first time, why a common genetic variant worsens disease outcomes for people with the devastating adult-onset neurodegenerative ...
Feb 23, 2022
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Genetics
New genetic analysis method could advance personal genomics
Geneticists could identify the causes of disorders that currently go undiagnosed if standard practices for collecting individual genetic information were expanded to capture more variants that researchers can now decipher, ...
Sep 10, 2020
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Genetics
Researchers identify novel genetic variants linked to type-2 diabetes
After examining the genes of more than 200,000 people all over the world who have type-2 diabetes, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Veterans Health Administration's ...
Jun 23, 2020
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Genetics
Scientists find genes with large effects on head and brain size
Children's heads expand steadily to accommodate their growing brains, and doctors routinely measure head circumference during the first years of life to assess healthy brain development. Children from around the world follow ...
Jan 21, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify a gene signature to assess cancer risk in people
In a paper published in PNAS, Maureen Murphy, Ph.D., Deputy Director of Wistar's Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center and Ira Brind Professor and Program Leader in the Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, and team have ...
Feb 6, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Research effort reveals gene variants that play a role in HIV viral load in patients
(Medical Xpress)—A large international team of researchers has conducted a study that has shed some light on the role genetic variation plays on HIV viral load levels in patients infected with the virus. In their paper ...
Oncology & Cancer
Researchers use optimized single-cell multi-omics sequencing to better understand colon cancer tumor heterogeneity
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has found that using optimized single-cell multi-omics sequencing better reveals colon cancer tumor heterogeneity. In their paper published in the journal ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers discover a gene variant that provides a delaying mechanism for Alzheimer's disease
Medical research has yet to discover an Alzheimer's treatment that effectively slows the disease's progression, but neuroscientists at UC Santa Barbara may have uncovered a mechanism by which onset can be delayed by as much ...
Sep 1, 2015
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