News tagged with genetic mutations
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DNA variants explain over 10 percent of inherited genetic risk for heart disease
About 10.6% of the inherited genetic risk for developing coronary artery disease (CAD) can be explained by specific DNA variations, according to research reported today at the American Society of Human Genetics 2012 meeting.
Genetics
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Uncovering secrets of how intellect and behavior emerge during childhood
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have shown that a single protein plays an oversized role in intellectual and behavioral development. The scientists found that mutations in a single ...
Genetics
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Etiologic diagnosis of nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss in adult vs pediatric populations
Genetic testing for a certain mutation in pediatric patients is valuable in determining a cause for unexplained hearing loss, according to a study in the November 2012 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.
Surgery
Nov 05, 2012 |
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Researchers use supercomputer simulations to understand how some carcinogens evade removal
A person doesn't have to go far to find a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). These carcinogen precursors are inhaled through automobiles exhaust during the morning commute, are present in a drag of cigarette ...
Cancer
Nov 02, 2012 |
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New medication shows promise as lipid-lowering therapy for rare cholesterol disorder
An international effort led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has resulted in positive phase 3 clinical trial results for a new medicine to treat patients suffering from a ...
Medical research
Nov 02, 2012 |
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Scientists develop promising therapy for Huntington's disease
(Medical Xpress)—There's new hope in the fight against Huntington's disease. A group of researchers that includes scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley ...
Neuroscience
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Scientists discover gene switch important in cancer
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Helsinki in Finland have shown that the "switches" that regulate the expression of genes play a major role in the development of cancer. In a study, published ...
Cancer
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Genetic test results for Lynch syndrome improved with new computer program
Many patients who have genetic testing for Lynch syndrome, a hereditary predisposition to colon cancer, receive the inconclusive result "variants of uncertain clinical significance." This can be a problem, as people with ...
Cancer
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Confirmation of nitisinone efficacy for life-threatening liver disease
A consortium of Quebec researchers coordinated by the Medical Genetics Service of the Sainte-Justine UHC has just published the findings of a 25-year study on the treatment of tyrosinemia, a life-threatening liver disease ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 31, 2012 |
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Individual gene differences can be tested in zebrafish
The zebrafish is a potential tool for testing one class of unique individual genetic differences found in humans, and may yield information helpful for the emerging field of personalized medicine, according to a team led ...
Genetics
Oct 25, 2012 |
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A new technique to study how myeloids become white blood cells
University of Illinois cell and developmental Biology professor Fei Wang and colleagues have created a new technique to study how myeloids, a type of blood stem cell, become the white blood cells important for immune system ...
Cancer
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Protein regulation linked to intellectual disability
Genetics researchers at the University of Adelaide have solved a 40-year mystery for a family beset by a rare intellectual disability – and they've discovered something new about the causes of intellectual disability in ...
Genetics
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Unmasking the deadly secrets of pancreatic cancer
(Medical Xpress)—A large-scale study that defines the complexity of underlying mutations responsible for pancreatic cancers in more than 100 patients was published in Nature.
Cancer
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Genes may determine aspirin's effect on advanced colon cancer
(HealthDay)—For patients suffering from advanced colorectal cancer, aspirin may prolong their lives if their tumor has a certain gene mutation, a new study finds.
Cancer
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Researchers use stem cells to show connection between neural cell disruption and Parkinson's disease
(Medical Xpress)—A diverse team of biologists has shown using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) that a gene mutation that causes malformations in the structure of the nuclear envelope of neural cells, ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Oct 18, 2012 |
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