From tiny tree frogs to towering redwoods—to you and me—DNA drives all life on Earth. Embedded in every cell in every organism, DNA acts as a kind of biological instruction manual, containing all the genetic information needed ...
Jun 17, 2025
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Mutations in the BRCA1 gene that are either inherited (germline) or acquired (somatic) might not be key to the initiation of prostate cancer, as previously thought, suggests the first study of its kind, published open-access ...
Feb 25, 2025
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Researchers at Peter Mac have uncovered potential new heredity genes that might be responsible for causing one of the most prevalent and deadliest forms of ovarian cancer. Their work is published in the journal npj Genomic ...
Jan 23, 2025
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"I just wish someone had told me this was a possibility." Kara Maxwell distinctly remembers the moment she heard those words eight years ago from the mother of a child with Fanconi anemia (FA). Maxwell met her at a conference ...
Jan 9, 2025
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A new study demonstrates how universal genetic testing for breast cancer can ensure no patient is missed for advanced therapies.
Dec 9, 2024
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A breakthrough study has identified the genetic risk factors that contribute to increased prostate cancer in African men. The study, the largest of its kind, recruited 7,500 men from eastern, southern and west Africa. The ...
Dec 9, 2024
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Pancreatic cancer has recently been included in the list of diseases about which Brazil's National Cancer Institute (INCA) periodically publishes statistics. Although it is not the most frequent type of cancer, its high lethality ...
Dec 6, 2024
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Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI)in Australia have found a new way to predict a subset of patients who are likely to become resistant to PARP inhibitors (PARPi), a key therapy used to treat ovarian ...
Nov 13, 2024
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People inherit two copies of each gene—one from each parent—an evolutionary fail-safe to ensure survival even when one of them doesn't function.
Nov 11, 2024
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University of Oregon biologists have uncovered a mechanism by which a well-known breast cancer gene also influences fertility. Mutations in the BRCA1 gene sharply increase a person's risk of developing breast cancer, and ...
Oct 29, 2024
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