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 ...
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Scientists have pinpointed thousands of genetic changes in a gene that may increase a person's risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, paving the way for better risk assessment and more personalized care.
Sep 18, 2024
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Cancer cells appear to hijack a genetic pathway involved in DNA repair to drive malignancy and overcome treatment, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. Their findings, published in Cell, explain ...
Sep 10, 2024
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Bowel cancer cells have the ability to regulate their growth using a genetic on-off switch to maximize their chances of survival, a phenomenon that's been observed for the first time by researchers at UCL and University Medical ...
Jul 3, 2024
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TREX1 is a gene that is supposed to direct the maintenance of the entire body's DNA, but new research shows that when people are born with mutated TREX1, it causes catastrophic damage to the DNA over time, resulting in a ...
Jun 4, 2024
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A recent study shows that there may be a more effective way to treat melanoma by using ascorbate (vitamin C) to increase DNA damage in cancer cells, leading to their death, according to co-corresponding author of the study ...
Jun 3, 2024
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Two complementary research articles, published simultaneously in the journals Science and Cell Stem Cell by a team of scientists from the UPF and IRB Barcelona, reveal that central and peripheral circadian clocks coordinate ...
May 2, 2024
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A new population-based study led by CHU Sainte-Justine researcher and Université de Montréal medical professor Tomas Paus reveals the roles of maternal and fetal genes in the growth of a baby's cerebral cortex.
Feb 19, 2024
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Mutations, which occur continuously in every cell of our bodies, are a key contributor to cancer, aging, and neurodegeneration. While exposure to mutagenic chemicals, or mistakes in cellular processes during DNA replication ...
Jan 10, 2024
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A new research paper titled "Sirtuin 6 activation rescues the age-related decline in DNA damage repair in primary human chondrocytes" has been published in Aging.
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