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Scientists find cause of rare devastating, autoimmune disease in Puerto Ricans—but also find potential treatment

A rare autoimmune condition with a tongue-twister of a name may impact people of Puerto Rican heritage through a newly discovered genetic pathway, a discovery that may ultimately guide genetic counseling and treatment, scientists ...

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Gene-screening method identifies cause of heart cell damage from chemotherapy

Using a gene-screening method they created, Stanford Medicine researchers may have discovered why an effective chemotherapy damages heart cells—and they have identified a drug that could keep the heart cells beating.

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Innovative approach maps gene activity in the living human brain

A new method to profile gene activity in the living human brain has been developed by researchers at FutureNeuro, the Research Ireland Center for Translational Brain Science and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, ...

Oncology & Cancer

How ovarian cancer cells adapt while moving across tissues

The spread of tumor from the primary cancer site to distant organs, called metastasis, has puzzled scientists for many years—they are only now beginning to pinpoint triggers and mechanisms that drive this process.

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Study reveals how cell types shape human brain networks

Rutgers researchers at the Brain Health Institute (BHI) and Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR) have uncovered how different types of brain cells work together to form large-scale functional networks ...

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New genetic explanation for heart condition revealed

A potentially life-changing heart condition, dilated cardiomyopathy, can be caused by the cumulative influence of hundreds or thousands of genes and not just by a single "aberrant" genetic variant, as was previously thought, ...

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Researchers zero in on genetic variant tied to miscarriages

In what could be a major advance in understanding the genetic causes underlying human infertility, scientists led by researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick have identified a gene variant directly tied to early ...

Oncology & Cancer

Healthy women have cells that resemble breast cancer, study finds

A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center finds that, in healthy women, some breast cells that otherwise appear normal may contain chromosome abnormalities typically associated with ...

Genetics

Early skeleton map reveals how bones form in humans

The first "blueprint" of human skeletal development reveals how the skeleton forms, shedding light on the process of arthritis, and highlighting cells involved in conditions that affect skull and bone growth.

Oncology & Cancer

New barcode technology could help diagnose cancer more precisely

A new pathology tool created at Yale harnesses barcode technology and shows potential for use in cancer diagnoses. The technology, Patho-DBiT (pathology-compatible deterministic barcoding in tissue), was discussed in a new ...

Genetics

Study links rare genetic mutation to severe neurological disorder

A recent study has uncovered the intricate ways in which a rare genetic mutation impacts brain cell communication, providing critical insights into the causes of a severe neurological disorder known as developmental and epileptic ...

Oncology & Cancer

How colliding genetic processes drive aggressive cancers

Cancer researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered that mutations in certain genes can lead to the accumulation of DNA errors, resulting in a specific type ...

Genetics

A new strategy to enhance gene therapy for sickle cell disease

Researchers described a promising new approach for using gene therapy to treat sickle cell disease in the journal Human Gene Therapy. To improve the efficacy of gene therapy when using anti-sickling beta globin gene transfer, ...