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Genetic reanalysis results in more than 500 patients receiving diagnosis
The European consortium for Solving the Unsolved Rare Diseases has demonstrated the significance of international collaboration to address the unmet medical needs for rare diseases' diagnosis. More than 500 European patients ...
Jan 17, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Interdisciplinary research lays groundwork for predicting if bone cancer will spread
Bone pain. Joint pain. Bone swelling. These are symptoms that about 1,000 people in the United States begin to feel each year shortly before being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of cancer that starts in the bones. Although ...
Jan 17, 2025
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Study explores link between people's professions and their genetic predisposition to neuropsychiatric traits
Polygenic scores (PGS) are metrics used to estimate the genetic predisposition of people to developing specific mental health conditions, personality traits or diseases. In recent years, these metrics have often been used ...
Decoding HIV's tactics: RNA structures provide new insights into how virus hijacks cells
A team of scientists at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg and the University of Regensburg has unveiled insights into how HIV-1, the virus responsible for AIDS, skillfully hijacks ...
Jan 16, 2025
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Tagging gene-regulating DNA sequences with barcodes provides insights into human genome
An international team of researchers has taken an important step toward understanding how gene expression is controlled across the human genome. The research is published in the journal Nature.
Jan 16, 2025
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Surprising way that genetic mutation causes Huntington's disease changes understanding of the disorder
Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington's disease leads to ...
Jan 16, 2025
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Study implicates another gene in the brain that causes weight gain
Mutations in a gene called OTP cause obesity by controlling the output of another gene already targeted by an anti-obesity drug, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. The findings, reported in Science ...
Jan 16, 2025
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From lab to life: Advanced genetic testing offers fresh hope for a healthy start in life
EU-backed researchers and doctors are pioneering advanced pre-implantation and prenatal genetic testing to improve the chance of healthy pregnancies in at-risk families.
Jan 16, 2025
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TLE6 identified as a protein associated with infertility in male mice
Genetic changes are a significant cause of infertility, impacting over 15% of the global population. TLE6, a major protein involved in early embryonic development, is known to affect female fertility. In a recent study, researchers ...
Jan 16, 2025
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Project to amass databases describing gene expression, regulation and genetics data from birth to adolescence
Oregon Health & Science University has a leading role in a new database designed to track the normal expression of genes in organs and tissues from prenatal development through adulthood. Researchers describe the overall ...
Jan 16, 2025
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Should we sequence the DNA of every baby born in Australia? Soon, you could have your say
Within a few days of being born, more than 300,000 Australian babies a year have a spot of their blood analyzed to screen for a range of serious but treatable health conditions.
Jan 16, 2025
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DNA methylation mediates the link between childhood adversity and depression, study suggests
Past psychology research suggests that there is a strong relationship between difficult experiences during childhood and the development of depressive symptoms. In fact, statistics suggest that adverse experiences during ...
Persistent DNA damage in healthy cells challenges traditional view of mutations
While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that the damage has multiple ...
Jan 15, 2025
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Fatal neurodegenerative disease in kids also affects the bowel—gene therapy may help
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition. In their latest ...
Jan 15, 2025
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Scientists identify new epigenetic approach to target colorectal cancer
A little-known mouse protein disrupts cancer-causing chemical changes to genes associated with human colorectal cancer cells and potentially could be used to treat solid tumors, according to a new study from researchers at ...
Jan 15, 2025
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Genetic predisposition to birch pollen allergy decoded
Birch pollen allergy is one of the most common allergies in Europe and affects around 450,000 people in Austria alone. It considerably impairs the quality of life and can lead to chronic diseases such as asthma in the long ...
Jan 15, 2025
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Combining ctDNA and genomic profiling predicts cancer relapse and treatment response
Researchers from Iwate Medical University and Tohoku University have revealed that it is possible to predict cancer relapse and treatment response by measuring circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), in tandem with data from comprehensive ...
Jan 15, 2025
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Pediatrics study examines the diagnostic potential of microbial cell-free DNA testing
Ear, nose, and throat (ENT) infections are one of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics to children. Although some ENT infections can be simple to identify and diagnose, others are more severe and require immediate ...
Jan 15, 2025
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Genetic risk for mental health issues linked to higher divorce rates
People who get divorced tend to have higher genetic predispositions for psychiatric disorders, even if they never develop these conditions themselves, according to a Rutgers Health analysis of millions of marital histories ...
Jan 14, 2025
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The progression from gestational diabetes to type 2: Study discovers biomarker-related genetic predisposition
Among those who have had gestational diabetes, about 35% will develop type 2 diabetes within a decade. A new study led by Dr. Saifur Khan, Ph.D., cardiology research faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh Vascular ...
Jan 14, 2025
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Global study pinpoints genes for depression across ethnicities
New genetic risk factors for depression have been identified across all major global populations for the first time, allowing scientists to predict the risk of depression regardless of ethnicity. The study is published in ...
Jan 14, 2025
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Genomic analysis reveals a novel mechanism that drives aggressive bone cancer and a potential biomarker
Osteosarcoma is a type of aggressive bone cancer that most commonly affects children and young adults between the ages of 10 and 20, during times of rapid bone growth. Although rare, it has a significant impact on young people ...
Jan 14, 2025
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Gene editing extends lifespan in mouse model of prion disease
Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends lifespan by about 50% in a mouse model of the fatal neurodegenerative condition. The treatment, ...
Jan 14, 2025
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US veterans study helps identify genetic risks for age-related macular degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which affects about 200 million people worldwide and can result in legal blindness, impairs an area of the eye (retina) used for reading, driving and many other critical daily tasks.
Jan 14, 2025
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Epigenetic control vital for proper placental blood vessel development, study finds
If the development of blood vessels in the placenta is impaired, fetal growth retardation may result. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Mannheim Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University discovered ...
Jan 14, 2025
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