Lysosomal disorders can have devastating effects on patients but findings from a University of Sheffield-led collaborative study could support more precise diagnosis and help researchers identify shared targets for future ...
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Two people can take the same dose of the same medicine and have very different results. One may improve, while the other gets little benefit or develops serious side effects. Part of the explanation often lies in their genes.
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Treating inherited diseases is one of the greatest challenges in modern medicine. In the future, targeted gene corrections at the earliest stages of embryonic development could help prevent certain inherited diseases from ...
Sep 12, 2026
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Schizophrenia, height, cholesterol. Each has its own genetic signature. That signature is made up of genetic variants: small differences in the DNA sequence that make one person's genome differ from another's. Some traits, ...
Sep 11, 2026
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Columbia University researchers have identified a way to help predict when people at high risk of developing Alzheimer's are likely to develop their first symptoms, a finding that could help physicians decide when to prescribe ...
Sep 11, 2026
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Hair-like appendages called motile cilia beat in synchrony on cells in many parts of the body to keep fluids and particles moving, such as clearing mucus in the lungs so it can be coughed out.
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Researchers have taken an important step toward solving one of the biggest challenges in gene therapy for children with metabolic liver disorders: growth itself. As a child's liver grows, some gene therapies that once worked ...
Sep 11, 2026
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Why do genetic variants that increase the risk of autoimmune disease remain so common in the population?
Sep 11, 2026
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A brain contains hundreds or thousands of different kinds of neurons, each with its own shape, connections and function. Yet all of them arise from a comparatively small pool of dividing neural stem cells. How does a newly-born ...
Sep 11, 2026
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Alzheimer's disease is one of the most feared diagnoses among older adults, particularly for those who know they carry a high-risk gene that magnifies their odds. But even many people with this gene—APOE ε4—dodge the disease ...
Sep 11, 2026
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