Fatty liver disease is characterized by the accumulation of triglycerides—a type of fat—in the liver. The disease has a strong genetic component, but until now, knowledge about which genes influence its development has been ...
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A new study has characterized the "average" human genome, providing key information on normal human genetic variation and genetic disease risk. The researchers conclude that everyone—regardless of their current health status—could ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Researchers from Newcastle University and Great Ormond Street Hospital have identified new predictors of relapse in children and young people with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated with the immunotherapy drug blinatumomab, ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Pancreatic cancer cells are remarkably good at doing one thing: growing. But new Texas A&M research suggests that two tiny molecules already present in the body may help slow them down.
Oct 21, 2026
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Researchers from DZNE and the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH) at the University of Tübingen, together with experts from Bonn, London and Portugal, have developed and successfully tested in human neurons ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Reducing damage to the nuclei of heart muscle cells improved heart function and extended survival in mice with a form of inherited heart disease, according to a new study led by Cornell researchers. The findings point to ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Angelman syndrome is a rare disease with a single known cause: one missing gene. The lack of that gene, normally inherited from the mother, occurs in approximately one in 20,000 births and is associated with cognitive and ...
Oct 21, 2026
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A bank of biological samples from thousands of Brazilians could help the Unified Health System (SUS), which is public and free, identify people at higher risk of developing certain types of cancer. In the future, the SUS ...
Oct 21, 2026
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A new study by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign highlights the importance of considering both psychosocial and genetic factors in patients' prognoses and intervention planning in their recovery from ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Gene therapy is no longer the future of medicine—it's reality. Treatments that replace, silence or edit genes are already changing clinical care.
Oct 20, 2026
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