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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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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Why did some people become severely ill with COVID-19 while others experienced only mild symptoms? Associate professor Maria Timofeeva and assistant professor Jacob Krabbe Pedersen from the Department of Public Health at ...
Oct 20, 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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Using a high-throughput technique, an international collaboration led by Vanderbilt Health researchers has created a "map" of 1,757 genetic variations that can trigger a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder called long ...
Oct 20, 2026
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A three-letter sequence repeating along a stretch of DNA could offer new clues about why some people are more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease than others. The sequence, CCG, sits in a region of DNA that controls the gene ...
Peter Mac scientists have developed a way to precisely target the "unique molecular fingerprint" created when two genes become abnormally fused together, a discovery that could lead to a new way to treat a wide array of cancers.
Oct 19, 2026
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When genes are "expressed," it is like reading an instruction manual to create things the body needs—such as proteins or RNA. It is an important process in regulating normal cellular functions. Understanding more about gene ...
Oct 19, 2026
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A new genetic testing approach for sick children with immune conditions could slash diagnosis waiting times from 12 months to as little as two weeks, University of Queensland research has found.
Oct 19, 2026
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Two identical sisters came into the world carrying the same rare cancer. They lost their lives to an undifferentiated sarcoma, a soft-tissue cancer driven by a unique gene fusion (MN1::ZNF341). The story began before they ...
