It's 9 a.m. and coffee shops are bustling with the line for the drive-thru wrapped around the building. This is a common occurrence around the globe as coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages.
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When Michael Pirovolakis received an individualized gene therapy in a single-patient clinical trial at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in March 2022, the course of his condition was dramatically altered.
Jun 28, 2024
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Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shed valuable light on the nuanced functions and intricate regulatory methods of RNA editing, a critical mechanism underlying brain development and disease.
Jun 28, 2024
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A global collaboration involving University of Manchester scientists has discovered a gene whose variants potentially cause neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in hundreds of thousands of people across the world.
Jul 11, 2024
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Why do some people live for longer than others? The genes in our DNA sequence are important, helping avoid disease or maintain general health, but differences in our genome sequence alone explain less than 30% of the natural ...
Jun 21, 2024
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Researchers at the Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) and collaborating institutions have made a discovery that could significantly advance our understanding of genomic disorders. Their latest study, published in ...
Jun 21, 2024
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A team of international researchers, led by the University of Exeter, has discovered that people with a genetic variant that disables the SMIM1 gene have higher body weight because they expend less energy when at rest.
Jun 20, 2024
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When it comes to determining whether a vegetarian diet is right for you, genetics are an important part of the equation, according to a new study from the University of Georgia.
Jul 11, 2024
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A study, titled "Single-cell transcriptomic Atlas of aging macaque ocular outflow tissues" appearing in Protein & Cell, delves into the age-related changes in the trabecular meshwork (TM) of macaques, which are vital for ...
Jul 11, 2024
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Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have demonstrated that therapeutically restoring "youthful" levels of a specific subunit of the telomerase enzyme can significantly reduce the signs and symptoms ...
Jun 21, 2024
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