A group of researchers in the lab of Prof. Lucía Chávez Gutiérrez (VIB-KU Leuven) has unraveled the genetic contributions to familial Alzheimer's Disease development and revealed how specific mutations act as a clock to ...
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Immune system scientists and computational biologists are developing a new tool to investigate how the body fights disease. With this new resource, called ImmGenMaps, researchers are building a map of all major organs—and ...
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Pediatric pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) is a common type of low-grade brain tumor in children, influenced by specific genetic changes. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have conducted a study ...
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Stress-related disorders stem from the interplay of genetic susceptibility and stress exposure, shaping gene and protein expression through epigenetic modifications across the lifespan. Studies on postmortem brains of post-traumatic ...
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U.S. Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has expressed views on the causes of autism that clash with scientific evidence. With statements like "genes don't cause an epidemic," he emphasizes environmental factors as ...
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A study led by Virginia Commonwealth University and Rutgers University has revealed new insights into how romantic partners can influence a person's genetic predisposition to unhealthy alcohol use. The research team specifically ...
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Exome sequencing (ES) is commonly used to diagnose Mendelian disorders, which occur when pathogenic variant(s) in a gene are either inherited from one or both parents or are de novo. Examples of such disorders include cystic ...
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In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), certain recurrent genetic alterations are known to influence disease progression and survival. One important abnormality is the loss of part of chromosome 11, del(11q), which is associated ...
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Colorectal tumors can vary in molecular mutations among individuals and communities, according to a new study from Cedars-Sinai Cancer. Investigators reporting in the journal Cancer Research concluded that these differences ...
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