New treatments found for tough blood cancers
Researchers from King's have identified a new way to treat certain blood cancers using existing drugs, by turning a once-dismissed part of our DNA into a therapeutic target.
Sep 11, 2025
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Chemical Phenomena: News and Research on Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
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Missing Y gene linked to male infertility
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists have uncovered a direct link between a missing Y chromosome gene and male infertility. Their new research reveals that deleting this single gene in mice not only caused infertility ...
Sep 10, 2025
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How the Epstein-Barr virus hooks onto DNA to reorganize genome and drive nasopharyngeal cancer spread
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have discovered that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common human virus closely linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), can change the 3D structure of the human genome inside ...
Sep 4, 2025
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Tool helps scientists spot source of neurological disease with statistics and data science
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a statistical tool that could help pinpoint the genetic changes that cause diseases like Alzheimer's and schizophrenia. While scientists have long identified genes associated ...
Jul 21, 2025
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Study reveals how immune cells transform to aid tissue healing after injury
Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are a specialized subgroup of immune cells that play a central role in the human immune system. These cells can suppress erroneous and therefore harmful immune reactions that can lead to autoimmune ...
Jul 21, 2025
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Less pain, more gain: Phenol-groups drive a new recipe for safer, stronger mRNA vaccines
As millions of people know firsthand, the most common side effect of mRNA vaccines like the COVID-19 shot is inflammation: soreness, redness and a day or two of malaise. But what if mRNA vaccines could be redesigned to sidestep ...
Jul 18, 2025
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Scientists create biological 'artificial intelligence' system
Australian scientists have successfully developed a research system that uses 'biological artificial intelligence' to design and evolve molecules with new or improved functions directly in mammal cells. The researchers said ...
Jul 8, 2025
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Gene editing treats smooth muscle disease in preclinical model
Using gene editing in a preclinical model, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center blocked the symptoms of a rare smooth muscle disease before they developed. Their findings, published in Circulation, could eventually ...
Jun 24, 2025
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Gene therapy successfully lowers eye pressure in mice, offering reversible alternative to daily glaucoma drops
Gene editing could be used to treat millions of glaucoma patients. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness, characterized by high pressure inside the eye. Patients often rely on daily eye drops to lower intraocular pressure, ...
Jun 17, 2025
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Mouse stem cell lines offer new window into autism's genetic associations
To study the genetic causes of autism spectrum disorder, a Kobe University research team has created a bank of 63 mouse embryonic stem cell lines containing the mutations most strongly associated with the disorder. The achievement ...
Jun 11, 2025
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