MeSH tree: G05.365.590
Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 100 babies born each year. One of the many causes of this disorder is having only one functional copy of the gene TBX5, rather than the ...
Jul 23, 2026
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A subset of cancers, known as microsatellite instability (MSI) and deficient DNA mismatch repair (dMMR) cancers, are more visible to the immune system than others. Because their DNA repair systems are defective, these tumors ...
Jul 16, 2026
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Researchers have solved a long-standing mystery of how abnormal chromosomes drive cancer, identifying 81 new genes involved in aggressive breast cancer. The discovery expands understanding of the cellular processes behind ...
Jul 8, 2026
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In people with severely compromised immune systems, JC polyomavirus can trigger an untreatable, often fatal brain disease. An international research team has identified how virus mutations can strategically interfere with ...
Jul 6, 2026
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Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the HI-STEM* Stem Cell Institute and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) have developed "HemaGuide," an AI assistant that supports physicians in making difficult ...
Jul 6, 2026
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A comprehensive multi-cancer study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has revealed that cancer cells within tumors are genetically diverse, yet all carry the same core genetic changes that ...
Jun 16, 2026
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How diseases develop and how the body ages can differ between females and males, but the biological reasons for these differences are not fully understood. Researchers are studying the role of sex chromosomes to better understand ...
Jun 10, 2026
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Chromosomal instability is a common feature in many solid tumors and is associated with greater aggressiveness. For years, its main contribution to cancer was thought to be driving the evolution of tumor genomes, causing ...
Jun 6, 2026
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Researchers at Trinity have found that a largely overlooked form of cancer evolution, which drives aggressive disease and poor patient outcomes, is far more widespread than previously thought. Comparing chromosome patterns ...
Jun 2, 2026
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Megan Sweet slices tumors. A normal day in the lab finds the Virginia Tech graduate student with hands deep inside a refrigerated metal box, pulling a mounted mouse-grown tumor incrementally closer to a razor-sharp blade. ...
May 25, 2026
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