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People who carry the APOE2 version of the apolipoprotein E gene are more likely to live to advanced age and are partly protected against Alzheimer's disease, but scientists have struggled to explain why. A new study from ...
May 17, 2026
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A protein best known for driving cancer growth also helps damaged tumor cells survive by repairing their DNA, according to a new study that could influence how some cancers are treated.
May 16, 2026
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A blood test that detects tumor DNA circulating in the bloodstream may help select the most effective treatment options for cancer patients whose tumors have started to spread, according to one of the largest randomized controlled ...
May 16, 2026
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The infectious disease Lassa fever can be fatal, and there is a lack of treatment options with proven efficacy. Researchers at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf ...
May 15, 2026
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A team of Rice University bioengineers has developed a new way to create highly realistic "mock" patient samples that could help accelerate the development of faster, more accessible cervical cancer screening tests for low-resource ...
May 13, 2026
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A long-overlooked stretch of the human genome appears to play a distinct role in shaping the social and stereotypic repetitive behaviors that define autism spectrum disorder (ASD), without affecting learning or other cognitive ...
May 13, 2026
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Fingerprinting transformed police investigations by making it possible to place a suspect at a crime scene with physical evidence. Similarly, genome sequencing has changed how disease detectives study outbreaks by allowing ...
May 12, 2026
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A study highlighting key advances in the complexity of aging has been published in Science Advances. The work is titled "The longevity effects of reduced IGF-1 signaling depend on the stability of the mitochondrial genome."
May 7, 2026
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Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas at Austin have identified specific blood-based genomic biomarkers that distinguish inflammatory breast cancer from other subtypes, ...
May 6, 2026
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Activated immune cells secrete tiny capsules bearing DNA that can enter other immune and tumor cells to stimulate the body's defense systems, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The discovery ...
Apr 30, 2026
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