A patient's tumor cell response to therapy is affected by many factors, including genetic alterations, tumor microenvironment, and intratumoral heterogeneity. This can make it extremely difficult to determine optimum treatment ...
May 5, 2022
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Separation and extraction of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from biofluid samples is a difficult task due to the samples' short lengths and rarity. In a recent breakthrough, scientists from the Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, ...
Feb 4, 2022
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Researchers have identified gene alterations that drive a subset of acute leukemias in children and adults. These leukemias previously defied classification, making diagnosis and treatment challenging. Investigators at St. ...
Jun 21, 2021
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New research has shown that people with type 1 diabetes may have features of premature heart disease induced by the condition often before they even get their diagnosis.
May 14, 2021
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A new technique that can trace which tissues and organs the DNA in our blood comes from has been reported today in the open-access eLife journal.
Mar 23, 2021
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COVID-19, which has killed 1.7 million people worldwide, does not follow a uniform path.
Dec 29, 2020
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Molecular markers in the blood shown to be predictive of severe COVID-19 outcomes resulting from SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection have been identified in a study by a Chinese research team. The study results extend understanding ...
Dec 14, 2020
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In a search to discover the genetic factors underlying diabetic retinopathy, University of Illinois Chicago researchers also have identified a new approach that can be used as a template to study other diseases.
Dec 7, 2020
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Normal brain development requires a precise interplay between neuronal and non-neuronal (also called glial) cells. In a new study, researchers from the University of Tsukuba have revealed how the loss of protein arginine ...
Sep 23, 2020
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A stem cell transplant reversed a debilitating neurological disease that causes half of the patients to go blind and lose the ability to walk five years after diagnosis. Most of the patients stayed better five years after ...
Oct 8, 2019
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