Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Need to know who is most vulnerable to COVID? Here's an index that can do that
COVID-19 has spread at great speed since it was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation.
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Genetics
Scientists create tool to detect genes associated with psychiatric, brain diseases
Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and colleagues created a new computational tool called H-MAGMA to study the genetic underpinnings of nine brain disorders, including the identification of new genes associated with ...
Mar 9, 2020
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Genetics
Largest-ever genetic study of suicide finds new risk factors
The reasons why people attempt suicide are complex and include external triggers like trauma and stress, as well as inherited genetic factors. A new study published online on October 1 in the American Journal of Psychiatry ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Genetics
Research reveals the importance of long non-coding RNA regulating cellular processes
Scientific research over the past decade has concentrated almost exclusively on the 2 percent of the genome's protein coding regions, virtually ignoring the other 98 percent, a vast universe of non-coding genetic material ...
Dec 26, 2016
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Study finds air pollution exposure linked to Parkinson's risk, identifies US hot spot
Living in areas of the United States with higher levels of air pollution is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, according to a preliminary study released today, February 23, 2023, that will be presented ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
RNA thought to spread cancer shows ability to suppress breast cancer metastasis
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that a form of RNA called metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) appears to suppress breast cancer metastasis in mice, ...
Oct 22, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Solving mystery of rare cancers directly caused by HIV
For nearly a decade, scientists have known that HIV integrates itself into genes in cells that have the potential to cause cancer. And when this happens in animals with other retroviruses, those animals often develop cancer. ...
Oct 13, 2021
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Neuroscience
Scientists use supercomputer to search for "memory molecules"
Until now, searching for genes related to memory capacity has been comparable to seeking out the proverbial "needle in a haystack." Scientists at the University of Basel made use of the CSCS supercomputer Piz Daint to discover ...
Oct 23, 2017
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Genetics
Research on rare genetic disease sheds light on common head and neck cancer
Like the New York City subway system, the DNA in our cells needs to operate around the clockâand it's in constant need of repair. In any given cell at any given time, molecular processes are underway to seal cracks in the ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Medications
AI could speed up discovery of new medicines
Artificial intelligence that could reduce the cost and speed-up the discovery of new medicines has been developed as part of a collaboration between researchers at the University of Sheffield and AstraZeneca.
Feb 3, 2023
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