Medical research
Machine learning fuels personalized cancer medicine
The Biomedical Genomics laboratory at IRB Barcelona has developed a computational tool that identifies cancer driver mutations for each tumor type.
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Neuroscience
A detailed atlas of the developing brain
Researchers at Harvard University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have created a first detailed atlas of a critical region of the developing mouse brain, applying multiple advanced genomic technologies to the part ...
Jun 24, 2021
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Slowed cell division causes microcephaly
The birth of a human being requires billions of cell divisions to go from a fertilized egg to a baby. At each of these divisions, the genetic material of the mother cell duplicates itself to be equally distributed between ...
Jun 17, 2021
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Neuroscience
Preliminary genetic link to developmental coordination disorder, dyspraxia identified
New research by scientists at Oxford Brookes University has identified specific genes which could provide vital information about the biology of developmental coordination disorder (DCD), also known as dyspraxia. Dyspraxia ...
Jun 9, 2021
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Genetics
Gene plays major role in brain development
The so-called Plexin-A1 gene seems to play a more extensive role in brain development than previously assumed. This is shown by a current study led by the University Hospital Bonn and the Institute of Anatomy of the University ...
May 31, 2021
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Genetics
Gene therapy in Alzheimer's disease mouse model preserves learning and memory
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, have used gene therapy to prevent learning and memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a key step toward eventually ...
May 5, 2021
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Genetics
Intellectual disability is rarely inherited—risk for younger siblings is low
The prevalence of intellectual disabilities, which means difficulties with learning and understanding new things, is roughly 1-2% in the population. People with a severe intellectual disability need help from others in daily ...
Apr 19, 2021
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Medical research
Get your head in the game: One gene's role in cranial development
Mammalian embryonic development is an extremely complex and precise process. Specific molecular events act as cues that tell cells in the embryo where to move and what type to mature into. The expression levels of different ...
Apr 14, 2021
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Genetics
Most differences in DNA binding compounds found at birth in children conceived by IVF not seen in early childhood
Compared to newborns conceived traditionally, newborns conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) are more likely to have certain chemical modifications to their DNA, according to a study by researchers at the National ...
Apr 14, 2021
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Medical research
Study explores how environmental exposures before conception may impact fetal development
Older age at the time of conception and alcohol consumption during pregnancy have long been known to impact fetal development.
Mar 17, 2021
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