Genetics
DNA changes accelerate body's aging process
DNA changes throughout a person's life can significantly increase their susceptibility to heart conditions and other age-related diseases, research suggests.
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Medical research
New treatment could improve care for two bone diseases
Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the University of Barcelona (UB) have described the ability of an inhibitor of the PI3Kα (BYL719) to block the ectopic bone formation in mice. This ...
Aug 2, 2019
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Genetics
The impact of genetics on motor neurone disease
Trinity College Dublin researchers have found that one in 347 men and one in 436 women can be expected to develop motor neurone disease during their lifetime. Motor neurone disease (MND) is a devastating condition which causes ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Medical research
Five animals that could help us beat human diseases
As humans, we may feel rather lucky about our evolutionary lot. We live longer than many other animals, and lifespans continue to increase thanks to better diets, advances in medicine and improved public health. But our quest ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Genetics
Beyond finding a gene: Same repeated stretch of DNA found in three neurodegenerative diseases
Families living with four extremely rare neurodegenerative diseases have finally learned the cause of their illnesses, thanks to a researcher's hunch and decades of improvements in DNA sequencing technology.
Jul 22, 2019
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
New study associates oxidative stress with the spreading of aberrant proteins
Oxidative stress could be a driving force in the spreading of aberrant proteins involved in Parkinson's disease. This is the result of lab studies by researchers of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE). ...
Jul 17, 2019
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Cardiology
Cardiac genetic mutation may not always predict heart disease
More than 750,000 people in the United States have dilated cardiomyopathy, a potentially life-threatening condition in which the heart's main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, enlarges and grows increasingly weak. Research ...
Jul 2, 2019
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Medical research
When it comes to disease, stem cells are a game-changer, scientists say. This is why
Thousands of the world's leading stem cell researchers are convening in Los Angeles this week to discuss the prospects for a future without human disease.
Jun 28, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
God doesn't play dice, does cancer?
The saying "God doesn't play dice" is meant to suggest that nothing happens by chance. On the other hand, cancer seems like the ultimate happenstance: Don't we all have a 43-year-old, vegan, triathlete friend fighting cancer? ...
Jun 20, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New drug therapy slows spread of pancreatic cancer: study
For people diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, the outlook is about as grim as it gets: the average patient won't live longer than a year.
Jun 3, 2019
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