Genetics
More than 260,000 Penn Medicine patients have agreed to share their DNA for research
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Dec 4, 2023
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News tagged with dna samples
Oncology & Cancer
Cancer blood tests jumpstart diagnoses and targeted therapy
New research led by a UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center clinical scientist shows blood tests used to hunt for cancer DNA may help detect cancers faster and guide the use of targeted therapies. The results of the study ...
Nov 22, 2023
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Genetics
Could epigenetic age acceleration, not actual age, better predict how well you remember?
A study led by researchers at Stony Brook University shows that age acceleration, when one's so-called biological clock runs quicker than one's actual age, is linked to poorer memory and slower rates of processing information.
Oct 31, 2023
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Health
Renting rather than owning a private sector home linked to faster 'biological aging'
Renting a private sector home, falling repeatedly into arrears, and exposure to pollution in the vicinity are linked to faster biological aging—the cumulative damage to the body's tissues and cells, irrespective of actual ...
Oct 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
How to better distinguish chronic inflammation and cancer of the pancreas
Current diagnostic methods do not always reliably distinguish between chronic inflammation of the pancreas and pancreatic cancer. About one third of all diagnoses are inconclusive. Scientists from the German Cancer Research ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Early-stage breast cancer detection in breast milk
Researchers at VHIO, led by Dr. Cristina Saura, head of the VHIO Breast Cancer Group and the Breast Unit at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, and Dr. Ana Vivancos, head of VHIO's Genomics laboratory, has shown for the first ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
ER-positive breast cancer presents differing metabolic signatures in African American, white women: Study
New research has found the most common form of breast cancer presents differing metabolic signatures in the blood of African American women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer compared with non-Hispanic white women. ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Genetics
Blood test reveals which women are at higher risk of preeclampsia in the later stages of pregnancy
Preeclampsia is a severe complication of pregnancy, affecting one in 40 pregnant women. Identifying high-risk patients is often difficult and complex because the exact cause of preeclampsia is still unknown.
Aug 29, 2023
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Genetics
Researchers find COVID-19 causes mitochondrial dysfunction in heart and other organs
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, researchers have been trying to determine why this virus creates such negative long-term effects compared with most coronaviruses.
Aug 9, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Algorithmic blood test analysis will ease diagnosis of cancer types, guide treatment
Thanks to machine learning algorithms, short pieces of DNA floating in the bloodstream of cancer patients can help doctors diagnose specific types of cancer and choose the most effective treatment for a patient.
Aug 2, 2023
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