Craniofacial birth defects, including cleft lip and palate, are among the most common human congenital malformations. Now, FMI researchers have identified a DNA region containing multiple regulatory elements that interact ...
Jun 6, 2023
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The nature versus nurture debate has a new talking point, with research into the role of the epigenome in non-genetic disease inheritance.
Apr 27, 2023
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Researchers at the BC Cancer Research Institute have made an advancement in genetic testing that allows for more accurate prediction of which parent's genes led to an individual's increased cancer risk. This improves the ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Monkeypox has infected more than 77,000 people in more than 100 countries worldwide, and—similar to COVID-19—mutations have enabled the virus to grow stronger and smarter, evading antiviral drugs and vaccines in its mission ...
Nov 4, 2022
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Certain genetic variants found in prostate tumors of men of African descent were associated with African ancestry, according to two studies presented at the 15th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities ...
Sep 19, 2022
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"Why did my child get cancer?"
Sep 8, 2022
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A type of blood cell cancer called angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) can develop as mutations accumulate with age in the stem cells from which the T cells in the blood develop. However, the underlying mechanism by ...
Aug 12, 2022
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The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has released an update to the recommended minimum gene list for the reporting of secondary findings (SF). In 2021, the ACMG Board of Directors and Secondary Findings ...
Jun 17, 2022
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As the cost of genome and exome sequencing falls, its use in characterizing rare diseases and personalizing cancer treatment, for example, is becoming far more frequent. But such analyses may throw up findings unrelated to ...
Jun 10, 2022
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Rutgers scientists have developed a lab test that can quickly and easily identify which variant of the virus causing COVID-19 has infected a person, an advance expected to greatly assist health officials tracking the disease ...
May 4, 2022
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