Stroke, a devastating condition that causes damage to the brain due to interruption of blood supply, is often considered an adult disease. But children can experience strokes as well. Sadly, pediatric stroke affects one in ...
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A new study by Fergus Couch, Ph.D., of Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, along with collaborators from the CARRIERS consortium, suggests that most women with breast cancer diagnosed over 65 should be offered hereditary cancer genetic ...
Jul 23, 2021
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A study led by D. Ross Camidge, MD, Ph.D., director of thoracic oncology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and CU Cancer Center member, has helped to define MET amplification as a rare but potentially actionable ...
Jul 20, 2021
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Scientists have identified a new class of targeted cancer drugs that offer the potential to treat patients whose tumors have faulty copies of the BRCA cancer genes.
Jun 17, 2021
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The first evidence of a genetic link explaining why some people who catch COVID-19 don't become sick has been discovered.
Jun 4, 2021
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A new mutation found in a gene associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation poses a significantly increased risk for heart failure in Black people.
May 6, 2021
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A team of researchers from multiple countries in Europe and the U.S. has discovered differences in gene expression in children who later develop Type 1 diabetes. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational ...
When her gynecologist recommended genetic testing, Mai Tran was reluctant.
Feb 11, 2021
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Researchers have leveraged the latest advances in RNA technology and machine learning methods to develop a gene panel test that allows for highly accurate diagnosis of the most common types of liposarcoma. It quickly and ...
Feb 4, 2021
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There is an impassioned debate taking place in medicine on whether race-based considerations should be a factor in research, diagnoses, or treatments. Those on one side assert that race should be ignored entirely because ...
Feb 3, 2021
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