Health
Less alcohol, or none at all, is one path to better health
It's wine time. Beer Thirty. Happy hour. Five o'clock somewhere.
Apr 29, 2024
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News tagged with gene variant
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dozens of COVID virus mutations arose in man with longest known case, research finds
An immune-compromised man with a year-and-a-half-long COVID infection served as a breeding ground for dozens of coronavirus mutations, a new study discovered.
Apr 19, 2024
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Genetics
In the genetics of congenital heart disease, noncoding DNA fills in some blanks
Researchers have been chipping away at the genetic causes of congenital heart disease (CHD) for a couple of decades. About 45% of cases of CHD have an identifiable cause, including chromosomal abnormalities, genetic variants ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Genetics
Scientists identify rare gene variants which confer up to 6-fold increase in risk of obesity
A study led by Medical Research Council (MRC) researchers has identified genetic variants in two genes that have some of the largest impacts on obesity risk discovered to date.
Apr 4, 2024
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Genetics
Researchers find genetic variant contributing to disparities in childhood leukemia risk
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer, disproportionately affects children of Hispanic/Latino origin in the United States. They are 30–40% more likely to get ALL than non-Hispanic white children, ...
Mar 26, 2024
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Genetics
FRYL gene variants linked to a new neurological disorder
A recent study from the lab of Dr. Hugo J. Bellen, distinguished service professor at Baylor College of Medicine and investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) links the FRYL gene ...
Mar 14, 2024
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Genetics
Missing disease-related gene identified in generalized pustular psoriasis
A team from Nagoya University in Japan has identified previously unidentified gene variants that are associated with the development of generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP). The team's findings, published in the Journal of ...
Mar 7, 2024
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Genetics
New insights on kidney disease in African Americans could lead to therapies
In a finding that could help reduce the racial disparity in kidney disease, Duke Health researchers have detailed how two common gene variants among African Americans can cause kidney failure.
Feb 29, 2024
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Genetics
Harnessing human evolution to advance precision medicine
Humans are still evolving, and Tatum Simonson, Ph.D., founder and co-director of the Center for Physiological Genomics of Low Oxygen at University of California School of Medicine, plans to use evolution to improve health ...
Feb 10, 2024
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Genetics
New research uncovers biological drivers of heart disease risk
Over the past 15 years, researchers have identified hundreds of regions in the human genome associated with heart attack risk. However, researchers lack efficient ways to explore how these genetic variants are molecularly ...
Feb 7, 2024
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