Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Coronavirus mutations 'no cause for alarm'

Mutations discovered in the first Brazilian case of coronavirus are no cause for alarm, a leading virologist says, as the virus seems to be remaining stable enough for a single vaccine to work.

Genetics

Misregulated genes may have big autism role

A new study finds that two genes individually associated with rare autism-related disorders are also jointly linked to more general forms of autism. The finding suggests a new genetic pathway to investigate in general autism ...

Oncology & Cancer

Unmasking the deadly secrets of pancreatic cancer

(Medical Xpress)—A large-scale study that defines the complexity of underlying mutations responsible for pancreatic cancers in more than 100 patients was published in Nature.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

MRSA strain in humans originally came from cattle, research says

A strain of bacteria that causes skin and soft tissue infections in humans originally came from cattle, according to a study to be published in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. ...

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