A comprehensive study that integrates multiple analytic approaches has linked a regulatory gene network and functional defects in insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells to type 2 diabetes. The study, published Nov. 8 in ...
Nov 8, 2023
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From Impossible Burger to "Meatless Mondays," going meat-free is certainly in vogue. But a person's genetic makeup plays a role in determining whether they can stick to a strict vegetarian diet, a Northwestern Medicine study ...
Oct 4, 2023
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A team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the National Cancer Institute has developed a new algorithm for genetic risk-scoring for major diseases across diverse ancestry populations ...
Sep 25, 2023
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Although there are some cultural exceptions to the rule, medicines for children are often given in liquid form that is sweetened to make it taste good. But not every child experiences the same medicine in the same way.
Sep 18, 2023
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Genetically speaking, we are individuals different from each other because of slight variations in our DNA sequences—so-called genetic variants—some of which have dramatic effects we can see and comprehend, from the color ...
Sep 15, 2023
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A new study looked at the effect of patient genetics on their response to secukinumab, an anti-IL17 therapy commonly used to treat inflammatory conditions including arthritis and psoriasis. No link was found between a patient's ...
Sep 6, 2023
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In a new study co-led by investigators at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, a global team of scientists conducted ...
Aug 24, 2023
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There is genetic evidence supporting a causal effect of diastolic blood pressure (DBP) on benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a study published online July 16 in The Prostate.
Aug 3, 2023
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) School of Medicine researchers Christopher Sayed, MD, Yun Li, Ph.D., and Karen Mohlke, Ph.D., discovered the genomic locations that contribute to the genetic risk of a chronic ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Perhaps the most profound advance in primate evolution occurred about 6 million years ago when our ancestors started walking on two legs. The gradual shift to bipedal locomotion is thought to have made primates more adaptable ...
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