An infectious diseases surveillance system created by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists and deployed at a UPMC hospital successfully flagged cases of a drug-resistant infection spread by eye drops months ...
Sep 13, 2023
0
10
A new study published in Nature Genetics led by the Mead Group in the Radcliffe Department of Medicine has demonstrated a previously unknown effect of chronic inflammation on TP53-mutant hematopoietic stem cells.
Sep 8, 2023
0
253
Each cell in the body stores its genetic information in DNA in a stable and protected form that is readily accessible for the cell to carry on its activities. Nevertheless, mutations—changes in genetic information—occur ...
Aug 3, 2023
0
18
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the most common causes of heart failure, affecting nearly 1 in 400 people worldwide. About 40%–50% of DCM cases are estimated to have an identifiable genetic cause, which explains ...
Jul 24, 2023
0
39
Have you ever wondered why only hummingbirds sip nectar from feeders?
Jun 16, 2023
0
11
The link between quality control during protein synthesis in cells and neurological disorders has been made clear for the first time by RIKEN researchers. This discovery could help to develop new treatments for such cognitive ...
Jun 6, 2023
0
43
Britain's fertility regulator on Wednesday confirmed the births of the U.K.'s first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people, an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic ...
May 10, 2023
0
155
COVID vaccines offered varying degrees of protection in the six months after patients receive them, with levels climbing and plunging in two cases and climbing and climbing in another, according to new UC San Francisco research ...
May 9, 2023
0
51
Among families with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, Johns Hopkins University researchers say they have found a link between chemical "marks" on DNA in the sperm of fathers and autistic traits in their 3-year-old ...
Apr 27, 2023
0
180
Our genetic code includes more than 15,000 specific sections that can be made into molecules called lincRNAs. Some of these sections can occur in coiled-up sections of our genome called TADs. LincRNAs derived from TADs appear ...
Apr 26, 2023
0
16
