Genetics
Brain development linked to stimulation of genetic variations
Scientists in the UK and India have discovered more evidence that positive stimuli in early childhood can benefit the infant brain.
Jul 31, 2017
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News tagged with genetic diversity
Oncology & Cancer
New research explains why even targeted therapies eventually fail in lung cancer
Nearly 50 years into the "war" on cancer, doctors possess weapons that once would have seemed magical in their tumor-killing specificity. The drug Tarceva (erlotinib), for example, can virtually erase all traces of aggressive ...
Mar 29, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
'Born to be bad' or 'born to be benign'—testing cells for esophageal cancer risk
Genetically analysing lesions in the food pipe could provide an early and accurate test for oesophageal cancer, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam and ...
Aug 19, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
New insights into HIV's evolution that can improve pharmaceutical testing techniques
Treatment of HIV/AIDs has evolved greatly since the disease's emergence in 1981. When antiretrovirals were first introduced, almost every patient developed drug resistance within the first year of drug use. Today, however, ...
Mar 7, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Illuminating the broad spectrum of disease
In a paper published in Nature Biotechnology, researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute describe a new method that dramatically simplifies an arduous experimental process ...
Feb 29, 2016
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Genetics
Removing race from human genetic research
A group of scientists are urging their colleagues to take a step forward and stop using racial categories when researching and studying human genetics.
Feb 4, 2016
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Genetics
Scientists discover important genetic source of human diversity
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report that humans have a surprisingly high number of genes in which one of two copies has been randomly silenced. They suggest that the phenomenon is ...
Feb 4, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Enormous genetic variation may shield tumors from treatment
The most rigorous genetic sequencing ever carried out on a single tumor reveals far greater genetic diversity among cancer cells than anticipated. Researchers from the University of Chicago and the Beijing Institute of Genomics ...
Nov 9, 2015
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Genetics
Unique genes in Khoe-San people may lower risk of some pregnancy hazards
An examination of the immune genes of the southern African Khoe-San people has revealed a completely new kind of mutation, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The gene variant likely contributes ...
Aug 20, 2015
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Genetics
Using modern human genetics to study ancient phenomena
We humans are obsessed with determining our origins, hoping to reveal a little of "who we are" in the process. It is relatively simple to trace one's genealogy back a few generations, and there are many companies and products ...
Jul 31, 2015
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