Cardiology
New cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins
A new class of oral cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins due to side effects.
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Genetics
What our new study reveals about the genetics and biology of suicidal behaviour
More than three quarters of a million people take their own lives every year, to devastating personal, social and economic cost. Recent research has detailed the strong connection between suicide and mental illness, particularly ...
Feb 28, 2019
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Neuroscience
Statins could protect against motor neurone disease
High cholesterol has been found to be a possible risk factor for the development of motor neurone disease (MND), according to a large study of genetic data led in the UK by Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration ...
Feb 14, 2019
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Genetics
deCODE publishes the first full-resolution genetic map of the human genome
Scientists at deCODE genetics in Iceland, a subsidiary of Amgen, today publish the first genetic map of the human genome developed using whole-genome sequence data.
Jan 24, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New study identifies specific obesity-related risk factors for kidney cancer
A new study confirms the long-suspected role of obesity as a risk factor for developing renal cell carcinoma (RCC), a type of kidney cancer, and identifies several specific obesity-related factors.
Jan 17, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
Despite common obesity gene variants, obese children lose weight after lifestyle changes
Children who are genetically predisposed to overweight by common gene variants can still lose weight by changing their diet and exercise habits. Around 750 overweight or obese children and adolescents undergoing lifestyle ...
Nov 29, 2018
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Cardiology
Scientists identify key to slowing the clock for people with abnormally fast heart beats
Scientists in Japan have found a potential marker to identify which people with abnormally fast heartbeats are at high risk of developing heart failure.
Aug 9, 2018
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Genetics
Genetic marker for drug risk in multiple sclerosis offers path toward precision medicine
A team of researchers has uncovered a specific gene variant associated with an adverse drug reaction resulting in liver injury in a people with multiple sclerosis (MS). It is the first time researchers have been able to establish ...
Jul 16, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists help identify genetic markers for prostate cancer in global DNA download
An international team of researchers including USC scientists has found scores of new genetic markers in DNA code that increase prostate cancer riskâpowerful knowledge likely to prove useful to detect and prevent the disease.
Jun 11, 2018
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Genetics
DNA facial prediction could make protecting your privacy more difficult
Everywhere we go, we leave behind bits of DNA.
May 2, 2018
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