Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Predicting the future: A quick, easy scan can reveal late-life dementia risk
Late-life dementia is becoming increasingly common in people after 80 years of age.
Jun 27, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Transplantation of new brain cells reverses memory loss in Alzheimer's disease model
A new study from the Gladstone Institutes has revealed a way to alleviate the learning and memory deficits caused by apoE4, the most important genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, improving cognition to normal levels ...
Jul 16, 2014
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Genetics
One-off genetic score can detect stroke risk from birth
A group of investigators from Australia, Germany, and the UK have shown that genetic data obtained from a single blood draw or saliva sample can be used to identify individuals at a 3-fold increased risk of developing ischaemic ...
Dec 20, 2019
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Genetics
New test predicts the risk of non-hereditary breast cancer
A simple blood test is currently in development that could help predict the likelihood of a woman developing breast cancer, even in the absence of a high-risk BRCA1 gene mutation, according to research published in the open ...
Jun 27, 2014
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Genetics
Researchers analyze LA's 'stunningly diverse' genetic ancestry to bring ethnic equity to precision medicine
Analyzing genetic ancestry data from a large genomic repository—the UCLA ATLAS Precision Health Biobank—researchers have found a highly diverse patient population that's consistent with the global diversity of Los Angeles—one ...
Sep 9, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New clues about the risk of cancer from low-dose radiation
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have uncovered new clues about the risk of cancer from low-dose radiation, which in this research they define as equivalent ...
Mar 10, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Protective effect of breastfeeding on childhood obesity risk linked to leptin gene modification
Breastfed children have a lower risk of obesity, which may be linked to reduced expression of the hormone, leptin; according to research presented today at the 58th Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Meeting. ...
Sep 19, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Seven healthy habits linked to lower risk of dementia in those with genetic risk
Seven healthy habits and lifestyle factors may play a role in lowering the risk of dementia in people with the highest genetic risk, according to research published in the May 25, 2022, online issue of Neurology, the medical ...
May 25, 2022
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Immunology
Researcher contends multiple sclerosis is not a disease of the immune system
An article to be published Friday (Dec. 23) in the December 2011 issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology argues that multiple sclerosis, long viewed as primarily an autoimmune disease, is not actually a disease of the immune ...
Dec 22, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
'Junk DNA' affects inherited cancer risk
A person's risk of developing cancer is affected by genetic variations in regions of DNA that don't code for proteins, previously dismissed as 'junk DNA', according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer ...
Dec 6, 2019
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