Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Reduce frailty to lower dementia, study finds
Reducing frailty in older adults could be an effective strategy to prevent dementia, according to a largescale new study.
Dec 22, 2021
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News tagged with genetic risk
Neuroscience
Twins study indicates environmental factors significant in Alzheimer's pathology
The question of genetic vs environmental influences plays a major role in research into brain aging, with researchers from UNSW Sydney's Centre for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA) revealing new insights into one of the hallmarks ...
Dec 20, 2021
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Medications
Repurposed cancer treatments could be potential Alzheimer's drugs
Existing and emerging cancer drugs could be repurposed as therapies to be tested in clinical trials for people at genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in Science Advances. Research combining ...
Nov 10, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies genetic risk factors for leukemia
Researchers have discovered that there is a genetic susceptibility to developing acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells.
Nov 1, 2021
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Medical research
Precision medicine data dive shows water pill may be viable to test as Alzheimer's treatment
A commonly available oral diuretic pill approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may be a potential candidate for an Alzheimer's disease treatment for those who are at genetic risk, according to findings published ...
Oct 11, 2021
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Genetics
Schizophrenia study suggests advanced genetic scorecard cannot predict a patient's fate
With the help of cutting-edge computer programs, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai went through the genetic and medical records of more than 8,000 schizophrenia patients. They found that a tool commonly ...
Sep 6, 2021
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Genetics
Rare genetic variants confer largest increase in type 2 diabetes risk seen to date
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified rare genetic variants—carried by one in 3,000 people—that have a larger impact on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes than any previously identified genetic ...
Jul 7, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers create new CRISPR tools to help contain mosquito disease transmission
Since the onset of the CRISPR genetic editing revolution, scientists have been working to leverage the technology in the development of gene drives that target pathogen-spreading mosquitoes such as Anopheles and Aedes species, ...
May 28, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New mouse model provides first platform to study late-onset Alzheimer's disease
University of California, Irvine biologists have developed a new genetically engineered mouse model, that unlike its predecessors, is based on the most common form of Alzheimer's disease. The advance holds promise for making ...
Apr 27, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Targeted screening for prostate cancer could prevent one in six deaths
A national screening program targeted at those men who are genetically pre-disposed to prostate cancer, and involving a blood test and MRI scan before an invasive biopsy, could prevent one in six prostate cancer deaths and ...
Mar 11, 2021
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