Oncology & Cancer
Drug hope for acute myeloid leukemia
A new drug that strips cancer cells of their "immortality" could help to treat patients suffering from one of the most aggressive forms of leukaemia.
Aug 8, 2017
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News tagged with hox genes
Genetics
Uncovering the genetic mechanisms driving embryonic development
A new Northwestern Medicine study, published in Genes and Development, has identified two DNA elements crucial to the activation of a set of genes that drive the early development of embryos, and which also play an important ...
May 11, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
New drug hope for mesothelioma
A new drug is showing promise as a treatment for mesothelioma - one of the most lethal cancers of all.
Mar 14, 2016
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Genetics
Competing mice reveal genetic defects
In recent years, University of Utah biologists showed that when wild-type mice compete in seminatural "mouse barns" for food, territory and mates, they can suffer health problems not revealed by conventional toxicity tests ...
Sep 30, 2015
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Genetics
Important discovery for the diagnosis of genetic diseases
A study conducted by Marie Kmita's team at the IRCM, in collaboration with Josée Dostie at McGill University, shows the importance of the chromatin architecture in controlling the activity of genes, especially those required ...
Jan 16, 2014
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Genetics
What mechanism generates our fingers and toes?
Dr. Marie Kmita and her research team at the IRCM contributed to a multidisciplinary research project that identified the mechanism responsible for generating our fingers and toes, and revealed the importance of gene regulation ...
Dec 14, 2012
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