A new test for cervical cancer was found to detect all of the cancers in a randomised clinical screening trial of 15,744 women, outperforming both the current Pap smear and human papillomavirus (HPV) test at a reduced cost, ...
Dec 17, 2018
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In biomedical research, plant breeding, and countless other endeavors, geneticists are on the hunt for the specific genes responsible for disease susceptibility, yield, and other traits of interest. Essentially, they're looking ...
Dec 17, 2018
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About eight years ago, a doctor in Turkey examined a 5-month-old boy for "failure to thrive and dehydration." Paradoxically, his diapers were wet, so the medical team was inclined to suspect Bartter syndrome, a congenital ...
Nov 15, 2017
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An international network of neurologists, geneticists and researchers led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC is cracking the human genetic code so that one day people could check their "brain health" in the same way they ...
Mar 28, 2017
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A new study shows that what happens to a fetus in the womb can affect the brain later in life.
Jan 24, 2017
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According to a recent study published in JAMA Neurology, Northwestern Medicine scientists have examined more than a century of data of the genetic makeup of ataxias, a neurodegenerative disorder, to better understand the ...
Nov 8, 2016
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We used to think that our fate was in the stars. Now we know in large measure, our fate is in our genes.
Apr 21, 2016
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Evolution has altered the human genome over hundreds of thousands of years—and now humans can do it in a matter of months.
Jul 22, 2015
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In a finding that furthers the understanding of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), researchers from Children's Hospital Los Angeles discovered two locations where a single difference in HIV's genetic code altered the way ...
Jun 17, 2015
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A visit to the dentist could one day require a detailed look at how genes in a patient's body are being switched on or off, as well as examining their pearly whites, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide.
Mar 6, 2014
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