Genetic research led by Queen Mary University of London could open the way to earlier identification of people at risk of heart failure and to the development of new treatments.
Sep 26, 2019
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A new review of existing evidence proposes eight hallmarks of environmental exposures that chart the biological pathways through which pollutants contribute to disease: oxidative stress and inflammation, genomic alterations ...
Mar 5, 2021
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Since the human genome was first mapped, scientists have discovered hundreds of genes influencing illnesses like breast cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's disease. Unfortunately, Black people, Indigenous people and other ...
Jul 15, 2021
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The human brain has about 100 billion neurons, linked in intricate ways, that the Spanish neuroanatomist Ramón y Cajal compared to "the impenetrable jungles where many investigators have lost themselves."
Sep 2, 2020
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One subtype of breast cancer shares many genetic features with high-grade serous ovarian cancer, a cancer that is very difficult to treat, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health. The findings ...
Sep 23, 2012
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Viruses incorporated into the human genome millions of years ago may now play a role in the early stages of human embryo development, according to researchers at A*STAR.
Jun 24, 2015
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A new University of California, Irvine-led study reveals a protein responsible for genetic changes resulting in a variety of cancers, may also be the key to more effective, targeted cancer therapy.
Jun 12, 2020
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Three new genetic variants that regulate gene expression in the arteries are connected to fibromuscular dysplasia, an arterial disease that can cause dangerous consequences for the heart and vessels, according to a new study.
Oct 15, 2021
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Diseases caused by genetic changes could be detected more readily thanks to an advance in DNA analysis software.
May 30, 2019
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McGill researchers have identified a small region in the genome that conclusively plays a role in the development of psychiatric disease and obesity. The key lies in the genomic deletion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor, ...
Oct 8, 2012
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