Genetics
How genetics influence immunity in patients with type 1 diabetes
New insights into how genetic factors affect the body's immune response in type 1 diabetes have been published in eLife.
Jun 7, 2022
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Genetics
New study looks at heart defect risk in children of people with heart defects
Congenital heart defects may be much more common among children of women with heart defects than of men with heart defects, according to new research.
May 25, 2022
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Genetics
From cavefish to humans: Evolution of metabolism in cavefish may provide insight into treatments for a host of diseases
New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research examines how cavefish, surface-dwelling river fish that flooded into underground cave systems over 100,000 years ago, developed unique metabolic adaptations to ...
May 12, 2022
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Genetics
New clinical practice resource on hearing loss
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has released a new Clinical Practice Resource that will help direct the treatment of patients with hearing loss. The guidelines were published in Genetics in Medicine.
May 10, 2022
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Genetics
Genetic links revealed between severe COVID-19 and other diseases
A new analysis of data from the Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program has uncovered genetic links between COVID-19 severity and certain medical conditions that are known risk factors for severe COVID-19. Anurag Verma of ...
Apr 28, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Researchers describe the regenerative potential of solid bone marrow aspirate concentrate
A new study compares the regenerative potential of blood/bone marrow aspirate concentrates obtained from arterial blood, venous blood, and bone marrow aspirate. The study, conducted in rabbits, is reported in the peer-reviewed ...
Apr 18, 2022
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Health
Physicians should not overlook cardiac arrhythmias as a possible cause of nocturnal bedwetting
Researchers make a compelling, evidence-based case for expanding the diagnostic workup to include cardiac arrhythmias when a normally continent individual experiences enuresis nocturna (involuntary urination during sleep). ...
Apr 7, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scans show weakened connections in brains of adolescents at risk of bipolar disorder
A brain imaging study of young people at high risk of developing bipolar disorder has for the first time found evidence of weakening connections between key areas of the brain in late adolescence.
Mar 28, 2022
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Genetics
Evolutionary pressures on genes associated with childlessness
New research suggests that genetic variants that damage the genome are associated with reduced reproductive success and an increased likelihood of not having children.
Mar 24, 2022
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Medications
Study applies drug-gene testing to improve patient care
In a newly published study appearing in Genetics in Medicine, investigators from Mayo Clinic and Baylor College of Medicine found that targeted genomic information can play an important role in drug prescribing practices.
Mar 22, 2022
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