A study in Schizophrenia Bulletin is among the first to indicate epigenetic changes related to immune function in schizophrenia. DNA methylation, a process involving the addition of a methyl group to the DNA without changing ...
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Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have achieved, for the first time, the generation of neuronal cells from stem cells of Fragile X patients. The discovery paves the way for research that will examine restoration ...
May 22, 2012
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Australian researchers have identified epigenetic 'signatures' that could help clinicians tell the difference between highly aggressive and more benign forms of triple-negative breast cancer.
Feb 2, 2015
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Treatment of depression faces two main challenges. The first is that almost 50% of patients do not respond well to existing antidepressants. The second is that conventional medications take a relatively long time—around ...
Jan 4, 2021
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Preeclampsia is a severe complication of pregnancy, affecting one in 40 pregnant women. Identifying high-risk patients is often difficult and complex because the exact cause of preeclampsia is still unknown.
Aug 29, 2023
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A stimulating environment keeps the "hippocampus"—which is the brain's memory control center—young, so to speak. Causes of this are molecular mechanisms that affect gene regulation. These current findings from studies ...
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(Medical Xpress) -- A molecular 'post-it note' added to a breast cancer gene could flag up the risk that the disease will spread in patients, according to research published in the BJC today.
Jul 12, 2012
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Twenty years ago, after the human genome was first sequenced, geneticists began conducting large genome-wide association studies to identify genomic regions linked to human disease. In addition to DNA sequence, another stable ...
Jan 12, 2023
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A Purdue University study sheds light on how cell damage is reversed by the cancer drug decitabine and identifies a potential biomarker that could indicate a patient's stage of cancer and response to treatment.
Apr 22, 2015
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Alcohol exposure in early pregnancy can change gene function during the tightly regulated embryonic development, and consequently cause developmental disorders—especially neurodevelopmental disorders. Novel information ...
Jan 3, 2023
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