Mutations are the changes in the DNA that gradually occur in human cells as they replicate, and the organism grows and ages. Some of these changes, particularly when they occur in genes, can be instrumental during the development ...
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A mutation in a protein regulating natural killer (NK) cells' function is at the root of immune deficiency in some people with a rare genetic condition characterized by cognitive and developmental delay, seizures, and other ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that causes serious and sometimes fatal respiratory and digestive disorders. A new treatment, available since 2020, improves lung function and quality of life. However, it does not always ...
Apr 4, 2024
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Familial Alzheimer's disease can be transferred via bone marrow transplant, researchers show in the journal Stem Cell Reports. When the team transplanted bone marrow stem cells from mice carrying a hereditary version of Alzheimer's ...
Mar 28, 2024
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Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a gene mutation is responsible for causing psoriasis—a chronic inflammatory skin disease that causes patients to develop red, scaly and itchy patches ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Research by Victor Ambros, Ph.D., provides new insights into a recently identified class of neurodevelopmental disorders called Argonaute syndromes. Dr. Ambros and colleagues believe their Proceedings of the National Academy ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Brazilian and American researchers have identified 87 genes linked to alterations in blood pressure and 144 others associated with variations in heart rate. The findings, published in the journal Science Advances, create ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Zurich and the University Hospital Zurich have discovered that a specific mutation in the cancer cells of an aggressive type of blood cancer can prevent novel immunotherapies such as CAR T-cell ...
Mar 21, 2024
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The results of a multisite clinical trial overseen by University of Colorado Cancer Center member Bradley Corr, MD, could offer new hope to patients with metastatic and recurrent uterine cancer, also known as endometrial ...
Mar 20, 2024
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