A University of Otago, Christchurch, discovery of missing DNA in women who develop breast cancer at a young age could hold the key to helping them beat the disease.
May 29, 2017
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Newly identified gene variants contribute to explaining why Māori and Pacific people have the highest rates worldwide of gout, the painful and debilitating arthritic disease, an international collaboration led by University ...
May 24, 2017
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The mcr-1 gene—a gene that makes bacteria resistant to colistin, an antibiotic of last resort, and that is transferrable between bacteria—has been found in a wide variety of strains of Escherichia coli in China following ...
Jan 28, 2017
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A new study has identified a network of genes in the brain that, when disrupted, causes epilepsy; the results also predicted that a known anti-epileptic drug works to restore the network's function. This discovery has not ...
Dec 12, 2016
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The first evidence of a superbug in a domestic cat that could infect humans and livestock has been discovered in Australia.
Oct 27, 2016
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(HealthDay)—A special genetic test might help gauge outcomes for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, a new study suggests.
Mar 21, 2016
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An international team lead by Rachel Yehuda, professor at Mount Sinai hospital in New York, and for the molecular analyses Elisabeth Binder, director at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, studied the genes ...
Aug 25, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with member affiliations to institutions in the U.S. and Hong Kong, has found that researchers going after drug targets that have supporting genetic evidence could double the success ...
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with the UCL Institute of Neurology in the U.K. with assistance from a pair of researchers in New Guinea, has found a gene mutation that confers complete resistance against a type ...
(HealthDay)—Early trials of a new form of gene therapy may give hope to patients battling glioblastoma, the most deadly form of brain cancer.
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