Genetics
Genomic sequencing: How researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19 variants
How do scientists detect new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19? The answer is a process called DNA sequencing.
Dec 21, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Using genomics to match treatments improved outcomes for certain patients with metastatic breast cancer
The use of multigene sequencing as a therapeutic decision tool improved the outcomes for patients with metastatic breast cancer when the genomic alterations identified were ranked in the I/II tiers of the ESMO Scale for Clinical ...
Dec 8, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Conventional IVF noninferior to PGT-A for live-birth rate
(HealthDay)—Among women with three or more good-quality blastocysts, conventional in-vitro fertilization (IVF) results in a cumulative live-birth rate that is noninferior to the rate obtained using embryo selection with ...
Nov 29, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Discovering and researching a pneumocystis pneumonia outbreak among renal transplant patients
Pneumocystis jirovecii is a fungal infection that causes pneumonia, often in highly immunocompromised patients, such as those recently undergoing transplants. Before 2019, Marwan Azar, MD, FAST, and his colleagues in Internal ...
Jun 17, 2021
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Genetics
Researchers discover a new cause for the cerebral cavernous malformation
Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Beijing Tiantan Hospital have recently uncovered a new gene mutation responsible for the non-familial patients of cerebral cavernous malformation ...
Jun 8, 2021
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Genetics
Researchers discover treatment option for rare genetic disorder
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine used a novel genetic sequencing technology to identify the genetic cause of—and a treatment for—a previously unknown severe auto inflammatory syndrome affecting an 18-year-old ...
Aug 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers look to next generation genetic sequencing for deeper understanding of COVID-19
It might be the future of diagnostic testing for common infections, and could prove to be a crucial tool for understanding and fighting novel viruses. Next generation genetic sequencing—or next generation sequencing (NGS) ...
Mar 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in infected wound
A hitherto unknown antibiotic-resistant bacteria species, in the same family as E. coli and Salmonella spp., has been found and classified in Sweden. The proposed taxonomic name of the species—the first of the new genus—is ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Genetics
Genetic screen identifies genes that protect cells from Zika virus
The Zika virus has affected over 60 million people, mostly in South America. It has potentially devastating consequences for pregnant women and their unborn children, many of whom are born with severe microcephaly and other ...
Jul 25, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
A heart failure drug to treat leukemia: A promising new therapeutic approach
Canadian researchers followed their intuition that a drug initially intended for heart failure could be effective in treating cancer. Those efforts have borne fruit, as demonstrated by their work published in the Journal ...
Jun 12, 2019
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