Genetics
How genes work together to shape how much you smoke
Take a puff of nicotine for the first time, and your DNA plays an important role, alongside social and environmental factors, in shaping what happens next.
Mar 27, 2024
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News tagged with personalized medicine
Medications
Understanding what causes trastuzumab's cardiotoxicity
A new meta-analysis published in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology helps shed light on how changes in mitochondria-related gene expression may cause the cardiotoxicity associated with the cancer therapy trastuzumab.
Mar 18, 2024
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Genetics
Novel genetic priority score unveiled to enhance target prioritization in drug development
Driven by the need for a better way to prioritize targets for drug development, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has led the development of a novel "genetic priority score" (GPS) that will integrate various types ...
Jan 3, 2024
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Health
Digital health ethics for precision medicine in palliative care
A new article in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology examines the ethical, equity, and societal/relational implications of digital health technologies for precision medicine in end-of-life care.
Nov 7, 2023
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Health
A regular visit with your doctor is quickly becoming a thing of the past
Dr. Chris Hakim lives in a version of the not-so-distant past.
Jul 27, 2023
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Health
Researchers measure effect of war on well-being with smartphones and smartwatches
In May 2021, while Operation Guardian of the Walls was taking place, Tel Aviv University researchers equipped Israelis with smartwatches and a dedicated mobile application.
Jul 6, 2023
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Genetics
T cells require healthy mitochondria, research shows
All cells have their own power plants, called mitochondria. There are often more than 100 mitochondria per cell and each possesses their own genome, which in turn contains genes responsible for energy production. If errors ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Urine test could one day replace biopsy in kidney disease diagnostics
Scientists from Skoltech and Sechenov University have developed an approach for diagnosing chronic kidney disease in its early stages. It relies on a urine sample, analyzing protein content to find pathologies and determine ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
People who preserve 'immune resilience' live longer and resist infections, study finds
Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, working with collaborators in five countries, have revealed that the capacity to resist or recover from infections and other sources of inflammatory ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Health
People who think positively about aging are more likely to recover memory
A Yale School of Public Health study has found that older persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a common type of memory loss, were 30% more likely to regain normal cognition if they had taken in positive beliefs about ...
Apr 12, 2023
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