Is there a link between differences in IQ test performance and the activity of certain genes? Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that modifications in the structure of a specific gene have ...
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In most cases of prostate cancer, tumor cell growth is stimulated by the action of male hormones, or androgens, such as testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT). For this to happen, these hormones have to bind to androgen ...
Jul 19, 2018
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Neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer of the sympathetic nervous system, is particularly deadly because it is difficult to detect and thus generally advanced before treatment begins. Scientists know that neuroblastoma develops ...
Jul 6, 2018
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Scientists have used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to lessen some autism symptoms in mice with a form of fragile X syndrome, the most common known single-gene cause of autism spectrum disorder.
Jun 25, 2018
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Humans have unexpectedly high genetic variation in the receptor for a key pregnancy-maintaining hormone, according to research led by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding may help explain ...
Jun 21, 2018
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Two genes play important roles for the formation of malignant cancer in the brain. One gene prevents the formation of the tumour, while another gene promotes the tumour. This is shown in a new dissertation at Umeå University, ...
May 24, 2018
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Mouse genes that make human T cells powerful at fighting liver cancer could one day help patients do the same, scientists report.
Apr 3, 2018
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A University of Arizona Cancer Center research team is engaged in a series of studies to investigate how genistein, a component of soy foods, might suppress the development of breast cancer.
Oct 30, 2017
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University of Queensland researchers have unravelled the cellular process which may help to explain why tall people are at increased risk of several types of cancer.
Oct 26, 2017
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Glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter of the central nervous system, in excess it causes cells to become overexcited, which contributes to neuron death in neurodegenerative disease. Now, a study of flies led ...
Oct 5, 2017
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