Poverty leaves a mark on our genes
A new Northwestern University study challenges prevailing understandings of genes as immutable features of biology that are fixed at conception.
Apr 4, 2019
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A new Northwestern University study challenges prevailing understandings of genes as immutable features of biology that are fixed at conception.
Apr 4, 2019
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University of Oklahoma researchers have deepened their understanding of a drug's ability to prevent fat buildup in the liver, a condition that often occurs with obesity and can lead to serious fatty liver disease. Their findings—which ...
May 23, 2024
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The dangerous mcr-1 gene, which provides resistance to the last-resort antibiotic colistin, has been found in four healthy humans and two pet dogs. In two cases, both dog and owner were harbouring the gene, according to new ...
Jul 11, 2021
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Wastewater treatment plants are unwittingly helping to spread antibiotic resistance, say scientists.
Jul 21, 2014
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A drug combination targeting multiple mutant versions of cancer's "death star" protein has shown promise in a small, early-phase clinical trial for some patients with advanced lung, ovarian and thyroid cancer.
Jun 6, 2022
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A novel therapy developed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham ameliorates obesity and Type 2 diabetes in mice fed a high-fat diet. The therapy acts through sustained release of nitric oxide, a gaseous signaling chemical ...
Apr 29, 2022
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In a study published in Human Genetics, QUT Professor Dale Nyholt and QUT Ph.D. researcher Rafiqul Islam, describe using large-scale genome-wide associations studies (GWAS) summary statistics to analyze hundreds of thousands ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Gene therapy delivered directly to a particularly stubborn type of breast cancer cell causes the cells to self-destruct, lowers chance of recurrence and helps increase the effectiveness of some types of chemotherapy, researchers ...
Sep 12, 2011
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Unleashing the immune system to fight tumors—an approach enabled by immunotherapy—has led to remarkable outcomes in some cancer patients, but in many more, cancer cells evade the treatment and continue to spread. Now, ...
Nov 2, 2018
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The influenza pandemic that began in Mexico in April 2009 rapidly spread throughout the world and arrived in Japan one month later. Now, a research team led by Toshihisa Ishikawa at the RIKEN Omics Science Center in Yokohama ...
Jul 15, 2011
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