Mistakes in "proofreading" the genetic code of retinal cells is the cause of a form of inherited blindness, retinitis pigmentosa (RP) caused by mutations in splicing factors.
Oct 12, 2018
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In a large-scale analysis of RNA from postmortem human brain tissue, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Columbia University have identified specific RNA splicing events associated with Alzheimer's ...
Oct 8, 2018
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A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveals new insights into what can be causing life-threatening cardiac-related events in myotonic dystrophy type 1(DM1). Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, ...
Sep 28, 2018
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Research has shed new light on genetic processes that may one day lead to the development of therapies that can slow, or even reverse, how our cells age.
Sep 13, 2018
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No one knows how many times in a day, or even an hour, the trillions of cells in our body need to make proteins. But we do know that it's going on all the time, on a massive scale. We also know that every time this happens, ...
Aug 30, 2018
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Key aspects of the ageing of human cells can be reversed by new compounds developed at the University of Exeter, research shows.
Aug 7, 2018
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When scientists at ETH Zurich analysed very large amounts of genetic cancer data, they found previously unresearched molecular changes. These could help in developing new personalised cancer treatments.
Aug 6, 2018
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Despite the importance that changes in muscle mass have in aging, overall body metabolism and in chronic disease, we still don't fully understand the mechanisms that contribute to the maintenance of adult muscle mass.
Jul 10, 2018
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Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset muscular dystrophy that affects multiple organ systems. People with this condition develop progressive muscle wasting and weakness in their lower legs, hands, ...
Jun 26, 2018
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A stem cell is one with infinite possibilities. So, for decades, scientists have puzzled over how the cell chooses to keep being a stem cell and continue dividing, or specialize into a specific cell type, like a heart or ...
May 10, 2018
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