Archive: 04/12/2015

Genetic underpinning found for shared risk of congenital heart and neurodevelopmental disease

Children with significant congenital heart disease have a far better chance of surviving today than in decades past, thanks to major advances in surgery. But some infants who recover from repairs to their hearts later show ...

Dec 4, 2015

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Scientists identify new paradigm in genetics, paving way for development of better drug targets to save lives

Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)'s Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) and Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have identified a new paradigm for the identification and evaluation of genes for cell survival. ...

Dec 4, 2015

Gene pair plays crucial role in colon cancer, research shows

Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and researchers are hard at work to understand the disease's complex molecular underpinnings. In a new study out this month in the journal Cell ...

Dec 4, 2015

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Study shows that certain herpes viruses can infect human neurons

For years, researchers have noted a tantalizing link between some neurologic conditions and certain species of the herpes virus. In patients with Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, and cerebellar ataxia, among other ...

Dec 4, 2015

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With Parkinson's disease, countering symptoms is key

Parkinson's disease isn't the kind of affliction that will kill most people. Instead, it creeps up slowly and progressively destroys the quality of life of those who develop it.

Dec 4, 2015

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Research seeks answers to black lung resurgence in Central Appalachia

For some, the words "black lung" may stir thoughts of a now irrelevant disease that was once responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of miners. Unfortunately, it's back on the rise.

Dec 4, 2015

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Forget about designer babies – gene editing won't work on complex traits like intelligence

This week, scientists gathered in Washington, DC for the International Summit on Human Gene Editing to discuss a technology called CRISPR-CAS9, which can insert, remove and change the DNA of basically any organism. It is ...

Dec 4, 2015

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Positive sign in America's diabetes fight

Is there light at the end of the "diabesity" tunnel? New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seem to confirm that recent reports showing the U.S. diabetes epidemic beginning to decline are not a statistical ...

Dec 4, 2015

Brain scans explain quickness to blame

New research from Duke University helps explain the paradox of why we are quick to blame people for their actions, but slower to give them credit.

Dec 4, 2015

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'Purity' of tumor samples may significantly bias genomic analyses

A new study by UC San Francisco scientists shows that the proportion of normal cells, especially immune cells, intermixed with cancerous cells in a given tissue sample may significantly skew the results of genetic analyses ...

Dec 4, 2015

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Archive: 04/12/2015

Genetic underpinning found for shared risk of congenital heart and neurodevelopmental disease

Scientists identify new paradigm in genetics, paving way for development of better drug targets to save lives

Gene pair plays crucial role in colon cancer, research shows

Study shows that certain herpes viruses can infect human neurons

With Parkinson's disease, countering symptoms is key

Research seeks answers to black lung resurgence in Central Appalachia

Forget about designer babies – gene editing won't work on complex traits like intelligence

Positive sign in America's diabetes fight

Brain scans explain quickness to blame

'Purity' of tumor samples may significantly bias genomic analyses

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