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Incurable blood cancer tied to gene mutation in new lab model
Researchers working on an incurable blood cancer can now use a new lab model that could make testing potential new treatments and diagnostics easier and quicker, new research has found.
Jul 3, 2025
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Genetics
Gene for enzyme in saliva associated with type 2 diabetes
Nutrition scientists have been working to understand the relationship between type 2 diabetes and genes that express a salivary enzyme that breaks down starch, but many conflicting studies have led to few clear answers.
Jul 3, 2025
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A single genetic mutation may have made humans more vulnerable to cancer than chimpanzees
New research from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered an evolutionary change that may explain why certain immune cells in humans are less effective at fighting solid tumors compared to non-human primates. This ...
Jul 3, 2025
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First large-scale stem cell bank enables worldwide studies on genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common, debilitating neurodegenerative disease affecting about 10% of people over the age of 65 and one third of people aged 85 and above. Besides environmental factors, the genes have a strong ...
Jul 3, 2025
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DNA markers linked to facial features in Iberian Peninsula population
An EHU study analyzing different genetic markers associated with facial features of the European population has shown a strong link between 10 of these markers and the facial morphology of people from the Iberian Peninsula. ...
Jul 3, 2025
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Change trackers: New consortium to catalog DNA mutations across human lifetime
From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's typically efficient DNA repair machinery and potentially affecting our health and well-being.
Jul 3, 2025
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Air pollution may contribute to development of lung cancer in never-smokers
A new study reveals that air pollution, traditional herbal medicines and other environmental exposures are linked to genetic mutations that may contribute to the development of lung cancer in people with no or hardly any ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf patients
Gene therapy can improve hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness or severe hearing impairment, a new study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet reports. Hearing improved in all 10 patients, and the ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Blood stem cell mutations linked to lower risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease
A study published in Cell Stem Cell reveals that some mutations in blood stem cells might help protect against late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Jul 2, 2025
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Alzheimer's-related protein found to drive lung cancer spread to brain
Researchers at McMaster University, Cleveland Clinic and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered how a protein long associated with Alzheimer's disease helps lung cancer spread to the brain—a discovery that offers ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Ancient DNA shows genetic link between Egypt and Mesopotamia
Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Jul 2, 2025
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Virtual reality software uncovers new details in pediatric heart tumors
New cutting-edge software developed in Melbourne can help uncover how the most common heart tumor in children forms and changes. And the technology has the potential to further our understanding of other childhood diseases, ...
Jul 1, 2025
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Inhibiting enzyme could halt cell death in Parkinson's disease, study finds
Putting the brakes on an enzyme might rescue neurons that are dying due to a type of Parkinson's disease that's caused by a single genetic mutation, according to a new Stanford Medicine-led study conducted in mice.
Jul 1, 2025
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New insights on genetic damage of some chemotherapies could guide future treatments with less harmful side effects
For the first time, scientists have systematically studied the genetic effects of chemotherapy on healthy tissues.
Jul 1, 2025
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New potential drug targets for multiple sclerosis identified
A new study by researchers in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, has identified 18 potential drug targets for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. The study may pave the way for new treatment ...
Jul 1, 2025
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Understanding the role of pigmentation in hereditary hearing loss
Melanin can either protect or worsen hereditary hearing loss depending on genetic context, as reported by researchers from Japan. Using genetically engineered mice lacking the SLC26A4 gene, the researchers found that problems ...
Jul 1, 2025
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Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story
As war continues to rage in Gaza and Ukraine, there is concern about how the related trauma might be transmitted to future generations of people in those regions.
Jul 1, 2025
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Gene signature of hepatic ferroptosis reveals its pathogenic features
By establishing an iron overload-induced hepatic ferroptosis model, scientists from Japan have identified iFerroptosis—an integrated gene signature for ferroptosis. They evaluated the associated genes in both mice and human ...
Jul 1, 2025
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Dysregulated epigenetic memory in early embryos offers new clues to the inheritance of polycystic ovary syndrome
Novel research presented at the 41st annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) has found that embryos from women with PCOS carry a distinctive "epigenetic memory" that could explain ...
Jul 1, 2025
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Genetic ancestry linked to risk of severe dengue
For the first time, the extreme variability in dengue fever has been linked to a biological mechanism, potentially opening doors to new treatments and vaccines for the most common mosquito-borne disease worldwide.
Jun 30, 2025
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A new model enables drug discovery for a disorder affecting 40 people worldwide
Researchers at the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University have developed a model that accurately replicates an extremely rare and sometimes fatal genetic disorder caused by a mutation in the GRIN2D ...
Jun 30, 2025
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IncRNA's role in triple-negative breast cancer provides potential inroads to much-needed therapies
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the United States. Thanks to decades of fundamental research, it's also one of the most curable. The exception is a particularly aggressive variant known as triple-negative ...
Jun 30, 2025
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Genes can reveal if anxiety medicine will help or not
Depression and anxiety are the most common psychiatric disorders in the world. Around 300 million people suffer from depression, whereas 301 million have anxiety disorder. That's nearly 8% of the global population. Unfortunately, ...
Jun 30, 2025
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Scientists uncover mutation tied to poor outcomes in transplant patients
Organ transplantation has significantly revolutionized the treatment of patients with organ failure. However, the recipient's immune system recognizes transplanted organs as foreign and elicits a defensive response that can ...
Jun 30, 2025
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The UK's plan to genetically test all newborns sounds smart—until it creates patients who aren't sick
By 2030, every baby born in the UK could have their entire genome sequenced under a new NHS initiative to "predict and prevent illness." This would dramatically expand the current heel-prick test, which checks for nine rare ...
Jun 30, 2025
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