New research findings could be key to improving outcomes for some brain cancers
A genetic mutation makes a glioma subtype resistant to radiation, but a new study finds a potential way around it ...
Tag: Genes
Scientists provide new insight on gene mutations associated with autism
New research suggests increased activity in neurons that are deficient in the CNTN5 or EHMT2 gene could cause autism-related characteristics ...
Cross-species cancer comparison uncovers new drug targets, study reveals
New drug targets for a rare form of melanoma may result from the discovery of similar genetic mutations found in ...
'Improbable things happen'
Another early-onset Alzheimer's gene mutation is found in a Colombian family, and is traced back to Africa For some of ...
Cancer comparison across species highlights new drug targets
Scientists discover key genes for mucosal melanoma in humans, dogs and horses that help prioritize targets for new cancer therapies ...
Study of Arctic fishes reveals the birth of a gene — from 'junk'
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Though separated by a world of ocean, and unrelated to each other, two ...
NIH researchers home in on genes linked to age-related macular degeneration
Findings point to potential treatment strategiesCredit: National Eye Institute National Eye Institute scientists led a collaborative study and zeroed in ...
Your genes could impact the quality of your marriage
Specific genes relevant to how partners provide and receive support from each otherCredit: Binghamton University, State University of New York ...
The novel method Nested CRISPR enables efficient genome editing using long DNA fragments
Credit: IDIBELL CRISPR is a technique that is revolutionizing biomedical research through high-precision genome editing. However, even though it allows ...
Two independent mechanisms are involved in tuberous sclerosis
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The current idea about how tuberous sclerosis occurs places mTORC1, a protein complex that regulates ...
Circular RNA holds promise as cancer biomarker
Unique structure of circRNA makes it an ideal candidate for biomarkers -- and it can be detected in blood or ...
Promising results for new acute porphyria treatment
Acute porphyria is a group of uncommon diseases that can cause severe, potentially life-threatening attacks of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting ...
Improving the body's ability to fight cancer and intruders
New methods for understanding the immune system and how to boost itCredit: National Institutes of Health The human body's immune ...
Mosaic-like gene deletion and duplication pattern shaping the immune system discovered
The field of genetic sequencing has undergone a dramatic revolution over the past 20 years. In 2001 the first copy ...
Folliculin mutations disrupt embryo implantation
Folliculin gene defects are implicated in some forms of infertility, certain cancers and other cell growth disordersCredit: Jennifer Hesson New ...
Researchers develop prostate cancer prediction tool that has unmatched accuracy
Current tools used to predict prostate cancer progression are generally subjective in nature, leading to differing interpretations among clinicians New ...
Microbial manufacturing
Study unravels how microbes produce key compound used to fight cancer For decades, scientists and doctors have known that bacteria ...
Climate change poses greater risk of mental health challenges for children born to depressed mothers
The findings suggest a need for prenatal interventions in an era of growing environmental disasters New York, February 6, 2019 ...
Research explains how snakes lost their limbs
The study is part of an effort to understand how changes in the genome lead to changes in phenotypes Snakes ...
How one gene in a tiny fish may alter an aquatic ecosystem
Linking genomics to evolution to ecology, the work takes an unusual approach to reveal broad implications of how species adapt ...