Genetics

Insight into how three of the world's most devastating viruses interact with human cells opens the door for much-needed treatments SAN FRANCISCO, CA--December 13, 2018--No drugs are currently available to treat Ebola, Dengue, or Zika…
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Major research funders join together to advance research into genetic disorderCredit: Children's Tumor Foundation New York/Baltimore/Seattle - The Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF), together with the Neurofibromatosis Therapeutic…
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The article by Dr. Gary Hardiman et al. is published in Current Genomics, Volume 19, Issue 7, 2018Credit: Dr. Gary Hardiman et al., Bentham Science Publishers Cellular pathways represent the intricate metabolic connections between the…
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Tiny Australian wallaby the last living link to extinct giant kangaroosCredit: Joseph Burgess A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) led collaboration with University of Adelaide reveals that Australia's pint-sized banded…
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RCSI researchers play key role in international collaborationCredit: RCSI Monday, 10 December 2018: The largest study of its kind, led by international researchers including scientists at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), has…
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Credit: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers reveal how a single mutation in a regulatory gene leads to immune system dysfunction and the autoimmune disease Takayasu arteritis,…
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Researchers pinpoint a gene that affects cell-to-cell communication leading to the diseaseCredit: McGill University Health Centre Montreal, December 10 2018 - How does cancer spread? While studying human brain tumour cells, a team of…
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Rapid drug response screening for leukemia stem cells offers clues to relapse and to improving patient-specific therapiesCredit: Alice C, Gray Advances in rapid screening of leukemia cells for drug susceptibility and resistance are…
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Credit: UC San Diego Health The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded David Cheresh, PhD, Distinguished Professor and vice chair of Pathology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with a $4.2 million Outstanding…
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Genome of blue-fronted Amazon parrot compared with 30 other long-lived birdsCredit: Glaucia Seixas PITTSBURGH--Parrots are famously talkative, and a blue-fronted Amazon parrot named Moises - or at least its genome - is telling scientists…
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Credit: Glaucia Seixas, https://bluefrontedamazonproject.wordpress.com A genome analysis of traits in parrots and 26 other bird species revealed that parrots and other long-lived birds share high rates of conserved…
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Credit: Karl-Göran Sjögren / University of Gothenburg A team of researchers from France, Sweden, and Denmark have identified a new strain of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague, in DNA extracted from 5,000-year-old human…
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Israeli scientists and physicians develop a new technology for profiling the unique genetic makeup of myeloma tumor cells that will allow better diagnosis and treatmentCredit: Weizmann Institute of science Cancer arises when cells lose…
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Team of RI-MUHC researchers discover new disease and its genetic cause in Quebec patient as 'Bubble Boy' symptoms discovered in adults for first timeCredit: RI-MUHC A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre…
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