Tag: Genetics

Discovery could provide clues to potential therapies Rearing its head in infancy, Christianson Syndrome is a rare disorder whose symptoms ...

Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Two distinct subtypes discovered, each with dramatically different risks of recurrence Patients with more aggressive subtype ...

Research led by the University of Birmingham has found important new ways that the BRCA1 gene functions which could help ...

Credit: UQ QBI A joint Australian-Indian 18-year study made possible by the recruitment, diagnosis, and the DNA screening of thousands ...

Credit: Gerton Lab KANSAS CITY, MO - Thanks to super-resolution microscopy, scientists have now been able to unambiguously identify physical ...

If a tree falls, and no one's there to hear it, does it feel pain and loneliness? No, experts argue ...

Optimized gene-editing tool prevents hearing loss in mice with hereditary deafness without detectable off-target effects Scientists at Harvard Medical School ...

Credit: City University of Hong Kong As antibiotic resistance is growing and posing a threat on public health, developing new ...

Proof-of-principle findings pave the way for precision medicine in psychiatry Philadelphia, July 3, 2019 - Treatment of psychosis can be ...

Credit: McLean Hospital Treatment for individuals who experience psychosis, such as hallucinations and delusions as a result of a psychiatric ...

Variants in the gene ARMC5 may be associated with high blood pressure among blacks, according to a National Institutes of ...

Princeton University's Lindy McBride is studying how and why disease-bearing mosquitoes feed almost exclusively on humansCredit: Danielle Alio, Princeton University ...

Discovery led researchers to software fixCredit: Brent Haglund LIVERMORE, Calif. -- A weakness in one common open source software for ...

Temple, UNMC collaborate on study detailed in Nature CommunicationsCredit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University In a major ...

Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When Jeff Weakley tweezed open a blister-like bulge on his ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Prostate cancer represents a major health challenge and there is currently no effective treatment once it has advanced ...

A new study in marmoset monkeys suggests that individual variation in genes alters our ability to regulate emotions, providing new ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A compound with potential as a treatment for ALS has gained further promise in a new study ...

Researchers at Penn Medicine and Geisinger find only 5 percent of patients with a mutation of the TTN gene have ...

By targeting an unusual offshoot of worm metabolism, researchers seek to fight a major global health problemCredit: WikiMedia Commons Over ...