Nerve fibers in skin involved in initiating neurofibromas in patients with disfiguring NF1
Study published today in PLOS ONE challenges today's standard beliefs that neurofibromas initiate as tumors; new discovery allows novel strategies ...
Tag: Genetics
Children of both young and old parents share risk for certain neurodevelopment disorders
Younger parental age significantly associated with risk for ADHD and Tourette's, whereas older parental age associated with Autism and obsessive-compulsive ...
What happens to young adults after a first heart attack?
Study finds that the vast majority of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia still had elevated cholesterol levels a year later, highlighting ...
Road to cell death mapped in the Alzheimer’s brain
Newly identified mechanisms offer novel avenues for targeted therapeutic developmentCredit: Courtesy of Van Andel Research Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May ...
Climate change has long-term impact on species adaptability
Historic climate change events can have a lasting impact on the genetic diversity of a species, reveals a new study ...
DFG approves new research training group investigating the evolution of gene regulation
The new Research Training Group 'Gene Regulation in Evolution: From Molecular to Extended Phenotypes' gives a boost to Mainz University ...
Zebrafish help researchers explore alternatives to bone marrow donation
UC San Diego researchers discover new role for epidermal growth factor receptor in blood stem cell development, a crucial key ...
SABER tech gives DNA and RNA visualization a boost
New DNA-nanotechnology-based method enhances nucleic acid analysis in cells and tissues, enabling parallel detection of many targets with high sensitivity ...
Bonobo mothers help their sons to have more offspring
Mothers' presence influences the reproductive success of their adult sonsCredit: © Martin Surbeck, Kokolopori Bonobo Research "This is the first ...
Structural and functional mechanisms of a new class of bacterial sigma/anti-sigma factors revealed
Credit: FENG Yingang and LIU Yajun Transcription is the process of synthesizing messenger RNA by RNA polymerase based on the ...
Waking ‘sleeping’ genes could help Prader-Willi syndrome
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia New funding is enabling Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers to develop new ...
Yale study identifies how cancer drug inhibits DNA repair in cancer cells
New Haven, Conn. -- According to researchers at Yale Cancer Center, a cancer drug thought to be of limited use ...
Natural compound found in broccoli reawakens the function of potent tumor suppressor
Finding offers potential novel approach to cancer treatment and prevention BOSTON - Your mother was right; broccoli is good for ...
Owning a dog is influenced by our genetic make-up
A team of Swedish and British scientists have studied the heritability of dog ownership using information from 35,035 twin pairs ...
Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch
Early human beings who lived around 120,000 years ago in South Africa were 'ecological geniuses' who were able to exploit ...
Cancer drug could be repurposed to provide treatment for brain aneurysms
Research uncovers a new genetic basis of a form of brain aneurysm, and suggests that it could be treated by ...
CRISPR catches out critical cancer changes
Researchers reveal which gene fusions are critical for the growth of cancer cells and identify a new drug target for ...
Enzyme PHLPP2 could be a viable drug target for treating prostate cancer
Credit: Trotman lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- An estimated 450,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with a cancer that's ...
Chewing gums reveal the oldest Scandinavian human DNA
Credit: Per Persson/Stockholm University The first humans who settled in Scandinavia more than 10,000 years ago left their DNA behind ...
Big data helps identify better way to research breast cancer’s spread
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Scientists are using a lot of genomic data to identify medical issues sooner in patients, but ...
