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Genome haplarithmisis sheds light on complex genetic landscape of miscarriages

A new study published in Nature Medicine reports on a chromosomal analysis of over 1,700 spontaneous early miscarriages.

27 Nov 2023

Unveiling the role of Daam1 gene in intestinal stem cell fate decisions

Stem cells can differentiate to replace dead and damaged cells. But how do stem cells decide which type of cell to become in a given situation?

24 Nov 2023

Parkinson's disease a potential pathogenetic factor for coronary artery disease and stroke, study suggests

Researchers performed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to explore causal associations between Parkinson's disease (PD) and cardio-cerebrovascular diseases.

24 Nov 2023

New insights into how SARS-CoV-2 evades our immune system

This review in Cellular and Molecular Immunology delves into the innate immune response to SARS-CoV-2, exploring how the virus evades immunity and the potential role of innate immunity in long-COVID and vaccine responses, shedding light on future therapeutic strategies.

23 Nov 2023

Obesity linked to prostate cancer risk: New study uncovers inherited dangers from fathers

Obesity contributes to prostate cancer risk and can be inherited from obese fathers, as shown in a review of over 280 studies examining obesity's impact on carcinogenesis and heritability.

23 Nov 2023

Mendelian randomization reveals a causal relationship between diabetes mellitus and pancreatic cancer

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. This study investigates the association between diabetes mellitus and susceptibility to pancreatic cancer by using Mendelian randomization (MR) methods and an extensive human genome-wide association study (GWAS) dataset.

23 Nov 2023

Genome study unveils genetic ties between cannabis use disorder and lung cancer risk

A genome-wide association study in Nature Genetics reveals insights into the genetics of cannabis use disorder, highlighting its strong association with psychopathology and a causal link to lung cancer, and suggesting distinct genetic pathways from mere cannabis use.

23 Nov 2023

Gene therapy could reverse symptoms of rare, hereditary DOOR syndrome

A lot of research has been done over many decades on diseases that are widespread in large parts of the population, such as cancer and heart disease. As a result, treatment methods have improved enormously thanks to long-term research efforts on diseases that affect many people.

23 Nov 2023

Study sheds light on the interactions between noise exposure, hearing loss and body constitution

New study from the University of Oulu, Finland, sheds light on the complex interactions between noise exposure, hearing loss and body constitution.

23 Nov 2023

Non-invasive genetic test for fetal DNA sequencing developed

A team of investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a non-invasive genetic test that can screen the blood of pregnant individuals to survey all genes for fetal DNA sequence variants.

22 Nov 2023

Genetic vulnerability of leukemia cells uncovered

Leukemia is the most common type of cancer in children. Treatment involves intensive chemotherapy, which has severe side effects due to its non-specific mode of action.

22 Nov 2023

Significant genetic variations linked to cannabis use disorder identified in major global ancestries

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of cannabis use disorder.

22 Nov 2023

Yourgene Health becomes a PacBio compatible partner: Enabling PacBio customers to optimize size selection for long-read sequencing libraries

Yourgene Health (part of the Novacyt group of companies) today announced a collaboration to optimize size selection for long-read sequencing workflows.

From Yourgene Health 22 Nov 2023

Genomic study sheds light on the underlying biology of cannabis use disorder

A Yale-led analysis of the genomes of more than 1 million people has shed light on the underlying biology of cannabis use disorder and its links to psychiatric disorders, abuse of other substances such as tobacco, and possibly even an elevated risk of developing lung cancer.

20 Nov 2023

New study links alcohol and white bread to increased colorectal cancer risk

The relationship between 139 dietary factors and the risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC).

20 Nov 2023

Tune Therapeutics unveils potentially curative approach to treating chronic HBV infection

Pioneering epigenome editing company Tune Therapeutics has announced it is working on a new and potentially curative approach to treating chronic HBV infection.

20 Nov 2023

Study reveals significant post-COVID meningitis resurgence

A team of scientists from the Institut Pasteur has used the database of the National Reference Center for Meningococci to trace the evolution of invasive meningococcal disease cases in France between 2015 and 2022, revealing an unprecedented resurgence in the disease after the easing of control measures imposed during the COVID-19 epidemic.

17 Nov 2023

Genome News and Research

Genome haplarithmisis sheds light on complex genetic landscape of miscarriages

Unveiling the role of Daam1 gene in intestinal stem cell fate decisions

Parkinson's disease a potential pathogenetic factor for coronary artery disease and stroke, study suggests

New insights into how SARS-CoV-2 evades our immune system

Obesity linked to prostate cancer risk: New study uncovers inherited dangers from fathers

Mendelian randomization reveals a causal relationship between diabetes mellitus and pancreatic cancer

Genome study unveils genetic ties between cannabis use disorder and lung cancer risk

Gene therapy could reverse symptoms of rare, hereditary DOOR syndrome

Study sheds light on the interactions between noise exposure, hearing loss and body constitution

Non-invasive genetic test for fetal DNA sequencing developed

Genetic vulnerability of leukemia cells uncovered

Significant genetic variations linked to cannabis use disorder identified in major global ancestries

Yourgene Health becomes a PacBio compatible partner: Enabling PacBio customers to optimize size selection for long-read sequencing libraries

Genomic study sheds light on the underlying biology of cannabis use disorder

New study links alcohol and white bread to increased colorectal cancer risk

Tune Therapeutics unveils potentially curative approach to treating chronic HBV infection

Study reveals significant post-COVID meningitis resurgence

Complex genetics behind human cranial vault shape revealed

Uncontrolled growth as a cancer cell's weakness

New method unveils the "imageable genome" for medical diagnostics

The art of CRISPR: The power and promise of gene editing eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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