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Gene Expression is the process by which a gene gets turned on in a cell to make RNA and proteins. Gene expression may be measured by looking at the RNA, or the protein made from the RNA, or what the protein does in a cell.

Study provides insight into fitness effects of genomic structural variants in natural populations

Molecular geneticists have known for about a decade that genomic structural variants can play important roles in the adaptation and speciation of both plants and animals, but their overall influence on the fitness of plant populations is poorly understood.

16 Aug 2021

UH researcher set to explore how testosterone works in the brain

Most people have some idea about the hormone testosterone –how it regulates male behavior or how too little of it might cause a decrease in libido and too much might cause aggressive and irritable behavior. Turns out, no one yet knows how testosterone really does all that.

16 Aug 2021

Combining inhibitor drug with immunotherapy agent improves response in cancer patients

Combining a histone deacetylase inhibitor drug with immunotherapy agents is safe, and may benefit some patients with advanced cancers that have not responded to traditional therapy, according to results of a phase 1 clinical trial led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and several other centers including University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Yale Cancer Center and City of Hope in Los Angeles, which participated in study enrollment, and the University of Southern California and University College Cork in Ireland, which collaborated on analysis of the data.

16 Aug 2021

Study uncovers a subset of human short introns spliced out by a distinct mechanism

The interrupted non-coding regions in pre-mRNAs, termed “introns,” are excised by “splicing” to generate mature coding mRNAs that are translated into proteins.

13 Aug 2021

Targeting a skin protein may reduce the severity of psoriasis, study reveals

Results from a Michigan Medicine study reveal that targeting a protein found in the skin may reduce the severity of psoriasis.

12 Aug 2021

Study unlocks genetic treasure chest for chronic kidney disease

Despite impacting an estimated 850 million people and being responsible for 1 in 60 deaths worldwide, few treatments are available for chronic kidney disease.

12 Aug 2021

Understanding hypoxia-induced gene expression variations in aggressive type of pancreatic cancer

Cancer cells have evolved a myriad of mechanisms that support their uncontrolled growth. In case of solid tissue tumors, the tumor microenvironment, which consists of extracellular components and conditions surrounding the tumor, is crucial in deciding the fate of the cancer cells.

11 Aug 2021

Researchers aim to identify gene-lifestyle interactions that contribute to cardiometabolic disease risk

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a four-year, $8.8 million grant to ramp up research aimed at unraveling how an individual's risks of cardiometabolic diseases, such as heart disease and Type 2 diabetes, are influenced by the interaction of specific genes with demographic and lifestyle factors.

11 Aug 2021

Mount Sinai study discovers an important clue to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

Mount Sinai researchers have found an important clue to a rare but serious aftereffect of COVID-19 in children, known as a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children or MIS-C.

11 Aug 2021

Study uncovers epigenetic mechanism that mediates a link between fetal conditions and later health

A study at Tampere University has identified one possible epigenetic mechanism through which the conditions at conception may affect the health of an individual in later life.

10 Aug 2021

Insulin resistance could be due to changes in specific subtype of fat cells, study suggests

It is well known that fat cells can influence our sensitivity to insulin. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that there are three different subtypes of mature fat cells in white adipose tissue and that it is only one of these, called AdipoPLIN, that responds to insulin.

10 Aug 2021

Study finds altered brain gene expression patterns in people with opioid use disorder

The epidemic of opioid abuse affects millions of people worldwide, but researchers know surprisingly little about the molecular changes caused by opioids in the human brain.

10 Aug 2021

Research reveals a microRNA network as putative mediators of myocardial reductive stress

Last year, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers reported that reductive stress - an imbalance in the normal oxidation/reduction homeostasis - caused pathological changes associated with heart failure in a mouse model.

6 Aug 2021

UAB researchers identify potential therapeutic target for ovarian cancer

A gene called DOT1L appears to play a role in progression and severity of ovarian cancer, and inhibitors of the DOT1L enzyme may offer a new therapeutic approach for the disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers say in a study published in the journal Oncogenesis.

5 Aug 2021

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Study provides insight into fitness effects of genomic structural variants in natural populations

UH researcher set to explore how testosterone works in the brain

Combining inhibitor drug with immunotherapy agent improves response in cancer patients

Study uncovers a subset of human short introns spliced out by a distinct mechanism

Targeting a skin protein may reduce the severity of psoriasis, study reveals

Study unlocks genetic treasure chest for chronic kidney disease

Understanding hypoxia-induced gene expression variations in aggressive type of pancreatic cancer

Researchers aim to identify gene-lifestyle interactions that contribute to cardiometabolic disease risk

Mount Sinai study discovers an important clue to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

Study uncovers epigenetic mechanism that mediates a link between fetal conditions and later health

Insulin resistance could be due to changes in specific subtype of fat cells, study suggests

Study finds altered brain gene expression patterns in people with opioid use disorder

Research reveals a microRNA network as putative mediators of myocardial reductive stress

UAB researchers identify potential therapeutic target for ovarian cancer

Researchers make a breakthrough in understanding the genesis of uterine leiomyomas

Restoring cholesterol levels could be a new therapeutic approach for diseases linked to TDP-43 protein

Next-generation CRISPR tools and therapies improved by modified RNA guides

Finding potential microRNAs from humans and plants against SARS-CoV-2

Oncotarget data reveals retinoic acid as fundamental regulator of cell cycle and differentiation

Clinical trials during a pandemic – lessons from COVID-19

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