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Study aims to understand how SARS-CoV-2 affects the brain long-term

Researchers formulate a method to identify the molecular and systemic factors linking COVID-19 to short- and long-term neurologic illness.

28 Sep 2022

Treatment for neurological diseases often no longer effective enough in the later stages

Neurological diseases often begin with an inflammatory process and the degradation of the so-called myelin layer, which surrounds the nerve fibers (axons) like a protective insulating layer.

28 Sep 2022

Vitamin supplements can benefit cystic fibrosis patients, study suggests

Cystic fibrosis patients who supplement their diet with vitamin C can also derive greater benefit from another antioxidant, vitamin E, resulting in a reduction in damaging inflammation, a study led by Oregon State University suggests.

28 Sep 2022

Houston Methodist researchers receive CPRIT funding to research two of the most lethal cancers

Two Houston Methodist cancer researchers have been awarded a half million dollars in funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to further research two of the most lethal, difficult-to-treat cancers that all-too-often have poor prognoses.

28 Sep 2022

Researchers to use $1 million grant for improving blood cancer diagnosis and treatment

Adelaide researchers will use a $1 million grant to improve the diagnosis and treatment of blood cancers, which kill 16 Australians every day.

28 Sep 2022

Research reveals how cancer-causing gene influences genetic variability in prostate cancer

Researchers from Barts Cancer Institute (BCI) at Queen Mary University of London, the Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, and the University of Milan have identified a novel role for a cancer-causing gene in controlling an important genetic process that underpins genetic variation in prostate cancer.

27 Sep 2022

Novel CRISPR-based method benefits further cancer studies

Researchers have identified a mechanism by which an oncogene commonly activated in cancer patients affects the growth rate of cells.

27 Sep 2022

High-tech lab in Nigeria could be a game changer in tackling emerging and re-emerging diseases

Nigeria's Oligo synthesizer laboratory, the first in West Africa, could be a game changer in tackling emerging and re-emerging diseases in the region if harnessed to its full potential, laboratory scientists have said.

27 Sep 2022

Singapore researchers identify protein that transports degraded membrane lipids out of lysosomes

Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School and colleagues in Singapore have identified a protein that transports degraded membrane lipids out of lysosomes, cellular organelles that are the breakdown factories of cells.

27 Sep 2022

Evolution of pathogens during vaccination programs

New research summarized the current understanding of pathogen evolution.

27 Sep 2022

NIH launches new program to better understand the function of every human gene

The National Institutes of Health is launching a program to better understand the function of every human gene and generate a catalog of the molecular and cellular consequences of inactivating each gene.

27 Sep 2022

Study shows how a common epigenetic modification can be transmitted across multiple generations

Without altering the genetic code in the DNA, epigenetic modifications can change how genes are expressed, affecting an organism's health and development.

27 Sep 2022

New machine learning tool discovers mutational signature that links bladder cancer to tobacco smoking

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have for the first time discovered a pattern of DNA mutations that links bladder cancer to tobacco smoking.

27 Sep 2022

New research model enables scientists to test therapeutics for rare neurodegenerative diseases

For the first time, scientists will be able to test therapeutics for a group of rare neurodegenerative diseases that affect infants and young children thanks to a new research model created by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

26 Sep 2022

Veterans with PTSD and other psychiatric disorders are at greater risk for early death

Psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses increase risk for premature morbidity and mortality. Now a new study has found that trauma-exposed Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and externalizing psychiatric disorders, like substance use disorders and antisocial personality disorder, are at greater risk for early death.

26 Sep 2022

Study reveals key role of AKG/OXGR1 signaling pathway in maintaining male reproduction

Infertility is a global public health problem caused by genetic defects, lifestyle, nutrition, and factors affecting the local metabolism and microenvironment of the reproductive system.

26 Sep 2022

New discovery changes the understanding of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by a genetic mutation and affects one in every 5,000 boys born. Because the affected gene is on the X chromosome, girls are carriers of the mutant gene but develop the disease only very rarely (one in about 50 million).

26 Sep 2022

Does leptin play a role in Parkinson’s disease?

Scientists review in vitro and in vivo evidence associated with Parkinson's disease and leptin.

26 Sep 2022

Study finds remdesivir-resistant version of COVID-19 in renal transplant recipients

Recent studies have shown that patients with weakened immune systems—which enables the virus that causes COVID-19 to remain longer in the body, copy itself, and continually change—may enable the development of new, slightly different versions of the virus (variants).

26 Sep 2022

Research brings us closer to optimizing treatments for children with retinoblastoma

Retinoblastoma is a cancer of the eye that occurs in infants and toddlers and can lead to loss of vision, loss of one or both eyes, and even death.

26 Sep 2022

Genetic News and Research

Study aims to understand how SARS-CoV-2 affects the brain long-term

Treatment for neurological diseases often no longer effective enough in the later stages

Vitamin supplements can benefit cystic fibrosis patients, study suggests

Houston Methodist researchers receive CPRIT funding to research two of the most lethal cancers

Researchers to use $1 million grant for improving blood cancer diagnosis and treatment

Research reveals how cancer-causing gene influences genetic variability in prostate cancer

Novel CRISPR-based method benefits further cancer studies

High-tech lab in Nigeria could be a game changer in tackling emerging and re-emerging diseases

Singapore researchers identify protein that transports degraded membrane lipids out of lysosomes

Evolution of pathogens during vaccination programs

NIH launches new program to better understand the function of every human gene

Study shows how a common epigenetic modification can be transmitted across multiple generations

New machine learning tool discovers mutational signature that links bladder cancer to tobacco smoking

New research model enables scientists to test therapeutics for rare neurodegenerative diseases

Veterans with PTSD and other psychiatric disorders are at greater risk for early death

Study reveals key role of AKG/OXGR1 signaling pathway in maintaining male reproduction

New discovery changes the understanding of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Does leptin play a role in Parkinson’s disease?

Study finds remdesivir-resistant version of COVID-19 in renal transplant recipients

Research brings us closer to optimizing treatments for children with retinoblastoma

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