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Booster vaccination maintains high efficacy against malaria in African children

Researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners have today reported new findings from their Phase 2b trial following the administration of a booster dose of the candidate malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M™ - which previously demonstrated high-level efficacy of 77% over the following 12 months in young west African children in 2021.

9 Sep 2022

Infections during pregnancy may not pose great risk to the baby's brain, study shows

Infections in pregnant women have been linked to an increased risk of neurodevelopmental conditions, such as autism, in the child later in life. But it does not seem to be the infections themselves that cause autism, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show in a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

8 Sep 2022

Study provides a potential game-changer in assessing treatment response in pancreatic cancer patients

The statistics for pancreatic cancer are sobering. With a five-year survival rate of only 9%, incidence of the most common type, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), is growing and projected to be the second cause of cancer deaths by 2030.

8 Sep 2022

Genetic variants associated with mental disorders also affect intelligence and personality

A recent study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry has provided new insights into the genetic basis of mental disorders.

8 Sep 2022

Comprehensive genetic architecture atlas compiled for mutant RAS genes in cancers

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, three other cancer centers and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health compiled a comprehensive genetic architecture atlas for mutant RAS genes in human cancers.

8 Sep 2022

Promising anti-cancer agent may also prevent SARS-CoV-2 from replication

Based on findings from a new study by a Johns Hopkins Medicine-led research team, an effective means of fighting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may be possible that circumvents the problem of waning immunity often observed when current vaccines deal with emerging COVID variants.

8 Sep 2022

New gene therapy approach could help prevent blindness in children with Leber congenital amaurosis

Researchers from the National Eye Institute have developed a gene therapy that rescues cilia defects in retinal cells affected by a type of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a disease that causes blindness in early childhood.

8 Sep 2022

Study establishes link between Piezo1 and intracellular cholesterol levels during neural development

A new University of California, Irvine-led study reveals how mechanical forces and tissue mechanics influence the morphology of the developing brain, and establishes a direct link in neural stem cells between Piezo1, a mechanically-activated ion channel, and intracellular cholesterol levels during neural development.

8 Sep 2022

Researchers identify DNA regions associated with physical activity or leisure screen time

In a large international study, researchers at Uppsala University have identified DNA regions that are associated with physical activity or leisure screen time.

7 Sep 2022

Coronavirus surveillance in wastewater can predict the development of pandemic

Monitoring of viruses in wastewater enables the course of a pandemic and its burdens on various parts of the health-care sector to be predicted, independently from official public testing capacity and scope for infection tracking.

7 Sep 2022

Greater physical activity, lower sedentary time likely to reduce breast cancer risk

Boosting physical activity levels and curbing sitting time are highly likely to lower breast cancer risk, finds research designed to strengthen proof of causation and published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

7 Sep 2022

Researchers use 3D mapping techniques to identify multiple genes implicated in type 2 diabetes

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia used advanced three-dimensional mapping techniques at a microscopic level to identify a multitude of genetic variants and corresponding target gene pairings in the pancreas that are implicated in type 2 diabetes.

6 Sep 2022

Novel method can be used to study the resistance profile of bacteria that cause meningitis

A study published in the journal PLOS ONE could one day help health workers determine whether bacteria of the species Streptococcus pneumoniae, which cause meningitis – an inflammation of the membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord – are resistant to antibiotics.

6 Sep 2022

Air pollution exposure during infancy impacts a child's gut bacteria, may increase disease risk

Exposure to air pollution in the first six months of life impacts a child's inner world of gut bacteria, or microbiome, in ways that could increase risk of allergies, obesity and diabetes, and even influence brain development, suggests new CU Boulder research.

6 Sep 2022

The prevalence, genetic diversity, and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer in New York

Researchers investigated the prevalence, genomic diversity, and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 among white-tailed deers in New York.

6 Sep 2022

Researchers present their viewpoint on the link between EBV infections and the development of MS based on a previous study

Researchers presented their viewpoint on the link between Epstein-Barr virus infections and the development of multiple sclerosis based on a previous study conducted by Bjornevik et al. published in Science.

6 Sep 2022

Genetic News and Research

Booster vaccination maintains high efficacy against malaria in African children

Infections during pregnancy may not pose great risk to the baby's brain, study shows

Study provides a potential game-changer in assessing treatment response in pancreatic cancer patients

Genetic variants associated with mental disorders also affect intelligence and personality

Comprehensive genetic architecture atlas compiled for mutant RAS genes in cancers

Promising anti-cancer agent may also prevent SARS-CoV-2 from replication

New gene therapy approach could help prevent blindness in children with Leber congenital amaurosis

Study establishes link between Piezo1 and intracellular cholesterol levels during neural development

Researchers identify DNA regions associated with physical activity or leisure screen time

Coronavirus surveillance in wastewater can predict the development of pandemic

Greater physical activity, lower sedentary time likely to reduce breast cancer risk

Researchers use 3D mapping techniques to identify multiple genes implicated in type 2 diabetes

Novel method can be used to study the resistance profile of bacteria that cause meningitis

Air pollution exposure during infancy impacts a child's gut bacteria, may increase disease risk

The prevalence, genetic diversity, and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer in New York

Researchers present their viewpoint on the link between EBV infections and the development of MS based on a previous study

The existing molecular variance levels in haplotypes of the interferon-alpha-beta receptor gene in Orthopoxviruses

Impact of vaccinia virus-based vaccines on the 2022 monkeypox virus outbreak

Researchers use Viking poop to genetically map one of the oldest human parasites

Bringing flexibility to Sanger sequencing and DNA-fragment analysis with the Spectrum Compact CE System

Genetics & Genomics - Second Edition eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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