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Researchers find new way to differentiate between active and inactive viruses

Human herpesviruses such as HHV-6 can remain dormant in cells for many years without being noticed. When reactivated, they can cause serious clinical conditions. Researchers from Würzburg have now found a way of differentiating between active and inactive viruses.

14 Sep 2018

Study reveals how dangerous bacterium shares its genetic information

Bacteria are very sneaky in their efforts to develop resistance to antibiotics. Some strains of bacteria package up the genetic instructions for how they defend themselves and cause disease, and pass this information on to neighbouring, naïve, bacteria - essentially gifting their colleagues with the defences they need to survive against our medical armoury of antibiotics.

14 Sep 2018

Study: Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are immunologically disparate at birth

Neonatal concentrations of eight detectable inflammatory markers were significantly different in children later diagnosed with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) compared with controls.

14 Sep 2018

Study could pave way for new therapies to reverse aging in human cells

Research has shed new light on genetic processes that may one day lead to the development of therapies that can slow, or even reverse, how our cells age.

14 Sep 2018

New project aims to increase patient willingness to take life-saving oral drugs

A new collaboration grant to scientists from Discovery BioMed, Inc. and the Monell Center will support development of next-generation screening technologies to enable identification of bitter taste blockers.

14 Sep 2018

Study: aPKC inhibitors may provide new therapeutic option for blinding eye diseases

Many eye diseases, including diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration, exhibit increased permeability of blood vessels in the macular (central) portion of the retina leading to abnormal fluid accumulation and vision loss.

14 Sep 2018

Twice-a-year MRI more effective than mammograms for women with genetic breast cancer risk

Getting magnetic resonance imaging scans twice a year instead of one annual mammogram is far more effective at detecting early breast cancers in young women with a high-risk genetic profile than mammograms alone, according to a research team based at the University of Chicago Medicine and the University of Washington, Seattle.

14 Sep 2018

Scientists get unprecedented view of brain development through high-resolution genomic map

Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have created a massive database of the changes in gene activity of individual cells in the cerebellum during embryonic development and immediately after birth.

14 Sep 2018

Discovery of key mechanism may lead to more functional skin grafts for burn victims

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered a key mechanism by which skin begins to develop in embryos, shedding light on the genetic roots of birth defects like cleft palate and paving the way for development of more functional skin grafts for burn victims.

14 Sep 2018

Is ‘precision medicine’ the answer to cancer? Not precisely.

Facing incurable breast cancer at age 55, MaryAnne DiCanto put her faith in "precision medicine" — in which doctors try to match patients with drugs that target the genetic mutations in their tumors. She underwent repeated biopsies to identify therapies that might help.

13 Sep 2018

Study provides complete picture of HPV virus-head and neck cancer connections

Human papillomavirus is widely known to cause nearly all cases of cervical cancer. However, you might not know that HPV also causes 70 percent of oropharyngeal cancer, a subset of head and neck cancers that affect the mouth, tongue, and tonsils.

12 Sep 2018

Drug combination targets pre-leukemia stem cells

Your body's blood cells are manufactured by hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow. But just as regular, mature cells can become cancerous, so too can stem cells.

12 Sep 2018

Childhood adversity associated with impaired social cognition in adults with major psychiatric disorders

A new report published in European Psychiatry identified a significant association between childhood adversity and impaired social cognitive functioning among adults diagnosed with major psychiatric disorders.

12 Sep 2018

Health Care Apps and the Empowered Patient

An interview with Evergreen Life, discussing the importance of patient empowerment and how technology is allowing the NHS take a holistic approach to care.

From Evergreen Life 12 Sep 2018

Study provides insight into how the brain decides what to do in the face of danger

Though it has been many millennia since human lives were regularly threatened by predatory wild animals, the brain circuits that ensured our survival then are still very much alive within us today.

12 Sep 2018

Study uncovers four neuron types in the peripheral auditory system

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified four types of neurons in the peripheral auditory system, three of which are new to science.

12 Sep 2018

Genetic variants influence heart rate and blood pressure responses to exercise

Your genes can determine how your heart rate and blood pressure respond to exercise – and may act as an early warning of future problems with your heart or blood vessels – according to new research published in The Journal of Physiology.

12 Sep 2018

Study finds overlapping copy number variations in Japanese patients with autism and schizophrenia

Common genetic variants may underlie autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia across human populations, according to a study appearing September 11th in the journal Cell Reports.

12 Sep 2018

Differences in mitochondrial DNA determine severity of heart disease caused by nDNA mutation

Differences in the DNA within the mitochondria, the energy-producing structures within cells, can determine the severity and progression of heart disease caused by a nuclear DNA mutation.

12 Sep 2018

Researchers untangle mysteries of 'evil' protein in ER-positive breast cancer

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States, striking 1 out of 8 women. About 80 percent of all breast cancers are estrogen receptor-positive, in which cancer growth is fueled by estrogen.

12 Sep 2018

Genetic News and Research

Researchers find new way to differentiate between active and inactive viruses

Study reveals how dangerous bacterium shares its genetic information

Study: Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are immunologically disparate at birth

Study could pave way for new therapies to reverse aging in human cells

New project aims to increase patient willingness to take life-saving oral drugs

Study: aPKC inhibitors may provide new therapeutic option for blinding eye diseases

Twice-a-year MRI more effective than mammograms for women with genetic breast cancer risk

Scientists get unprecedented view of brain development through high-resolution genomic map

Discovery of key mechanism may lead to more functional skin grafts for burn victims

Is ‘precision medicine’ the answer to cancer? Not precisely.

Study provides complete picture of HPV virus-head and neck cancer connections

Drug combination targets pre-leukemia stem cells

Childhood adversity associated with impaired social cognition in adults with major psychiatric disorders

Health Care Apps and the Empowered Patient

Study provides insight into how the brain decides what to do in the face of danger

Study uncovers four neuron types in the peripheral auditory system

Genetic variants influence heart rate and blood pressure responses to exercise

Study finds overlapping copy number variations in Japanese patients with autism and schizophrenia

Differences in mitochondrial DNA determine severity of heart disease caused by nDNA mutation

Researchers untangle mysteries of 'evil' protein in ER-positive breast cancer

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