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Researchers develop novel statistical method to evaluate gene-to-gene interactions linked with cancer

Research led by Hui-Yi Lin, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, has developed another novel statistical method for evaluating gene-to-gene interactions associated with cancer and other complex diseases.

15 Aug 2018

Digital psychiatric therapy can 'rewire' the brain in children with ADHD, study shows

ATENTIV, LLC, pioneers in digital therapies for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and other cognitive disorders, today announced the publication of a recently completed brain imaging study using the ATENTIVmynd Technology platform.

15 Aug 2018

Study shows efficacy, safety of AAV5-based gene therapy to treat sheep model of achromatopsia

A study of a large animal model of achromatopsia caused by a mutation in the CNGA3 gene that was treated with a single injection of CNGA3 gene therapy delivered using an AAV5 vector revealed findings reported long-term follow-up findings that show promise for the efficacy and safety of this therapeutic approach.

15 Aug 2018

Study reveals role of RUNX proteins in DNA repair

A study by researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore has revealed that RUNX proteins are integral to efficient DNA repair via the Fanconi Anemia pathway.

15 Aug 2018

Ablating the mutant p53 gene in mice with colorectal cancer inhibits tumor growth

By genetically manipulating and removing the most common mutant form of the p53 gene that promotes colorectal cancer in humans, an international team of scientists demonstrated that this therapy reduces tumor growth and tissue invasion.

15 Aug 2018

New research confirms link between DDT exposure and autism

The results of a national birth cohort study published today provide biomarker evidence that DDT increases the risk of autism.

15 Aug 2018

Cruciferous vegetables found to protect against colon cancer in mice

Researchers have revealed how vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage and kale help to maintain a healthy gut and protect against colon cancer.

15 Aug 2018

Scripps Research scientists uncover new approach for treating thrombocytopenia

Blood platelets are like the sand bags of the body. Got a cut? Platelets pile in to clog the hole and stop the bleeding.

15 Aug 2018

Researchers move closer to finding potential soft spot in drug-resistant tuberculosis

Antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis is a public health threat. TB and other bacteria become resistant to antibiotics by evolving genetic changes over time, which they can do quite quickly because bacterial lifecycles are short.

15 Aug 2018

Innovative oncofertility program launched by RMA of New York and Mount Sinai Health System

Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York, a Manhattan-based fertility center, and the Mount Sinai Health System have launched an innovative, integrated oncofertility program at The Blavatnik Family – Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai to provide individuals and couples the benefit of advanced medical technologies to help with someday building their families.

15 Aug 2018

Researchers focus on uncoupling obesity from diabetes

About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes. Approximately ninety percent of them have type 2 diabetes. People with this condition cannot effectively use insulin, a hormone made by the pancreas that helps the body turn blood sugar into energy.

15 Aug 2018

“Zombie gene” protects elephants from cancer finds study

A new study has found that elephants do not get cancers as frequently as other animals because of a special gene that they carry.

14 Aug 2018

'Zombie' gene protects elephants from cancer, study finds

An estimated 17 percent of humans worldwide die from cancer, but less than five percent of captive elephants - who also live for about 70 years, and have about 100 times as many potentially cancerous cells as humans - die from the disease.

14 Aug 2018

Study identifies potential guidance to treat gastric cancer patients

Researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital have discovered that gastric cancer tissue samples bearing mutation of a specific gene, MUC16, too are associated with higher tumor mutation loads.

14 Aug 2018

Diabetes epidemic in Guatemala driven by aging, not obesity

The diabetes epidemic in Guatemala is worse than previously thought: more than 25 percent of its indigenous people, who make up 60 percent of the population, suffer from type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, suggests a new study published in PLOS ONE from researchers at the Penn Center for Global Health, in collaboration with the University of San Carlos in Guatemala City and the Hospitalito Atitlán.

14 Aug 2018

Researchers discover new approach to alleviate chronic itch

Two receptors in the spinal cord and the right experimental drug: Researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered a new approach that suppresses itch.

14 Aug 2018

Researchers map sugar structures in 'library of sugars'

Most of us tend to think of sugar as a temptation that threatens our health. The reality is, however, that sugar is an essential component of the human body; it covers the surface of our cells and proteins, and tunes the behaviour and function of our tissues in both health and disease.

14 Aug 2018