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Study reveals the genetics underlying cerebral palsy and autism

Researchers from the Robinson Research Institute at the University of Adelaide have uncovered a genetic signal that is common to both cerebral palsy and autism.

10 May 2018

Scientists identify mutation that makes tumor cells resistant to breast and ovarian cancer drug

Scientists have identified a mutation that gives cancer cells resistance to the breakthrough cancer treatment olaparib and other PARP inhibitors.

10 May 2018

Scientists successfully graft neural precursor cells into spinal cords of syngeneic pigs with no immunosuppression

A major hurdle to using neural stem cells derived from genetically different donors to replace damaged or destroyed tissues, such as in a spinal cord injury, has been the persistent rejection of the introduced material, necessitating the use of complex drugs and techniques to suppress the host's immune response.

10 May 2018

Scientific understanding of PSTD points to new treatment and prevention strategies

Recent advances in scientific understanding of how posttraumatic stress disorder develops and persists may lead to more effective treatment and even prevention of this debilitating disorder, according to the May/June special issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry, published by Wolters Kluwer.

10 May 2018

Researchers devise neuronal cookbook for turning skin cells into different types of neurons

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have devised what they call a "neuronal cookbook" for turning skin cells into different types of neurons.

10 May 2018

Researchers discuss challenges and barriers faced in the development of personalized medicine

Personalized medicine has the potential to improve the treatment and care of patients. This promising approach has already borne fruit, with a handful of targeted therapies for cancer now in use.

10 May 2018

Study discovers genetic variations that increase heart attack risk for statin patients

A Vanderbilt-led research team has discovered genetic variations that increase the risk of heart attack even when patients are receiving a statin drug like Lipitor or Crestor to lower their blood cholesterol.

10 May 2018

Researchers identify six genes that predispose carriers to develop medulloblastoma

Researchers have identified six genes that predispose carriers to develop the brain tumor medulloblastoma and have used the discovery to craft genetic counseling and screening guidelines. The study appears today in the journal The Lancet Oncology.

10 May 2018

HCI announces opening of Center for HOPE for improving health among underserved populations

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah today announced the opening of the Cancer Population Sciences and Huntsman Center for Health Outcomes and Population Equity, a new research and clinical space dedicated to preventing cancer and improving health among underserved populations and improving outcomes in cancer patients.

9 May 2018

Scripps Research professor wins 2018 RSC Bioorganic Chemistry Award

Floyd Romesberg, PhD, professor at The Scripps Research Institute, has won the 2018 Royal Society of Chemistry Bioorganic Chemistry Award for his ground-breaking contributions to the expansion of the genetic alphabet.

9 May 2018

Study: The brain processes emotion differently in patients with OCD than their unaffected siblings

A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging reports that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) feel more distress when viewing images to provoke OCD-related emotions than their unaffected siblings.

9 May 2018

Advances in Cell Lineage Analysis

Dr. Jan Phillip Junker discusses the applications of CRISPR-Cas9 in cell lineage analysis and the development of tomo-seq; a method to study the spatial organization of cells within whole organisms.

9 May 2018

Johns Hopkins researchers identify protein clumps in diseased hearts

Similar to how protein clumps build up in the brain in people with some neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, protein clumps appear to accumulate in the diseased hearts of mice and people with heart failure, according to a team led by Johns Hopkins University researchers.

9 May 2018

Huntsman Cancer Institute opens Cancer Population Sciences and Huntsman Center for HOPE

Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) today announced the opening of the Cancer Population Sciences and Huntsman Center for Health Outcomes and Population Equity (HOPE), a new research and clinical space dedicated to preventing cancer and improving health among underserved populations and improving outcomes in cancer patients.

9 May 2018

Genetic News and Research

Study reveals the genetics underlying cerebral palsy and autism

Scientists identify mutation that makes tumor cells resistant to breast and ovarian cancer drug

Scientists successfully graft neural precursor cells into spinal cords of syngeneic pigs with no immunosuppression

Scientific understanding of PSTD points to new treatment and prevention strategies

Researchers devise neuronal cookbook for turning skin cells into different types of neurons

Researchers discuss challenges and barriers faced in the development of personalized medicine

Study discovers genetic variations that increase heart attack risk for statin patients

Researchers identify six genes that predispose carriers to develop medulloblastoma

HCI announces opening of Center for HOPE for improving health among underserved populations

Scripps Research professor wins 2018 RSC Bioorganic Chemistry Award

Study: The brain processes emotion differently in patients with OCD than their unaffected siblings

Advances in Cell Lineage Analysis

Johns Hopkins researchers identify protein clumps in diseased hearts

Huntsman Cancer Institute opens Cancer Population Sciences and Huntsman Center for HOPE

Tissue-engineered islets used to treat sudden-onset type 1 diabetes in mice

Experts discuss how medicinal cannabis can impact opioid crisis

Scientists develop computer algorithm that reveals gene networks activated in cancer cell

Findings confirm analytical principle that describes mutational processes and cancer development

Mutations in EBOV-Makona do not alter disease-causing ability in animal models, shows study

Researchers uncover the cause of scarring in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

eBook: Using iPSCs models for human disease research and drug discovery 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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