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Study identifies distinct genetic mutations in appendix cancer that may impact treatment

The rarity of appendix cancer, accounting for less than 1 percent of tumors that originate in the gastrointestinal tract, and the lack of scientific data for this disease means that current treatment guidelines recommend applying therapies to people with appendix cancer that are intended for those with colon cancer.

9 Aug 2018

Researchers develop new method for capturing dynamic processes in individual cells

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Harvard Medical School report in the journal Nature that they have developed a technique for capturing dynamic processes in individual cells. Apart from studying disease processes, the method can be used to observe in detail how specialised cells are formed during embryonic development.

9 Aug 2018

Scientists identify drug that could reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension

Scientists at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago took a major step toward developing a new treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension, a severe lung disease with a five-year survival rate of 50 percent.

9 Aug 2018

LSU Health research may lead to a change in worldwide obesity prevention strategy

A team of LSU Health New Orleans researchers has found a lower prevalence of overweight and obesity among youth in Grenada compared to US adolescents.

7 Aug 2018

Scientists identify two potential new drug targets for treatment of HIV

Johns Hopkins scientists report they have identified two potential new drug targets for the treatment of HIV. The finding is from results of a small, preliminary study of 19 people infected with both HIV - the virus that causes AIDS - and the hepatitis C virus.

7 Aug 2018

New study identifies genes linked to higher risk for triple-negative breast cancer

A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has identified specific genes associated with increased risk for triple-negative breast cancer, providing the basis for better risk management.

7 Aug 2018

Silencing of GULP1 gene expression plays important role in ovarian carcinogenesis

Johns Hopkins researchers in collaboration with Insilico Medicine, a biotechnology company based in Rockville Maryland, identify that silencing of the GULP1 gene expression by methylation plays an important role in ovarian carcinogenesis.

7 Aug 2018

Inhibition of NOVA1 gene helps prevent growth of lung cancer tumors

Researchers have identified a gene that when inhibited or reduced, in turn, reduced or prevented human non-small cell lung cancer tumors from growing.

7 Aug 2018

Study could lead to new diagnostic blood test for Kawasaki disease

For the first time, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Imperial College London, with international collaborators, have determined that Kawasaki Disease (KD) can be accurately diagnosed on the basis of the pattern of host gene expression in whole blood. The finding could lead to a diagnostic blood test to distinguish KD from other infectious and inflammatory conditions.

6 Aug 2018

Unique experimental vaccine against Zika virus proves powerful in mice

A uniquely designed experimental vaccine against Zika virus has proven powerful in mice, new research has found.

6 Aug 2018

New study finds key factors behind differences in immune responses

Age, sex, and specific human genetic variants are the key factors behind differences between immune responses among healthy humans, finds a study of 1,000 individuals carried out by EPFL and the Pasteur Institute.

6 Aug 2018

Study identifies key gene to accelerate sugarcane growth

Despite international breeding efforts, advanced agronomy and effective management of pests and diseases, sugarcane yields have been static for decades owing to constraints on culm development.

6 Aug 2018

Research highlights how heritable and environmental factors can influence epigenetic variations

New research highlights the extent to which epigenetic variation is influenced by both inherited and environmental factors.

3 Aug 2018

Discovery of new epithelial lung cell type may affect cystic fibrosis therapy

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell in the human respiratory tract called the pulmonary ionocyte, and linked it to cystic fibrosis.

3 Aug 2018

EMA grants orphan designation to selumetinib for treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1

AstraZeneca and Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan designation to selumetinib, a MEK 1/2 inhibitor, for the treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).

3 Aug 2018

Researchers discover new mechanism linked to inherited breast, ovarian cancer

Researchers from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester have identified a new mechanism which switches off a gene in families affected by breast and ovarian cancer.

3 Aug 2018

UW-Madison researcher explores how female fertility is affected by development of the ovary in mice

When Joan Jorgensen was an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, her roommate confided that she had just one period before going through menopause in high school.

3 Aug 2018

Study sheds new light on link between calorie-burning fat and muscle function

Abundant in human babies and small mammals, brown adipose tissue, or brown fat, was only recently discovered in human adults, and its role remains unclear.

3 Aug 2018

Scientists map regulatory landscape of mouse genome at single-cell resolution

Scientists have completed a major effort to map the regulatory landscape of the mouse genome at a single-cell resolution.

2 Aug 2018

CHOP experts identify new autoimmune disorder along with personalized treatment for young patient

Elijah Patino is a happy, healthy seven-year-old now, but it took a while to get there. For much of his life, he had a mysterious disease that made it painful to eat and painful to play.

2 Aug 2018

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Latest Gene News and Research

Study identifies distinct genetic mutations in appendix cancer that may impact treatment

Researchers develop new method for capturing dynamic processes in individual cells

Scientists identify drug that could reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension

LSU Health research may lead to a change in worldwide obesity prevention strategy

Scientists identify two potential new drug targets for treatment of HIV

New study identifies genes linked to higher risk for triple-negative breast cancer

Silencing of GULP1 gene expression plays important role in ovarian carcinogenesis

Inhibition of NOVA1 gene helps prevent growth of lung cancer tumors

Study could lead to new diagnostic blood test for Kawasaki disease

Unique experimental vaccine against Zika virus proves powerful in mice

New study finds key factors behind differences in immune responses

Study identifies key gene to accelerate sugarcane growth

Research highlights how heritable and environmental factors can influence epigenetic variations

Discovery of new epithelial lung cell type may affect cystic fibrosis therapy

EMA grants orphan designation to selumetinib for treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1

Researchers discover new mechanism linked to inherited breast, ovarian cancer

UW-Madison researcher explores how female fertility is affected by development of the ovary in mice

Study sheds new light on link between calorie-burning fat and muscle function

Scientists map regulatory landscape of mouse genome at single-cell resolution

CHOP experts identify new autoimmune disorder along with personalized treatment for young patient

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