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Large-scale study expands number of genetic markers linked to exceptional longevity

A new large-scale international study expands the number of genetic markers now known to be associated with exceptional longevity.

7 Dec 2017

Malaria parasite employs active strategy to deceive the immune system

Global efforts to eradicate malaria are crucially dependent on scientists' ability to outsmart the malaria parasite. And Plasmodium falciparum is notoriously clever: It is quick to develop resistance against medications and has such a complex life cycle that blocking it effectively with a vaccine has thus far proved elusive.

7 Dec 2017

Research findings offer path for drug discovery to treat hyperaldosteronism

A new study led by researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, in collaboration with researchers at Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health, identifies a mechanism that explains the development of hyperaldosteronism.

7 Dec 2017

Researchers discover how unusually long strands of RNA work in skin cells

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered how unusually long pieces of RNA work in skin cells.

7 Dec 2017

Higher educational attainment associated with lower risk of Alzheimer's disease

Using genetic information, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden provide new evidence that higher educational attainment is strongly associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease. The study is published in The BMJ.

7 Dec 2017

Huntington's patients need better communication around assisted dying, study shows

Research has shown that better communication around assisted dying is needed between clinician and patients diagnosed with Huntington's Disease.

7 Dec 2017

New first line combination therapy shows promising results in patients with advanced NSCLC

A new combination therapy for the first line treatment of advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) improves progression-free survival (PFS), according to results of phase III IMpower150 trial presented at the ESMO Immuno Oncology Congress 2017.

7 Dec 2017

Study paves way for new therapeutic strategies to impede growth of virus-induced cancers

Researchers at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore have identified a novel molecular pathway by which a tumor suppressor, TIP60, inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

7 Dec 2017

Researchers establish function of long RNA strands in skin development and disease

Researchers have found out how long pieces of RNA called “long non-coding RNAs” (LncRNAs) work in skin cells to modulate connective tissue proteins such as collagen, potentially laying the foundations for new skin repair therapies.

7 Dec 2017

UA researcher awarded $2.3 million NIH grant to develop new treatments for depression

A University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix researcher has received a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop new treatments for depression.

7 Dec 2017

Brazilian researchers identify genes linked to melanoma progression

When researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil treated human melanoma cell lines with a synthetic compound similar to curcumin, one of the pigments that give turmeric its orange color, they identified genes with altered expression in potentially invasive tumors and malignant cells resistant to chemotherapy.

6 Dec 2017

CLOCK gene plays key role in regulating many genes important to brain evolution

Scientists have long sought to unravel the molecular mysteries that make the human brain special: What processes drove its evolution through the millennia? Which genes are critical to cognitive development?

6 Dec 2017

Clinical study uses genetic testing to match AML patients with new therapies

A clinical trial using genetic testing to match acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients with new therapies is now open at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center

6 Dec 2017

New compound targets APOE gene to reduce Alzheimer's damage in mice

People who carry the APOE4 genetic variant face a substantial risk for developing Alzheimer's disease.

6 Dec 2017

Study shows how interplay between two key enzymes promotes brain tumor growth

Study results revealed previously unknown interplay between two key enzymes and a novel understanding of how brain cancer tumors form and spread, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

6 Dec 2017

Bacteria carrying colistin resistant mcr-1 gene commonly exist in ecosystem, study finds

Food Safety and Technology Research Centre of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University recently found that bacteria that carry the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 commonly exist in human and various types of food and environmental samples collected from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland.

6 Dec 2017

Researchers identify risk factor for drug-induced skin disease in diabetic patients

Researchers have identified a type of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) that is associated with the skin disease bullous pemphigoid (BP) in diabetic patients administered with DPP-4 inhibitory drugs.

6 Dec 2017

High ADAR1 enzyme levels correlate with reduced survival rates in multiple myeloma

Multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer in the United States. Thirty to 50 percent of multiple myeloma patients have extra copies of the gene that encodes the enzyme ADAR1.

6 Dec 2017

Harvard scientists discover hundreds of genetic switches that influence height

It's been understood for decades that a host of factors - everything from pre- and post-natal health, nutrition, and genetics - play a role in determining height, but efforts to untangle the complex web of factors that contribute to height have long been stymied.

6 Dec 2017

Reducing mitochondrial protein in cardiac muscle cells initiates heart failure

Reducing a protein found in the mitochondria of cardiac muscle cells initiates cardiac dysfunction and heart failure, a finding that could provide insight for new treatments for cardiovascular diseases, a study led by Georgia State University has shown.

6 Dec 2017

Gene News and Research

Latest Gene News and Research

Large-scale study expands number of genetic markers linked to exceptional longevity

Malaria parasite employs active strategy to deceive the immune system

Research findings offer path for drug discovery to treat hyperaldosteronism

Researchers discover how unusually long strands of RNA work in skin cells

Higher educational attainment associated with lower risk of Alzheimer's disease

Huntington's patients need better communication around assisted dying, study shows

New first line combination therapy shows promising results in patients with advanced NSCLC

Study paves way for new therapeutic strategies to impede growth of virus-induced cancers

Researchers establish function of long RNA strands in skin development and disease

UA researcher awarded $2.3 million NIH grant to develop new treatments for depression

Brazilian researchers identify genes linked to melanoma progression

CLOCK gene plays key role in regulating many genes important to brain evolution

Clinical study uses genetic testing to match AML patients with new therapies

New compound targets APOE gene to reduce Alzheimer's damage in mice

Study shows how interplay between two key enzymes promotes brain tumor growth

Bacteria carrying colistin resistant mcr-1 gene commonly exist in ecosystem, study finds

Researchers identify risk factor for drug-induced skin disease in diabetic patients

High ADAR1 enzyme levels correlate with reduced survival rates in multiple myeloma

Harvard scientists discover hundreds of genetic switches that influence height

Reducing mitochondrial protein in cardiac muscle cells initiates heart failure

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