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Researchers find no connection between serotonin gene, stress and depression

New research findings often garner great attention. But when other scientists follow up and fail to replicate the findings? Not so much.

4 Apr 2017

ANGLE's Parsortix system shows high sensitivity, purity in gene expression analysis of head and neck cancers

ANGLE plc, the specialist medtech company, is delighted to announce that the University of Athens and Attikon University Hospital, Greece are today presenting highly encouraging results from their work with ANGLE’s Parsortix system in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas at the American Association for Cancer Research conference 2017, in Washington DC.

4 Apr 2017

Meningitis bacterium appears to be adapting to urogenital environment, DNA analysis shows

Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterium usually associated with meningitis and sepsis, is the cause of a recent cluster of sexually transmitted infections in Columbus, Ohio and in other US cities. The bacterium appears to be adapting to a urogenital environment, an analysis of the organism's DNA shows.

4 Apr 2017

Researchers identify biomarker for likely aggressive, early-stage breast cancers

The one-size-fits-all approach to early stage breast cancer creates a paradox: Millions of dollars are spent on unnecessary surgeries and radiation to treat women with low-risk 'in situ' lesions, an estimated 85% of which would never progress to invasive cancers.

4 Apr 2017

Attacking TERT protein may be effective approach to destroying ALM cancer cells

A team of researchers report a significant genetic association linked to an aggressive form of melanoma in a study published today in the journal Genome Research.

4 Apr 2017

Scientists develop novel technique to screen non-coding DNA of genome for diseases

Researchers have developed a method to swiftly screen the non-coding DNA of the human genome for links to diseases that are driven by changes in gene regulation.

4 Apr 2017

Researchers find link between hormones and inguinal hernias in older men

Researchers have identified an apparent cause of inguinal hernia, or groin hernia, in older men: altered sex hormone levels that weaken and scar muscle tissue in the lower abdomen.

3 Apr 2017

New study illuminates dark side of p53 gene in cancer

The gene p53 is the most commonly mutated gene in cancer - it is p53's job to monitor cells for DNA damage and to mark damaged cells for destruction and so cancer cells with mutated DNA must disable p53 before it disables them.

3 Apr 2017

Research unravels how cytokines prevent multi-organ damage during parasitic infection

Cytokines are proteins secreted by several types of immune cells in response to infection, inflammation, or injury. Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is one such cytokine that causes inflammation, by controlling the production of other cytokines and mobilizing a type of white blood cell (neutrophil) that fights infections.

3 Apr 2017

Researchers shed light on how immune cells weaken with age

Researchers from the European Bioinformatics Institute, University of Cambridge, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the Cancer Research UK–Cambridge Institute have shed light on a long-standing debate about why the immune system weakens with age.

3 Apr 2017

New gene-based blood tests can reliably detect previously unidentifiable forms of skin cancer

Genetic testing of tumor and blood fluid samples from people with and without one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer has shown that two new blood tests can reliably detect previously unidentifiable forms of the disease.

3 Apr 2017

Amgen, UCB present romosozumab Phase 2 results at ENDO 2017

Amgen and UCB today announced results from the fourth year of a Phase 2 study showing the efficacy and safety of a second course of treatment with EVENITY™* (romosozumab), an investigational agent for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.

3 Apr 2017

Exposure to flame retardants may be linked to papillary thyroid cancer risk

Some flame retardants used in many home products appear to be associated with the most common type of thyroid cancer, papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), according to a new study being presented Saturday at the Endocrine Society's 99th annual meeting, ENDO 2017, in Orlando, Fla.

2 Apr 2017

BPS shows potential for increasing aggressiveness of breast cancer, study finds

Bisphenol S (BPS), a substitute for the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in the plastic industry, shows the potential for increasing the aggressiveness of breast cancer through its behavior as an endocrine-disrupting chemical, a new study finds.

2 Apr 2017

Study shows how early-life BPA exposure leads to NAFLD in adulthood

Exposure during infancy to the common plasticizer bisphenol A "hijacks" and reprograms genes in the liver of newborn rats, leading to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adulthood.

2 Apr 2017

Study: Cancer cells grow faster when transplanted into fatty, obese tissue

It's not just what's inside breast cancer cells that matters. It's also the environment surrounding cancer cells that drives the disease, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

31 Mar 2017

Discovery of new genes linked to Erdheim-Chester disease provides hope for improving diagnoses

National Human Genome Research Institute researchers have identified new genes associated with the Erdheim-Chester disease and some possible new therapies. Findings on this ultra-rare disease, found in approximately 600 people in the world, were published in Blood Advances.

31 Mar 2017

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Researchers find no connection between serotonin gene, stress and depression

ANGLE's Parsortix system shows high sensitivity, purity in gene expression analysis of head and neck cancers

Meningitis bacterium appears to be adapting to urogenital environment, DNA analysis shows

Researchers identify biomarker for likely aggressive, early-stage breast cancers

Attacking TERT protein may be effective approach to destroying ALM cancer cells

Scientists develop novel technique to screen non-coding DNA of genome for diseases

Researchers find link between hormones and inguinal hernias in older men

New study illuminates dark side of p53 gene in cancer

Research unravels how cytokines prevent multi-organ damage during parasitic infection

Researchers shed light on how immune cells weaken with age

New gene-based blood tests can reliably detect previously unidentifiable forms of skin cancer

Amgen, UCB present romosozumab Phase 2 results at ENDO 2017

Exposure to flame retardants may be linked to papillary thyroid cancer risk

BPS shows potential for increasing aggressiveness of breast cancer, study finds

Study shows how early-life BPA exposure leads to NAFLD in adulthood

Study: Cancer cells grow faster when transplanted into fatty, obese tissue

Discovery of new genes linked to Erdheim-Chester disease provides hope for improving diagnoses

Five simple tests provide more accurate assessment of heart-disease risk

Researchers uncover novel genetic links underlying Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy

Researchers visualize development of blood vessels in zebrafish embryos

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