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"Founder events" that reduced genetic diversity found to be common throughout human history

Human populations have waxed and waned over the millennia, with some cultures exploding and migrating to new areas or new continents, others dropping to such low numbers that their genetic diversity plummeted.

23 Jun 2022

Newly identified gene may be responsible for sex-linked effects on women's heart disease outcomes

When diagnostic tests for the heart were first created, scientists at the time did not fully consider that no two bodies are the same, especially between the sexes.

23 Jun 2022

Inherited mutations in the MINAR2 gene lead to sensorineural deafness

Researchers at the John T. Macdonald Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have found that inherited mutations in the MINAR2 gene caused deafness in four families.

23 Jun 2022

Researchers model a complex childhood disease on-a-chip

Millions of children in low- and middle-income nations suffer from environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine that is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old.

23 Jun 2022

New funding to help advance scientific understanding of skin disorders in children and young people

For children and young people, skin disorders can have a devastating impact on physical and mental wellbeing, yet effective treatments are few and far between.

23 Jun 2022

Mutation in SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein found to enhance replication and pathogenicity

Researchers investigated a highly variable region at residues 203 to 205 in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleocapsid (N) protein.

23 Jun 2022

TB-causing bacteria can evolve rapidly in response to new environments, study says

Researchers have identified how the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) can evolve rapidly in response to new environments, says a study published today in eLife.

21 Jun 2022

A class of protein-cleaving enzymes suspected to play a role in hereditary brain disease

Similar to Alzheimer's disease, the hereditary disease spinocerebellar ataxia type 17 (SCA17) leads to the destruction of brain nerve cells and the premature death of patients.

21 Jun 2022

£4.25 million research grant seeks to discover meaningful treatments for motor neuron disease

A group of charities and government research organisations has awarded £4.25 million to MND experts at six UK universities to kick start collaborative efforts to end motor neuron disease (MND).

20 Jun 2022

Melanoma rates are on the rise in Canada, study reveals

Rates of melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, are on the rise in Canada. Those living in southern and coastal areas are most at risk, according to a new study led by McGill University.

20 Jun 2022

International researchers will receive $25 million award to investigate the early stages of cancer development

A world-class team of researchers co-led by UC San Francisco's Allan Balmain, PhD, FRS, has been selected to receive a $25 million Cancer Grand Challenges award to investigate the very early stages of cancer development.

16 Jun 2022

New research helps to better understand the basic biology of nerve cells

Scientists are starting to understand the precise workings of a type of gene that, unlike other genes, does not code for proteins – the building blocks of life.

16 Jun 2022

New component of cell death process could play key role in infection-fighting strategy

Researchers have unmasked a component of the cell death process that could play a vital role in a better infection-fighting strategy.

16 Jun 2022

Multiomics identifies genomic risk factors for COVID-19

In a recent Cell Systems study, researchers utilized the RefMap machine learning algorithm to correlate known genomic variations for severe COVID-19 obtained from large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) with single-cell multiome profiling of human lungs.

16 Jun 2022

Genetics News and Research

Latest Genetics News and Research

"Founder events" that reduced genetic diversity found to be common throughout human history

Newly identified gene may be responsible for sex-linked effects on women's heart disease outcomes

Inherited mutations in the MINAR2 gene lead to sensorineural deafness

Researchers model a complex childhood disease on-a-chip

New funding to help advance scientific understanding of skin disorders in children and young people

Mutation in SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein found to enhance replication and pathogenicity

TB-causing bacteria can evolve rapidly in response to new environments, study says

A class of protein-cleaving enzymes suspected to play a role in hereditary brain disease

£4.25 million research grant seeks to discover meaningful treatments for motor neuron disease

Melanoma rates are on the rise in Canada, study reveals

International researchers will receive $25 million award to investigate the early stages of cancer development

New research helps to better understand the basic biology of nerve cells

New component of cell death process could play key role in infection-fighting strategy

Multiomics identifies genomic risk factors for COVID-19

Researchers identify a signature of three genes linked to positive response to blood cancer therapy

More than 1,000 genes linked to severe COVID-19 identified

Taking valproic acid during pregnancy can cause birth defects, study shows

Understanding how diet and the microbiome impact colorectal cancer rates

Taste-related genes may play a role in determining food choices, finds study

Researchers discover specific genetic signals in people who develop severe COVID-19

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