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The new Omicron subvariant BA.2: what we know so far

Presently, an Omicron subvariant known as BA.2, first identified in late 2021, has made headlines due to its rapid spread.

26 Jan 2022

NIH study provides a framework to evaluate Stargardt disease progression

National Eye Institute researchers developed and validated an artificial-intelligence-based method to evaluate patients with Stargardt, an eye disease that can lead to childhood vision loss.

25 Jan 2022

Lucky genes can help lower risk of diseases in people with obesity

Geneticists have revealed why some people with obesity remain relatively healthy, whilst others suffer from life-changing ailments such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

25 Jan 2022

Genetic diagnosis in cerebral palsy patients could change the approach to care

Cerebral palsy, a non-progressing motor impairment that begins in early childhood, has widely been viewed as the result of oxygen deprivation during birth or other birth-related factors such as prematurity.

25 Jan 2022

Study determines how genetics and environmental conditions interact during plant development

Iowa State University scientists have harnessed data analytics to look "under the hood" of the mechanisms that determine how genetics and changing environmental conditions interact during crucial developmental stages of plants.

25 Jan 2022

Artificial intelligence could help better predict the onset and course of cardiovascular disease

For the first time, University of Utah Health scientists have shown that artificial intelligence could lead to better ways to predict the onset and course of cardiovascular disease.

25 Jan 2022

Low-cost test could open new avenues for earlier diagnosis, treatment of rare genetic disorders

A newly developed test to screen for three rare genetic disorders simultaneously in newborns was feasible, reliable and scalable, according to a new study.

24 Jan 2022

WashU part of major study aimed at identifying causes, effects of schizophrenia in young people

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is part of a major international study aimed at identifying causes and effects of the early stages of schizophrenia in young people, with the goal of improving early diagnosis and treatment.

24 Jan 2022

Blood proteins could be potential targets for future drugs to slow aging process

Two blood proteins have been shown by scientists to influence how long and healthy a life we live, research suggests.

24 Jan 2022

LSU Health New Orleans scientists to create more personalized nutrition recommendations

LSU Health New Orleans scientists will participate in a $170 million National Institutes of Health study that will develop algorithms to predict individual responses to food and dietary routines.

24 Jan 2022

Researchers develop a computational approach to identify genomic safe harbors for therapeutic genes

Many future gene and cell therapies to treat diseases like cancer, rare genetic and other conditions could be enhanced in their efficacy, persistence, and predictability by so-called "genomic safe harbors (GSHs)."

24 Jan 2022

Researchers find ELF5 gene a leading candidate behind severe COVID-19

Are there any risk factors that predispose patients to severe COVID-19 outcomes? A recent study published in the medRxiv* preprint server sheds light on this popular question. Using a combination of population genetics to single-cell RNA sequencing, European researchers identified the respiratory epithelial cell-specific ELF5 gene as a potential mediator for severe COVID-19 cases.

24 Jan 2022

Scientists identify a new switch for controlling motor proteins

Inside neurons, motor proteins haul precious cargo, moving essential goods along thread-like roadways called microtubule tracks.

21 Jan 2022

New study to help understand the effect of cancer medicine

When the muscles become acidic after doing too many press-ups, squats or cycling to work, it is because of lactic acid.

21 Jan 2022

UC San Diego receives $14.55 million to launch new Microbiome and Metagenomics Center

The National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program is a national effort to build a large, diverse database of 1 million or more people whom researchers can use to study health and disease.

20 Jan 2022

NIH-funded study will use machine learning to predict individual responses to diet

A new federally funded study will use machine learning to predict how an individual responds to a given diet, allowing physicians to offer patients personalized nutrition prescriptions to improve health and treat chronic diseases.

20 Jan 2022

Oral supplement appears to promote muscle endurance and mitochondrial health in humans

An oral supplement intended to stimulate a natural body process appears to promote muscle endurance and mitochondrial health in humans.

20 Jan 2022

Mice study identifies ventral spinocerebellar tract neurons that control locomotion

For more than a century, scientists have known that while the commands that initiate movement come from the brain, the neurons that control locomotion once movement is underway reside within the spinal cord.

20 Jan 2022

Researchers identify first known patients with BUB1 biallelic mutations

A new study published in Science Advances described the first two patients known to have mutations in both copies of BUB1, a critical gene for cell division.

20 Jan 2022

CUNY SPH and West Point receive NIH funding to establish new center for precision nutrition and health

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy and the United States Military Academy at West Point an estimated $8.1 million over five years, pending available funds, to establish the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) and computational modeling center for precision nutrition and health.

20 Jan 2022

Genetics News and Research

Latest Genetics News and Research

The new Omicron subvariant BA.2: what we know so far

NIH study provides a framework to evaluate Stargardt disease progression

Lucky genes can help lower risk of diseases in people with obesity

Genetic diagnosis in cerebral palsy patients could change the approach to care

Study determines how genetics and environmental conditions interact during plant development

Artificial intelligence could help better predict the onset and course of cardiovascular disease

Low-cost test could open new avenues for earlier diagnosis, treatment of rare genetic disorders

WashU part of major study aimed at identifying causes, effects of schizophrenia in young people

Blood proteins could be potential targets for future drugs to slow aging process

LSU Health New Orleans scientists to create more personalized nutrition recommendations

Researchers develop a computational approach to identify genomic safe harbors for therapeutic genes

Researchers find ELF5 gene a leading candidate behind severe COVID-19

Scientists identify a new switch for controlling motor proteins

New study to help understand the effect of cancer medicine

UC San Diego receives $14.55 million to launch new Microbiome and Metagenomics Center

NIH-funded study will use machine learning to predict individual responses to diet

Oral supplement appears to promote muscle endurance and mitochondrial health in humans

Mice study identifies ventral spinocerebellar tract neurons that control locomotion

Researchers identify first known patients with BUB1 biallelic mutations

CUNY SPH and West Point receive NIH funding to establish new center for precision nutrition and health

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