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Determining precise timing of cellular growth to understand the origins of cancer microbiologystudy
Optimization of a multipurpose, single-cell capture platform. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07954-4 Cancers are diseases of abnormal cellular growth, and
Computational method links one mammal’s striking longevity and cancer resistance to ‘dark genome’ microbiologystudy
Credit: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center All mammals can develop cancer, the rapid growth of harmful cells that can overtake
Most patients with mitochondrial disease can be diagnosed via genomic sequencing, study says microbiologystudy
Graphical abstract. Credit: Genetics in Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2024.101271 More than half of people with mitochondrial disease can be diagnosed
Unexpected findings provide a deeper understanding of myotonic dystrophy type 1 microbiologystudy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain People with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the most common adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy, progressively
Scientists identify six novel genes linked to cancer risk microbiologystudy
Cumulative incidence of cancer among carriers and noncarriers. Credit: Nature Genetics (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01966-6. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-024-01966-6 Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen, and
Large-scale genetic study identifies targets that could reduce cardiovascular risk by modulating blood metabolites microbiologystudy
Graphical abstract of the performed analyses and main results. GWAS: Genome-wide association study. TWAS: Transcriptome-wide association study. MR: Mendelian randomization.
Scientists build spatiotemporal multi-omics database for human and non-human primate brains microbiologystudy
Credit: Nucleic Acids Research (2024). DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae911 Recent years have seen a vast amount of multi-omics data related to brain
Ancient gene influences immunity of First Nations Peoples of Oceania microbiologystudy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An ancient gene mutation among First Nations inhabitants of Oceania may make them more susceptible to