Researchers unravel how a breast cancer gene affects fertility microbiologystudy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain University of Oregon biologists have uncovered a mechanism by which a well-known breast cancer gene also […]
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Scientists can reverse brain aging in fruit flies by preventing buildup of a common protein microbiologystudy
Humans aren’t the only ones who grow forgetful as they age — fruit flies do, too. But because fruit flies
AI-based method shows promise for pathological diagnosis of hereditary kidney diseases microbiologystudy
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2024.10.004 Alport syndrome is a genetic disorder associated with kidney dysfunction, sensorineural
Genetic risk factor for kidney disease identified in West African populations microbiologystudy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators has revealed
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Study links polygenic scores to hypertension treatment outcomes microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have discovered that a genetic risk score can predict how
New insights show ASCL1’s role in neuroendocrine prostate cancer, an aggressive and treatment-resistant type microbiologystudy
Molecular characterization of PtPM and RPM primary prostate tumor transplants demonstrates emergence of neuroendocrine carcinoma marker expression. Credit: Nature Cancer
Model looks beyond the ‘black box’ of genome-wide association studies microbiologystudy
Traditional GWAS “black box”-like models use statistics to predict disease risk from genomes. Most diseases are polygenic, meaning many sites
Preclinical studies test novel gene therapy for treating IgA nephropathy microbiologystudy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain IgA nephropathy is an autoimmune kidney disease, and complement, a component of the innate immune system,
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Researchers identify deletions in long noncoding RNA that lead to severe neurodevelopmental disorder microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Broad Institute-led research has revealed that deletions in the CHASERR gene cause a distinct neurodevelopmental disorder