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Scientists identify a gene signature to assess cancer risk in people

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 administration assess, cancer, gene, identify, people, risk, Scientists, signature

Scientists identify a gene signature to assess cancer risk in people Wistar’s Dr. Maureen Murphy and lab. Credit: The Wistar

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A new tumor-suppressive gene that boosts personalized treatment response in breast cancer

February 4, 2023 administration boosts, breast, cancer, gene, MedicalXpress, personalized, response, treatment, tumorsuppressive

Graphical Abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111821 A research team from LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong

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Identification of gene that drives T cells to exhaustion may lead to more effective immunotherapies

February 2, 2023 administration cells, drives, effective, exhaustion, gene, identification, immunotherapies, lead, MedicalXpress

Deletion of SNX9 improves CAR T cell anti-tumor efficacy. a Schematic representation of the CAR T cell transfer experiments. Healthy

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Researchers uncover novel gene that regulates leukemia development and progression

February 1, 2023 administration development, gene, leukemia, progression, regulates, researchers, uncover

Researchers from Pusan National University find that suppressing the expression of SURF4 reduces pathologic processes that contribute to leukemia progression.

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Baby deaths mystery from 1930s solved by researchers finding ‘abnormal’ gene shape link to vitamin D side-effects | UK News

January 26, 2023 administration 1930s, abnormal, baby, deaths, finding, gene, link, mystery, News, researchers, shape, sideeffects, Sky News, solved, Vitamin

An 80-year-old mystery linked to a wave of baby deaths in the 1930s and 1940s has finally been solved by

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Promising gene therapy delivers treatment directly to brain

January 24, 2023 administration brain, delivers, gene, MedicalXpress, promising, therapy, treatment

Rylae-Ann Poulin smiles as she learns to ride a horse in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. Rylae-Ann was among

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Gene expression study reveals new molecular associations with obesity

January 18, 2023 administration Associations, expression, gene, MedicalXpress, molecular, Obesity, reveals, study

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at the University of Colorado School of

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Optimal genome mapping offers high-resolution method to better see, then target cancer-causing gene variants

January 17, 2023 administration CancerCausing, gene, genome, Highresolution, Mapping, MedicalXpress, method, offers, optimal, target, variants

Dr. Ravindra Kolhe. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University Technology that enables an unprecedented, high-resolution look for all structural variants in

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Alzheimer’s disease researchers study gene associated with the brain’s immune cells

January 6, 2023 administration Alzheimers, brains, cells, disease, gene, immune, MedicalXpress, researchers, study

Inpp5d haplodeficiency protects against cognitive impairment and amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation in 5xFAD mice. (A) Working memory of 4- and

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Researchers map activity of inherited gene variants linked to prostate cancer

December 27, 2022 administration activity, cancer, gene, Inherited, linked, map, MedicalXpress, prostate, researchers, variants

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain UT Southwestern researchers have identified the molecular function of 87 inherited genetic variants that affect the

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Gene therapies raise difficult legal and ethical questions

December 22, 2022 administration difficult, ethical, gene, legal, MedicalXpress, questions, raise, therapies

Jessica Almqvist, professor of International Law and Human Rights. Photo Kennet Ruona. Credit: Lund University New advanced therapies can alleviate

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Gene therapy corrects mutation responsible for common heart condition, research shows

December 22, 2022 administration common, condition, corrects, gene, heart, mutation, Research, responsible, shows, therapy

These representative hearts from 12-week-old mice show a normal heart (left) and an enlarged heart that’s characteristic of dilated cardiomyopathy.

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Infant gene therapy is a breakthrough for Artemis-SCID patients

December 22, 2022 administration ArtemisSCID, breakthrough, gene, Infant, MedicalXpress, patients, therapy

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Ten young children born without functioning immune systems and lacking the ability to fight infections are

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Discovery of a gene that could be key for reducing breast cancer risk

December 21, 2022 administration breast, cancer, discovery, gene, key, reducing, risk

Characterization of SULT1A1. a Genomic viewer (UCSC) of the SULT1A1 gene locus with copy number variants; deletion (red) and duplication

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Research links gene variants to medication-induced fatal brain infection

December 14, 2022 administration brain, fatal, gene, infection, links, MedicalXpress, medicationinduced, Research, variants

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research has confirmed a strong link between four genetic mutations and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML),

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Staph infection-induced kidney disease may be linked to bacterial gene mutation

December 8, 2022 administration bacterial, disease, gene, infectioninduced, Kidney, linked, mutation, Staph

Graphical Abstract. Credit: Kidney International Reports (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.07.010 Researchers aiming to predict which staph-infection patients might develop a related