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Released: 13-Oct-2021 5:35 PM EDT
Stress on mothers can influence biology of future generations
University of Iowa

A mother’s response to stress can even influence her grandchildren.

Released: 13-Oct-2021 3:25 PM EDT
At Initial Cancer Diagnosis, a Deeply Personalized Assessment
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego researchers report that conducting genomic evaluations of advanced malignancies can be effective in guiding first-line-of-treatment, rather than waiting until standard-of-care therapies have failed.

Released: 13-Oct-2021 9:00 AM EDT
High Molecular Weight DNA Now Available from NIGMS and NHGRI Collections
Coriell Institute for Medical Research

The NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository (HGCR) and NHGRI Sample Repository for Human Genetic Research (SRHGR) now offer high molecular weight (HMW) DNA samples isolated from cell lines in the collections. HMW DNA is useful for long-read next-generation sequencing and studies that investigate large-scale genomic variation such as structural variation.

Released: 12-Oct-2021 4:25 PM EDT
Catching malaria evolution in the act
Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Ian Cheeseman, Ph.D., and his collaborators can now sequence the genomes of individual parasites found in the blood of infected patients -- even when the infection burden is very low, which can occur during asymptomatic infections. Gaining this incredibly detailed view is expected to help develop more effective treatments, vaccines or therapies.

Newswise: What You Need to Know About the PALB2 Breast Cancer Gene
Released: 12-Oct-2021 12:00 PM EDT
What You Need to Know About the PALB2 Breast Cancer Gene
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital experts explain why the PALB2 gene can increase your breast cancer risk.

Newswise: New Research Center Brings Genomic Medicine to Individuals of Admixed Ancestry
Released: 12-Oct-2021 11:10 AM EDT
New Research Center Brings Genomic Medicine to Individuals of Admixed Ancestry
UC San Diego Health

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine awarded $11.7 million by National Institutes of Health to identify genomic and socioeconomic factors contributing to health and disease in admixed individuals. The new center aims to bring the genomic revolution to all.

Released: 11-Oct-2021 1:15 PM EDT
Scientists assemble a biological clock in a test tube to study how it works
University of California, Santa Cruz

The reconstituted biological clock maintains daily cycles for days on end, allowing researchers to study the interactions of its component parts

Released: 8-Oct-2021 6:05 PM EDT
Alzheimer’s and COVID-19 share a genetic risk factor
University College London

An anti-viral gene that impacts the risk of both Alzheimer’s disease and severe Covid-19 has been identified by a UCL-led research team.

Released: 8-Oct-2021 5:25 PM EDT
What makes us human? The answer may be found in overlooked DNA
Lund University

Our DNA is very similar to that of the chimpanzee, which in evolutionary terms is our closest living relative.

Released: 7-Oct-2021 8:35 AM EDT
UT Southwestern diabetes researchers show gene editing can turn storage fat cells into energy-burning fat cells
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A team of researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Touchstone Diabetes Center have successfully used CRISPR gene editing to turn fat cells normally used for storage into energy-burning cells.

Released: 5-Oct-2021 4:50 PM EDT
Tip Sheet: New MacArthur ‘genius,’ returning to school during COVID-19 and the science of race and racism
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

SEATTLE — Oct. 5, 2021 — Below are summaries of recent Fred Hutch research findings and other news.

   
Released: 5-Oct-2021 2:40 PM EDT
A high-risk, high-reward approach to ALS
University of Michigan

Neurologists say it's time for a moonshot for their patients with ALS, the neurodegenerative disease that is always deadly, often in just a few years or less.

Released: 5-Oct-2021 1:30 PM EDT
UT Southwestern researcher wins NIH Director’s Award to study how DNA’s 3D structure affects health and disease
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Jian Zhou, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in UT Southwestern’s Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, has been awarded $1.5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use artificial intelligence to investigate the three-dimensional structure of DNA and its impact on health.

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Released: 5-Oct-2021 12:20 PM EDT
University of Kentucky Research Identifies Gene Linked to Evolution of Limb Development
University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky College of Medicine researchers were part of a new study that gives insight into how limb development evolved in vertebrates.

Released: 5-Oct-2021 11:25 AM EDT
Van Andel Institute, Maine Medical Center Research Institute scientists earn $9.6 million Transformative Research Award from National Institutes of Health
Van Andel Institute

Van Andel Institute’s J. Andrew Pospisilik, Ph.D., and Maine Medical Center Research Institute’s Joseph Nadeau, Ph.D., have earned a five-year, $9.6 million Transformative Research Award from the National Institutes of Health to answer a set of questions that could fundamentally transform our understanding of health and disease: If you were born multiple times under the exact same circumstances, would you turn out to be the same person each time?

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Released: 1-Oct-2021 2:00 PM EDT
The latest research news in Archaeology and Anthropology
Newswise

“Throw me the idol; I’ll throw you the whip!” - From Raiders of the Lost Ark

     
Released: 30-Sep-2021 6:15 PM EDT
Most cases of never-smokers’ lung cancer treatable with mutation-targeting drugs
Washington University in St. Louis

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis estimates that 78% to 92% of lung cancers in patients who have never smoked can be treated with precision drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration to target specific mutations in a patient’s tumor.

Newswise: Looking Beyond DNA to See Cancer with New Clarity
Released: 30-Sep-2021 2:40 PM EDT
Looking Beyond DNA to See Cancer with New Clarity
UC San Diego Health

In three Science papers, UC San Diego and UC San Francisco researchers mapped out how hundreds of gene mutations involved in cancer affect the discrete groups of proteins that are the ultimate actors behind the disease. The work points the way to identifying new precision treatments.

28-Sep-2021 1:30 PM EDT
Gene Found in Monkeys and Mice Could Work as a New Type of Antiviral to Block HIV, Ebola, and Other Deadly Viruses in Humans
University of Utah Health

A nationwide team of researchers, led by scientists at University of Utah Health and The Rockefeller University, has determined how a genetic mutation found in mice and monkeys interferes with viruses such as HIV and Ebola. They say the finding could eventually lead to the development of medical interventions in humans.

24-Sep-2021 3:20 PM EDT
Researchers Discover Unknown Childhood Genetic Condition and its Potential Cure
UC San Diego Health

International group of researchers identify new childhood genetic condition and a potential cure that can be delivered during pregnancy.



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