Discovery about human cells’ stress response could deepen the understanding of various cancers
The communications line between two critical parts of a human cell could be the key to cell survival under stress – a discovery that could...
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Drug-resistant mold found to be spreading and infecting susceptible people’s lungs
A new study led by Imperial College London finds that drug-resistant mold is spreading from the environment and infecting susceptible people’s lungs. The researchers found...
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Researchers develop new platform capable of mitochondrial DNA editing
Researchers from the Center for Genome Engineering within the Institute for Basic Science developed a new gene-editing platform called transcription activator-like effector-linked deaminases, or TALED....
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Researchers identify five types of bacteria in men with aggressive prostate cancer
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have found a link between bacteria and aggressive forms of prostate cancer. Getty images They identified five types...
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Species differences in somatic mutations shed light on aging
Somatic mutations in healthy cells advance the development of cancer and have been speculated to be contributors to aging. Decade-long hypothesis on the rates of...
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ST6Gal-I–mediated sialylation of the EGFR modulates cell mechanics and enhances cancer invasion
For more than two decades, University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher Susan Bellis, Ph.D., has studied how the addition of sialic acid to various proteins...
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Discovering Genetic Variants that Significantly Predispose People to Critical COVID-19
Please can you introduce yourself, tell us about your background in medical informatics, and what inspired your latest research into identifying independent variants that significantly...
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Could DNA be linked to Premature Aging in Cancer Survivors?
In this interview, we speak to Dr. Zhaoming Wang about his latest research that investigated accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors and the underlying genetics...
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DNA analysis of tumors uncovers a ‘treasure trove’ of clues about the causes of cancer
DNA analysis of thousands of tumors from NHS patients has found a ‘treasure trove’ of clues about the causes of cancer, with genetic mutations providing...
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Novel methods for inferring the movement of brain cells during fetal development
The making of a human brain remains a mostly mysterious process that races from an embryonic neural tube to more than 100 billion interconnected neurons...
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DNA abnormality explains insensitivity to chemotherapy in germ cell cancer
Extra copies of a piece of DNA partly explain insensitivity to chemotherapy in germ cell cancer, a new study shows. Research leader prof. Dr. Leendert...
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RNA splicing abnormalities in COVID-19 patients
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has not only resulted in global public health crises but has also created havoc in the day-to-day lives...