Nobody knows why some children’s backs start to curve to one side just as they hit puberty. Most children diagnosed
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Editorial praises childhood obesity study that finds ‘genes are not destiny’
University at Buffalo childhood obesity experts are praising a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics that rigorously assessed how the
Continue reading »Team reveals that human genome could contain up to 20 percent fewer genes
A new study led by the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) reveals that up to 20 percent of genes
Continue reading »Autism linked to egg cells’ difficulty creating large proteins
New work from Carnegie’s Ethan Greenblatt and Allan Spradling reveals that the genetic factors underlying fragile X syndrome, and potentially
Continue reading »Is your lung cancer really ROS1-negative? False negatives in common tests for ROS1 in lung cancer
Drugs like crizotinib are used to treat patients with ROS1-positive lung cancer. But which patients are ROS1-positive? A University of
Continue reading »Big-data study pinpoints more than 150 genes associated with atrial fibrillation
Drawing on genomic data from more than one million individuals, researchers from the University of Michigan have led a large
Continue reading »DNA repair after CRISPR cutting not at all what people thought: Involvement of Fanconi anemia DNA repair pathway provides opportunity to steer repair outcome
Despite high hopes and high investment in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, scientists still have a lot to learn about how it
Continue reading »Gene regulator may contribute to protein pileup in exfoliation glaucoma
In exfoliation glaucoma, a protein dandruff clogs the outflow pathway for the fluid in our eyes. Scientists have evidence that
Continue reading »Childhood stress leaves lasting mark on genes
Kids who experience severe stress are more likely to develop a host of physical and mental health problems by the
Continue reading »Big Data analysis identifies new cancer risk genes
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have developed a new method to identify genes contributing to
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