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Researchers identify potential new genetic target for cancer drugs

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The team also uncovered a link between certain disruptive BAP1 variants and higher levels of IGF-1, a hormone and growth factor. The findings, published in Nature Genetics , are freely available so that they can be immediately used by doctors to help diagnose patients and choose the most effective therapies for them.

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Research Roundup: Blood Test for Severe COVID-19 and More

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The test valuates mitochondrial DNA levels. When mitochondrial DNA, normally found inside cells, in the mitochondria, spills into the bloodstream, it signals that a particular type of violent cell death is occurring. They measured the patients’ mitochondrial DNA levels on the first day of their hospital stays.