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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The scientists sent the blood 950 miles east to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, to a tiny lab (recently converted from a storeroom) where a 28-year-old postdoc named James Gusella and his 23-year-old research technician, Rudolph Tanzi, got to work.

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JUNE 19, 2023

The research – first brought to wider attention by The Guardian – has prompted excitement about the potential for new breakthroughs in health, genetics, and treating disease. In a major scientific first, synthetic human embryo models have been grown in the lab, without any need for the usual natural ingredients of eggs and sperm.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA (or miRNA) and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. Last year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine also went to RNA researchers.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

Genetic testing provides patients with a diagnosis for their illness, helps patients and family members to understand risks of developing new diseases, and can be used to support clinical trial advancement. What are the benefits and limitations to using genetic testing? It is important to consider the type of testing performed (e.g.,

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JANUARY 18, 2023

In 2016, scientists behind a study called the Resilience Project analysed genetic data from 589,000+ people and found 13 adults who carried genetic variants that should have resulted in serious – even deadly – childhood disease, but who were apparently healthy. Giving participants something in return. with their priorities.

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Scienmag

APRIL 15, 2021

Team of Japanese and European scientists identify a novel genetic mitochondrial disorder by analyzing DNA samples from three distinct families Credit: Fujita Health University DNA ligase proteins, which facilitate the formation of bonds between separate strands of DNA, play critical roles in the replication and maintenance of DNA.

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JUNE 8, 2023

As DNA holds the genetic code controlling how our bodies grow and are maintained, that’s a serious problem that […] The artificial sweetener sucralose (marketed as Splenda) is widely used and found in products like diet soda and chewing gum.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

Fortunately, advances in clinical research are providing hope for better treatments and outcomes. With the support of global networks like ours at Worldwide Clinical Trials (Worldwide), autoimmune and bone health research is accelerating, providing new solutions to patients around the world.

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Scienmag

JULY 5, 2022

Scientists have revealed the genetic and molecular structure of key molecules linked to the sometimes life-threatening mammalian-meat allergy brought on by tick bites.

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Scienmag

MARCH 30, 2021

Credit: Mark Milburn/Atlantic Scuba Red algae that grow in Cornwall’s Fal Estuary are genetically unique, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists studied the population genetics of Phymatolithon calcareum, a coralline red algal species that forms maerl beds in shallow coastal seas from Portugal to Norway.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

Fortunately, advances in clinical research are providing hope for better treatments and outcomes. With the support of global networks like ours at Worldwide Clinical Trials (Worldwide), autoimmune and bone health research is accelerating, providing new solutions to patients around the world.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Scientists at University of Florida (UF) Scripps Biomedical Research have developed a potential medicine for a leading cause of ALS and dementia that works by eliminating disease-causing segments of RNA. The compound restored the health of neurons in the lab and rescued mice with the disease.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

LA JOLLA, CA—New research shows how genetic variations linked to severe cases of COVID-19 affect our immune cells. Credit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA, CA—New research shows how genetic variations linked to severe cases of COVID-19 affect our immune cells.

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STAT News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

BEIJING — Hong Kong on Tuesday revoked a visa it granted to a Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate five years ago with claims that he made the world’s first genetically edited babies, pulling it hours after he announced his research plans in the financial hub.

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Scienmag

MAY 31, 2021

NIH- and USU- led study links ALS to a fat manufacturing gene and maps out a genetic therapy Credit: Courtesy of the NIH/NINDS.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have removed a major roadblock to better understanding of mpox (formerly, monkeypox).

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Scienmag

MARCH 29, 2021

Tissue collection at NOAA Fisheries lab helps reveal genetic distinction Credit: Mansur/WCR Bangladesh New genetic analysis and years of painstaking research has revealed that one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals is actually two species rather than one, as scientists had long assumed.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 24, 2023

Ben Hargreaves finds that the vast amount of genetic data that exists today could help provide a faster, more targeted way of developing new drug candidates. The logical extension to this kind of approach is treating individual patients, with their individual genetic makeup.

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Scienmag

JUNE 28, 2022

Whether fighting a cancer or a chronic infection, they become less effective over time, a phenomenon dubbed “T cell exhaustion” by scientists. Now, researchers at Gladstone Institutes and Stanford University have revealed the genetic switches that get […].

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APRIL 19, 2023

But after Cheung herself developed a genetic condition so rare it doesn’t have an official name, causing her to start losing her vision, HHMI decided to stop funding her. “I was asked to take a medical retirement,” Cheung told STAT. “I felt that I was being judged for having a disability.”

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

A Swedish scientist won the 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology on Monday for his groundbreaking research into the evolutionary history of humankind. Pääbo unlocked scientists’ understanding of how genes from these extinct relatives have been passed down to present-day humans.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Forward genetics pinpoints gene linked to ASD involving severe speech impairment and opens door to search for more mutations, future treatments Credit: Photo taken by Brian Coats for UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Dec.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

An international team of researchers has identified genes associated with plant survival in one of the harshest environments on Earth: the Atacama Desert in Chile. Their findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), may help scientists breed resilient crops that can thrive in increasingly drier climates.

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Scienmag

MAY 7, 2021

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, May 7, 2021 – In a paper published today in Nature Communications, an international group of collaborators led by researchers at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh have identified a genetic cause of a rare neurological disorder marked by developmental delay and loss of coordination, or ataxia.

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Scienmag

JUNE 23, 2022

Scientists have discovered some genetic variants that increase the risk for developing Alzheimer’s; the most well-known of these for people over the age of 65 is the APOE ?4 (Boston)—Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the most common cause of dementia, affecting more than 5.8

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Scienmag

JUNE 2, 2021

In a new study, University of Maine researchers found that culture helps humans adapt to their environment and overcome challenges better and faster than genetics.

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STAT News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Cambridge biotech company announced Wednesday that it will partner with Life Edit Therapeutics to develop potentially permanent treatments for rare genetic diseases and other conditions. Life Edit is the North Carolina subsidiary of ElevateBio, a cell and gene therapy manufacturing firm in Waltham.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

A web-based digital tool called Helix could help clinicians identify patients with prostate cancer who would benefit from genetic testing and counselling, according to researchers in the US. “Our digital solution, Helix, demonstrated promising results for clinical use,” write the researchers in the paper.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Latin America’s genetic diversity and unique health challenges are driving groundbreaking clinical research, offering new insights into disease prevention, innovative medicine, and treatments. 2] Ethnopharmacological research has provided beneficial leads for drug discovery, contributing to modern pharmacology.

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Scienmag

MARCH 10, 2022

Scientists have developed a powerful, inclusive new tool for genomic research that boosts efforts to develop more precise treatments for many diseases by leveraging a better representation of the genetic diversity of people around the world.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

JUNE 25, 2023

Scientists from the US, UK, and Uruguay analyzed data from 378,932 people aged 40 to 69 to see how those who are genetically ‘programmed’ to nap regularly fared cognitively […]

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Scienmag

MAY 6, 2021

Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have developed a highly efficient method to address a major challenge in biology–identifying the genetic ‘switches’ that regulate gene expression. Jude Children’s Research Hospital St. Credit: St.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 16, 2023

Sometimes scientists arrive at new findings and discoveries by chance. They study gene variation and mutations that cause rare genetic diseases. A mutation is a permanent change in the genetic material. A mutation is a permanent change in the genetic material.

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BioTech 365

MARCH 18, 2021

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Scientists uncover the underlying genetics that make flies champion fliers.Flies have developed excellent flying skills thanks to a set of complicated interactions between numerous genes influencing wing … Continue reading (..)

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Credit: Gemma Clucas Gentoo penguins should be reclassified as four separate species, say scientists at the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath, after analysing the genetic and physical differences between populations around the southern hemisphere.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Research on understanding the effect of extra chromosomes for conditions like Down syndrome typically involves examining what genes play a role in the symptoms of these conditions. However, researchers from Germany and the U.S. However, researchers from Germany and the U.S.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Scientists develop genetic ‘monitors’ that detect when genes are active.Genetic sensors that can detect the activity from genes, rather than just the genes themselves, have been developed … Continue reading → (..)

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