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DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms. Nearly every cell in a person’s body has the same DNA. Most DNA is located in the cell nucleus (where it is called nuclear DNA), but a small amount of DNA can also be found in the mitochondria (where it is called mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA).

Researchers develop new techniques for faster detection of Lyme disease bacteria

Researchers have developed techniques to detect Lyme disease bacteria weeks sooner than current tests, allowing patients to start treatment earlier.

11 Oct 2018

Carnegie scientist awarded NIH grant to identify novel medicines for cardiovascular disease

Carnegie's Department of Embryology scientist Steven Farber and team have been awarded a 5-year $3.3-million NIH grant to identify novel pharmaceuticals for combatting a host of diseases associated with altered levels of lipoproteins like LDL ("bad cholesterol").

11 Oct 2018

Researchers design modeling system to infer relationships between genes, drugs, and their environment

A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of Washington has designed a modeling system that integrates genomic and temporal information to infer causal relationships between genes, drugs, and their environment, allowing for a more accurate prediction of their interactions over time.

11 Oct 2018

Research team awarded $3.6 million to assess safety of genome editing

As genome editing technologies quickly advance toward clinical therapies, they are raising hopes of a completely new way to treat disease. They are also bringing to light a number of challenges that need to be addressed before potential treatments can be widely used in patients.

11 Oct 2018

UK Biobank provides wealth of information for further genetic studies

There are 3.2 billion positions on the human genome and it requires a study of huge number of genetic variations in the populations to estimate the associations between genetic disorders and mutations. Two new studies have been published in the journal Nature.

11 Oct 2018

Co-Diagnostics awarded patent related to its CoPrimer platform technology

Co-Diagnostics, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, proprietary platform for the development of molecular diagnostic tests, announced today that it has been awarded a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office related to the Company's CoPrimer™ platform technology.

10 Oct 2018

Gene types that drive racial disparities in myeloma identified

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified three specific gene types that account for a known two-to-three-fold increase in myeloma diagnoses among African-Americans.

10 Oct 2018

Honey Analyses: Using NMR to Reduce Fraud

This interview with CEO of Sweetwater Labs, Jim Gawenis, explores the increasing importance of NMR in the detection of honey fraud.

From Bruker BioSpin - NMR, EPR and Imaging 10 Oct 2018

Female birds become more promiscuous after hatchings fail in the first breeding attempt

Females of a socially monogamous passerine, the Japanese great tit (Parus minor), become more promiscuous after hatchings fail in the first breeding attempt -- apparently attempting to ensure successful reproduction.

10 Oct 2018

Bridge-like structure within estrogen receptor could serve as new drug target for breast cancer

Many breast cancer drugs block estrogen receptors inside cancer cells. Blocking the receptors early in disease progression staves off metastasis.

10 Oct 2018

New research projects aim to stop spread of African swine fever and prevent outbreak in the U.S.

African swine fever virus threatens to devastate the swine industry and is positioned to spread throughout Asia. The virus has spread throughout the Caucuses region of Eastern Europe and was reported in China in August. It recently was detected in wild boar in Belgium.

10 Oct 2018

Scientists identify new biomarker for Alzheimer's disease of sporadic origin

The objective of the research, undertaken in the laboratories of the IBPM, is to develop a model for studying Alzheimer's disease of sporadic origin, in other words, not due to a hereditary genetic mutation.

10 Oct 2018

Celmatix partners with Oncotest-Teva to bring Fertilome test to Israel

Today, Celmatix, a next-generation women's health company, has announced a commercial agreement with Oncotest-Teva Ltd, a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in Israel to bring the Fertilome test, the world's first multigene panel test for a woman's reproductive health and fertility, to the Israeli market.

9 Oct 2018

New DNA test can predict adult heart attack risk much earlier in life

People at high risk of a heart attack in adulthood could be spotted much earlier in life with a one-off DNA test, according to new research part-funded by the British Heart Foundation and published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

9 Oct 2018

Massively parallel single-nucleus RNA sequencing reveals insights into heart disease

Scientists using a powerful new technology that sequences RNA in 20,000 individual cell nuclei have uncovered new insights into biological events in heart disease.

9 Oct 2018

Cutting-edge precision medicine spreading from specialist cancer units to community setting

Nearly 1 in 4 patients with advanced cancer, treated at Comprehensive Cancer Care Network centers in the US, are receiving innovative drugs matched to DNA mutations in their tumors.

8 Oct 2018

Study suggests novel approach to treating adults with autism spectrum disorder

A team of scientists at Florida Atlantic University has uncovered a brain-signaling pathway that can be pharmacologically manipulated in genetically engineered mice to reverse an autism-related pathway.

8 Oct 2018

Researchers provide new knowledge about retrovirus-host coevolution

Retroviruses have colonized vertebrate hosts for millions of years by inserting their genes into host genomes, enabling their inheritance through generations as endogenous retroviruses.

8 Oct 2018

Researchers design new method to pinpoint genetic differences between species

Why do naked mole rats live up to 31 years, when distantly related lab mice are lucky to make it to four? How is the aquatic axolotl capable of regenerating limbs, jaws, spines and even brains when frogs can only regrow tails as tadpoles? How can these difference be exploited for the benefit of human health?

8 Oct 2018

New genome editing tool used to heal genetic disease

Parents of newborns may be familiar with the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria: in Switzerland, all newborn babies are screened for this genetic disease.

8 Oct 2018

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Researchers develop new techniques for faster detection of Lyme disease bacteria

Carnegie scientist awarded NIH grant to identify novel medicines for cardiovascular disease

Researchers design modeling system to infer relationships between genes, drugs, and their environment

Research team awarded $3.6 million to assess safety of genome editing

UK Biobank provides wealth of information for further genetic studies

Co-Diagnostics awarded patent related to its CoPrimer platform technology

Gene types that drive racial disparities in myeloma identified

Honey Analyses: Using NMR to Reduce Fraud

Female birds become more promiscuous after hatchings fail in the first breeding attempt

Bridge-like structure within estrogen receptor could serve as new drug target for breast cancer

New research projects aim to stop spread of African swine fever and prevent outbreak in the U.S.

Scientists identify new biomarker for Alzheimer's disease of sporadic origin

Celmatix partners with Oncotest-Teva to bring Fertilome test to Israel

New DNA test can predict adult heart attack risk much earlier in life

Massively parallel single-nucleus RNA sequencing reveals insights into heart disease

Cutting-edge precision medicine spreading from specialist cancer units to community setting

Study suggests novel approach to treating adults with autism spectrum disorder

Researchers provide new knowledge about retrovirus-host coevolution

Researchers design new method to pinpoint genetic differences between species

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