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A major breakthrough toward new treatments for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

A world-first study by Monash University, in Melbourne, Australia has discovered a pathway to the regeneration of insulin in pancreatic stem cells, a major breakthrough toward new therapies to treat Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

22 Jul 2022

Parents become drug developers to save their children’s lives

Maggie Carmichael wasn't developing like other kids. As a toddler, she wasn't walking and had a limited vocabulary for her age.

21 Jul 2022

Scientists provide first report from the largest whole genome sequencing effort to date

Scientists at deCODE genetics a subsidiary of Amgen together with collaborators from Denmark report on the whole genome sequences of 150 thousand participants in the UK biobank in a paper published in the journal Nature today.

20 Jul 2022

Adopting a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle may lower stroke risk

Genes and lifestyle factors together play a role in stroke risk. However, even for people at high risk for stroke, adopting a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle may significantly lower the risk of stroke in their lifetime, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

20 Jul 2022

Combinations of broadly neutralizing antibodies may be a more effective approach to treat HIV

Carefully designed cocktails of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) could help treat HIV while minimizing the risk of the virus escaping treatment, suggests a study published today in eLife.

20 Jul 2022

Modifying lifestyle risk factors can offset a genetic risk of stroke, study shows

People who are genetically at higher risk for stroke can lower that risk by as much as 43% by adopting a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle, according to new research led by UTHealth Houston, which was published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

20 Jul 2022

Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine provides superior immune protection against two viral subvariants

Yale scientists have developed a novel Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine that offers superior immune protection against two viral subvariants than standard mRNA vaccines.

20 Jul 2022

Genes underlying cigarette smoking linked to the perception of pain and response to food

Have you ever wondered why one person can smoke cigarettes for a year and easily quit, while another person will become addicted for life? Why can't some people help themselves from abusing alcohol and others can take it or leave it?

20 Jul 2022

Identifying a core human microbiome

Researchers provide a critical review of the concept of the core human microbiome.

19 Jul 2022

Discovery about how a certain protein is activated in tumor cells could lead to better treatments

Better treatments for some of cancer's deadliest forms could be closer due to a University of California, Irvine-led discovery about how a certain protein is activated in tumor cells.

19 Jul 2022

Elephant genes could offer new clues to preventing cancer development

Scientists modeling the cancer-suppressing p53 gene identify how the 20 different molecules unique to elephants get activated for increased sensitivity and response against carcinogenic conditions - with implications for cancer treatments in humans.

19 Jul 2022

Influence of chr12q24.13 domain on COVID-19 severity

Researchers evaluated the probable impact of the chr12q24.13 domain on the outcomes of laboratory-validated SARS-CoV-2 infection.

19 Jul 2022

Scientists manipulate good bacteria using CRISPR systems

New North Carolina State University research shows progress in gathering information on an important – yet difficult to characterize – human gut bacterium called Bifidobacterium, which is used in many probiotics that help maintain healthy microbiomes.

19 Jul 2022

Rice researchers use deactivated Cas9 proteins to synthetically trigger the transcription of genes

Rice University researchers have demonstrated that CRISPR-Cas9, increasingly famous as a gene-editing tool, can be employed in powerful additional ways in human cells.

18 Jul 2022

Study confirms the link between gut disorders and Alzheimer's risk

People with gut disorders may be at greater risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

18 Jul 2022

Texas Biomed professor to join $577 million effort for developing antivirals against COVID-19 and other viruses

As the coronavirus waves keep coming and cases are on the rise once again, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently launched a $577 million effort to develop antivirals against COVID-19 and other viruses with high pandemic potential.

15 Jul 2022

WHO issues an urgent call to accelerate access to genomics in resource-poor countries

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent call to accelerate access to genomics, especially in resource-poor countries, in a report that examines technology gaps and opportunities.

15 Jul 2022

Y chromosome loss in men can lead to deadly heart failure, research shows

The loss of the male sex chromosome as many men age causes the heart muscle to scar and can lead to deadly heart failure, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine shows.

14 Jul 2022

Early treatment with interferons could mitigate severe COVID-19 in people with specific genetic factors

Researchers from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, and their collaborators have discovered that people of European and African ancestries who were hospitalized for COVID-19 are more likely to carry a particular combination of genetic variants in a gene known as OAS1 than patients with mild disease who were not hospitalized.

14 Jul 2022

MINAR2 gene mutations cause progressive hearing loss

Researchers at the John T. Macdonald Department of Human Genetics and the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have found that inherited mutations in the MINAR2 gene caused deafness in four families. The gene variation mostly affects the inner ear hair cells, which are critical to hearing.

14 Jul 2022

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Genetics News and Research

Latest Genetics News and Research

A major breakthrough toward new treatments for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

Parents become drug developers to save their children’s lives

Scientists provide first report from the largest whole genome sequencing effort to date

Adopting a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle may lower stroke risk

Combinations of broadly neutralizing antibodies may be a more effective approach to treat HIV

Modifying lifestyle risk factors can offset a genetic risk of stroke, study shows

Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine provides superior immune protection against two viral subvariants

Genes underlying cigarette smoking linked to the perception of pain and response to food

Identifying a core human microbiome

Discovery about how a certain protein is activated in tumor cells could lead to better treatments

Elephant genes could offer new clues to preventing cancer development

Influence of chr12q24.13 domain on COVID-19 severity

Scientists manipulate good bacteria using CRISPR systems

Rice researchers use deactivated Cas9 proteins to synthetically trigger the transcription of genes

Study confirms the link between gut disorders and Alzheimer's risk

Texas Biomed professor to join $577 million effort for developing antivirals against COVID-19 and other viruses

WHO issues an urgent call to accelerate access to genomics in resource-poor countries

Y chromosome loss in men can lead to deadly heart failure, research shows

Early treatment with interferons could mitigate severe COVID-19 in people with specific genetic factors

MINAR2 gene mutations cause progressive hearing loss

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