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JGU chemists develop technique that reduces toxic effects of cigarettes

Chemists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have developed a technique that reduces the toxic effects of commercially available cigarettes.

30 May 2017

Researchers develop new method to predict potency of allergenic substances

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method which determines not only whether a chemical or substance is allergenic, but also how strong its potential for causing hypersensitivity is.

30 May 2017

Raising age limit for routine genetic testing in colorectal cancer could identify more cases of Lynch syndrome

Raising the age limit for routine genetic testing in colorectal cancer could identify more cases of families affected by Lynch syndrome, a condition that accounts for around 5% of all colon cancers, according to new research to be presented at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Monday).

29 May 2017

Gene editing technology can introduce hundreds of unintended mutations, study shows

As CRISPR-Cas9 starts to move into clinical trials, a new study published in Nature Methods has found that the gene-editing technology can introduce hundreds of unintended mutations into the genome.

29 May 2017

Drug treatment used for other conditions can help women combat urinary incontinence

Urinary incontinence in women is common, with almost 50% of adult women experiencing leakage at least occasionally. Genetic or heritable factors are known to contribute to half of all cases, but until now studies had failed to identify the genetic variants associated with the condition.

29 May 2017

Open-access BRCA testing for inherited breast cancer enables identification of missed carriers

Ashkenazi Jewish women are known to have a predisposition to the inherited breast cancers BRCA1 and BRCA2, but currently genetic testing in this group is limited to women affected by breast and ovarian cancers and those who are unaffected but have a family history of the disease.

27 May 2017

UNC researchers discover cascade of gene activity during journey to maturation in fruit flies

Every animal starts as a clump of cells, which over time multiply and mature into many different types of cells, tissues, and organs.

26 May 2017

Researchers use chemical array to find malignant cells within melanoma tumor

Melanoma is a particularly difficult cancer to treat once it has metastasized, spreading throughout the body. University of Illinois researchers are using chemistry to find the deadly, elusive malignant cells within a melanoma tumor that hold the potential to spread.

26 May 2017

New drug offers hope to patients with hepatitis C

Patients with hepatitis C who suffer from advanced stages of liver disease have renewed hope, thanks to findings by researchers who have discovered that a new drug significantly reduces their risk of death and need for transplantation.

26 May 2017

TSRI scientists discover potential new therapy to stop deadly botulinum neurotoxin

Botulinum neurotoxin is probably best known to Americans as BOTOX, a cosmetic medicine, rather than as a cause of potentially dangerous foodborne illnesses.

26 May 2017

Innate genetic advantage contributes to better outcomes in newborn infant girls than boys, research shows

Newborn infant girls have better outcomes than their male counterparts due to an innate genetic advantage in responding to acute infections, according to new research from RCSI.

26 May 2017

New NMR machine at TSRI’s Florida campus will help advance drug development process

The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance facility at the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute is becoming one of the most advanced in South Florida, thanks to a new $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health.

26 May 2017

ERT’s Centralized LCI Services improve data quality to measure disease progression in respiratory clinical trials

ERT, a global data and technology company that minimizes uncertainty and risk in clinical trials, today introduced an advanced respiratory clinical trial solution to centrally capture, measure and analyze Lung Clearance Index data, in near real-time, to assess lung performance with more precision than traditional spirometry measures.

26 May 2017

OGT makes several advances in hybridization-based targeted sequencing

Oxford Gene Technology, The Molecular Genetics Company, has made several advances in hybridisation-based target enrichment protocols that now enable researchers to prepare samples for sequencing in just one day.

26 May 2017

Researchers discover cardioprotective genetic variant in isolated Greek population

A genetic variant that protects the heart against cardiovascular disease has been discovered by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators.

26 May 2017

Gray matter density increases during transition from childhood to young adulthood, study reveals

For years, the common narrative in human developmental neuroimaging has been that gray matter in the brain - the tissue found in regions of the brain responsible for muscle control, sensory perception such as seeing and hearing, memory, emotions, speech, decision making, and self-control -- declines in adolescence, a finding derived mainly from studies of gray matter volume and cortical thickness (the thickness of the outer layers of brain that contain gray matter).

26 May 2017

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JGU chemists develop technique that reduces toxic effects of cigarettes

Researchers develop new method to predict potency of allergenic substances

Raising age limit for routine genetic testing in colorectal cancer could identify more cases of Lynch syndrome

Gene editing technology can introduce hundreds of unintended mutations, study shows

Drug treatment used for other conditions can help women combat urinary incontinence

Open-access BRCA testing for inherited breast cancer enables identification of missed carriers

UNC researchers discover cascade of gene activity during journey to maturation in fruit flies

Researchers use chemical array to find malignant cells within melanoma tumor

New drug offers hope to patients with hepatitis C

TSRI scientists discover potential new therapy to stop deadly botulinum neurotoxin

Innate genetic advantage contributes to better outcomes in newborn infant girls than boys, research shows

New NMR machine at TSRI’s Florida campus will help advance drug development process

ERT’s Centralized LCI Services improve data quality to measure disease progression in respiratory clinical trials

OGT makes several advances in hybridization-based targeted sequencing

Researchers discover cardioprotective genetic variant in isolated Greek population

Gray matter density increases during transition from childhood to young adulthood, study reveals

Preliminary study: Co-occurrence of COMT and BRCA 1/2 variants may reduce breast cancer incidence

Scientists report brain network organization changes that underlie improvements in executive function

Study unravels mystery of how nerve cells are damaged in neurodegenerative diseases

Scientists identify key gene in 22q11.2 that contributes to genitourinary birth defects

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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