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A new method that increases the signal from CRISPR-based diagnostic tests, removing the need for amplification of DNA or RNA in a sample, could be used to quickly diagnose heart attacks and differentiate between cancer types.

Using an innovative new technique, scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have identified thousands of previously unknown DNA sequences in the human genome that code for microproteins and peptides potentially critical to human health and disease.

Previous research has shown that low physical activity and greater time spent sitting are associated with a higher risk of death. Does risk change if a person is genetically predisposed to live a long life?

While children are known for their active imaginations, it’s extremely rare for them to have true psychotic symptoms. But two unusual case studies, both of children under seven, prompted a new investigation that has identified a shared genetic component linking many cases of early-onset psychosis

A home test to help patients manage long covid at home has been developed and is available to download. The test can be done by anyone with symptoms of autonomic dysfunction in conditions such as long covid, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and diabetes 1 and 2 where people get feelings such as dizziness or blackouts.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found that a novel blood test can be used to easily evaluate disease severity in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and predict survivability.

Researchers have deciphered a mechanism in mice and patients that leads to ANCA-associated vasculitis, in which excessive inflammatory reactions lead to pulmonary hemorrhages.

According to a study, the diagnosis of autism could be improved by considering the differences between how women and men experience and act upon their emotions.

Researchers have developed a new quantitative RT-qPCR assay that is able to detect the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.

High-throughput testing has been used to study neurodegenerative diseases for the first time and has identified novel risk genes for dementia.