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Drug Treats Inflammation Related to Genetic Heart Disease
Johns Hopkins researchers have shed new light on the role of the immune system in the progression of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) and have also discovered a drug that may help prevent ACM symptoms and progression to heart failure.
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Plant-based Compound Helps Overcome Gene Therapy Challenges
Researchers believe they have found a way to sidestep some of the current difficulties associated with gene therapy, resulting in a better method that would save money and improve treatment outcomes.
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Limitations of Health Reports From Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests Are Identified
According to study findings presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2019 Annual Meeting, health reports from direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests that adopt a limited variant screening approach are producing clinically false-negative results.
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A Third "Short Sleep" Gene Has Been Discovered – And It Prevents Memory Deficits
In a new study, scientists have discovered a third "short sleep" gene. It is the first gene to be identified that prevents the memory deficits typically associated with sleep deprivation.
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A Mouse Model of the Human Gene Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease Is Created
Scientists have developed a line of mice in which the mouse version of the Alzheimer's-associated MAPT gene has been fully replaced by the human version of the gene.
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Novel Reference Genome Resource Helps Capture Global Genetic Diversity
Scientists have assembled a set of genetic sequences that enable the reference genome to better reflect global genetic diversity.
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The Secret Is in Our Saliva
Two million years of eating meat and cooked food may have helped humans shift further from other great apes on the evolutionary tree. The evidence is in our saliva.
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Genome of Spotted Lanternfly Built From a Single Insect
Scientists have published the first genome of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly from a single caught-in-the-wild specimen.
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Harmful Gene Interactions Trigger Rare Form of GI Tumor
The "breakdown" of the normal 3D shape of DNA enables harmful interactions to form between genes in a rare type of gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
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“Jumping Genes” May Cause Rare Childhood Developmental Disorders
Researchers have discovered that so-called “jumping genes” appear to be behind rare developmental disorders in some children.
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