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Understanding Tumor Evolution
Study provides insight into tumor evolution; may point to improved diagnosis and treatment.
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Gene Signature in Healthy Brains Pinpoints
Researchers have identified a specific signature of a group of genes in the regions of the brain which are most vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease.
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Broken Gene May Help Protect Against Ulcerative Colitis
Researchers have uncovered a protective genetic mutation that is
specific to ulcerative colitis.
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Directly Reprogramming a Cell's Identity with Gene Editing
Duke engineers use CRISPR to generate neuronal cells from connective tissue.
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Virus Attracts Bumblebees to Infected Plants by Changing Scent
Study of bee-manipulating plant virus reveals that replicating the scent caused by infection could encourage declining bee populations to pollinate crops.
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Genome Sequencing May Help Avert Banana Armageddon
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, and in the Netherlands have discovered how three fungal diseases have evolved into a lethal threat to the world’s bananas.
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The Genetics Behind Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders are the most common type of mental illness in the United States. And while much is understood about the biochemistry of anxiety, little is known about the genetic variation associated with it.
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Imaging the Epigenetics of the Human Brain
A novel PET radiotracer is able for the first time to reveal epigenetic activity – the process that determines whether or not genes are expressed – within the human brain.
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New Tech Joins the Battle Against Hep B
A method for “silencing” RNA that emerged from a University of Wisconsin—Madison spinoff company is in clinical trials in Europe, Asia and the United States against hepatitis B, an infection that can destroy the liver.
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Gene Variant Explains Differences in Diabetes Drug Response
International precision medicine study advances understanding of the biology of Metformin.
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