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Researchers studying the genetic roots of the most common malignant childhood brain tumour have discovered missteps in three of the four subtypes of the cancer that involve genes already targeted for drug development. The most significant gene alterations are linked to subtypes of medulloblastoma that currently have the best and worst prognosis. They were among […]

Many patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) share a mutation in a gene called IDH. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study shows that this IDH mutation may be the first domino in a chain that leads to a more aggressive form of the disease. ‘In fact, it’s not IDH itself that causes the problem,’ […]

Cedars-Sinai researchers have linked Kawasaki Disease, a serious childhood illness that causes inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body, with early-onset and accelerated atherosclerosis, a leading cause of heart disease in adults. In a study, an American Heart Association peer-reviewed medical journal, a team of researchers showed how Kawasaki Disease in young mice predisposed them […]

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital have identified several gene mutations responsible for the most common childhood brain tumour, called medulloblastoma, adding evidence to the theory that the diagnosis is a group of genetically distinct cancers with different prognoses. These and accompanying findings are likely to lead to […]

Scientists behind Olympic Team GB are working on genetic tests to understand why some athletes are prone to injury, BBC’s Newsnight has learned. Tendon injuries and stress fractures are common in elite athletes, but how and why they happen is less clear. University College London’s Prof Hugh Montgomery says they have found a gene they […]