A technique that identifies how genes are controlled could help spot genetic errors which trigger disease, a study suggests. The new method focuses on those parts of DNA – known as enhancer regions – which regulate the activity of genes and direct the production of proteins that have key functions within the body. Errors in […]
With more than 200 million global users of statins, these medications are the very definition of ‘blockbuster.’ By stopping a substance the body uses to make cholesterol, statins can help stave off heart attacks and strokes — the top two causes of death worldwide. But in a significant percent of patients — up to 30 […]
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer. Patients diagnosed with NSCLC have a poor prognosis, with a 5-year survival rate of only 16 percent. Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center hope to improve NSCLC patient survival with the results of a study. The researchers focused their attention on inherited genetic […]
A distinct pattern in the changing length of blood telomeres, the protective end caps on our DNA strands, can predict cancer many years before actual diagnosis, according to a new study from Northwestern Medicine in collaboration with Harvard University. The pattern – a rapid shortening followed by a stabilization three or four years before cancer […]
Scientists don’t know the exact molecular nature of the epigenetic information that one generation transmits to the next. The list of candidate carriers includes proteins, noncoding RNA and the histones around which DNA winds itself. Or it could be modifications to the DNA itself that somehow get replicated when cells divide. Now, a Harvard Medical […]
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) are helping to make precision medicine a reality by sequencing entire exomes of people to assess chronic disease risk and drug efficacy. For years, scientists have been using a method called “knockout mice,” which allows them to study gene functions by inactivating a […]
Much like a finger leaves its own unique print to help identify a person, researchers are now discovering that skull fractures leave certain signatures that can help investigators better determine what caused the injury. Implications from the Michigan State University research could help with the determination of truth in child abuse cases, potentially resulting in […]
Huntington’s disease is caused by a mutation in the Huntington’s disease gene, but it has long been a mystery why some people with the exact same mutation get the disease more severely and earlier than others. A closer look at the DNA around the Huntington’s disease (HD) gene offers researchers a new understanding of how […]
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project have created a new and much-anticipated data resource to help establish how differences in an individual’s genomic make-up can affect gene activity and contribute to disease. The new resource will enable scientists to examine the underlying genomics of many different human tissues and […]
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has uncovered a big clue to how bacteria may promote some colon cancers. The study used novel metabolomic technologies to reveal molecular evidence suggesting a vicious circle in which cancerous changes in colon cells promote the growth […]
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