Posts tagged: genetic
Groundbreaking Discovery Of Mutation Causing Genetic Disorder In Humans, Birth Defects
Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB), in collaboration with doctors and scientists in Jordan, Turkey, Switzerland and USA, have identified the genetic cause of a birth defect known as Hamamy syndrome[1]. Their groundbreaking findings were published in the prestigious journal Nature Genetics. The work lends new insights into ...
Genetic test can accurately predict spread of eye cancer
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a genetic test that can accurately predict whether the most common form of eye cancer will spread to other parts of the body, particularly the liver.
Genetic cause of rare genetic disorder, Hamamy syndrome
Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB), in collaboration with doctors and scientists in Jordan, Turkey, Switzerland and USA, have identified the genetic cause of a birth defect known as Hamamy syndrome .
Genetic test identifies eye cancer tumors likely to spread
AUDIO: The most common form of cancer in the eye can be deadly. New treatments have allowed doctors to preserve vision in patients with ocular melanoma, but sometimes the cancer... ...
Response To Lung Cancer Therapy May Be Determined By Molecular Subtypes And Genetic Alterations
Cancer therapies targeting specific molecular subtypes of the disease allow physicians to tailor treatment to a patient's individual molecular profile. But scientists are finding that in many types of cancer the molecular subtypes are more varied than previously thought and contain further genetic alterations that can affect a patient's response ...
New Genetic Findings: Gifts Of The MAGI In Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
These findings are not about the classic story of gift-giving, although the MAGI genes (officially named membrane associated guanylate kinase, WW and PDZ domain containing proteins) do influence brain function in important ways. MAGI1 and MAGI2 are genes that code for the MAGI proteins. These proteins influence the development and ...
Lung cancer molecular subtypes correlate with genetic alterations, patient’s response to therapy
Cancer therapies targeting specific molecular subtypes of the disease allow physicians to tailor treatment to a patient's individual molecular profile. But scientists are finding that in many types of cancer the molecular subtypes are more varied than previously thought and contain further genetic alterations that can affect a patient's response ...
Scientists make groundbreaking discovery of mutation-causing genetic disorder in humans
(Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore) Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology, in collaboration with doctors and scientists in Jordan, Turkey, Switzerland and USA, have identified the genetic cause of a birth defect known as Hamamy syndrome. Their groundbreaking findings were published in the prestigious journal Nature ...
Genetic test identifies eye cancer tumors likely to spread
(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a genetic test that can accurately predict whether the most common form of eye cancer will spread to other parts of the body, particularly the liver. The test successfully classified tumors more than ...
Working To Understand A Rare Genetic Disease, Scientists Uncover The Most Common Fault In DNA Replication
Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) at the University of Edinburgh have discovered an enzyme that corrects the most common mistake in mammalian DNA. The mistake is the inclusion of individual bits of RNA within the DNA sequence, which the researchers found ...
Genetic Mosaicism Linked To Aging And Cancer
Two new studies have linked a condition known as genetic mosaicism to aging and cancer. They suggest presence of the condition, the risk of which increases with age, could be a biomarker for early detection of cancer and other chronic diseases. Genetic mosaicism is where some of ...