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NimbleGen Sequence Capture 385K array identifies gene mutations linked with hereditary hearing loss

January 13, 2012
Hereditary hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder in humans. A German research team led by Ingo Kurth from the Institute of Human Genetics at the University Hospital Jena, Germany, used a number of different methods, including Roche's NimbleGen Custom Sequence Capture 385K array to identify the gene mutated ...

Discovery Of First Major Genetic Mutation Associated With Hereditary Prostate Cancer Risk

January 13, 2012
After a 20-year quest to find a genetic driver for prostate cancer that strikes men at younger ages and runs in families, researchers have identified a rare, inherited mutation linked to a significantly higher risk of the disease. A report on the discovery was published in the January 12, 2012 ...

Study finds first major genetic mutation associated with hereditary prostate cancer risk

January 12, 2012
After a 20-year quest to find a genetic driver for prostate cancer that strikes men at younger ages and runs in families, researchers have identified a rare, inherited mutation linked to a significantly higher risk of the disease.

UNC scientists collaborate to find first major genetic mutation associated with hereditary prostate cancer risk

January 11, 2012
Chapel Hill - After a 20-year quest to find a genetic driver for prostate cancer that strikes men at younger ages and runs in families, researchers have identified a rare, inherited mutation linked to a significantly higher risk of the disease. A report on the discovery was ...

New Gene, New Mechanism For Neuron Loss In Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias

January 10, 2012
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are a group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders characterized by progressive weakness and spasticity (stiffness) of the legs. Mutations in more than 30 genes have been linked to HSPs...

ATM gene mutations may increase hereditary risk for pancreatic cancer

December 30, 2011
Mutations in the ATM gene may increase the hereditary risk for pancreatic cancer, according to data published in Cancer Discovery, the newest journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Researchers Discover Hereditary Predisposition Of Melanoma Of The Eye

December 19, 2011
Ohio State University researchers have discovered a hereditary cancer syndrome that predisposes certain people to a melanoma of the eye, along with lung cancer, brain cancer and possibly other types of cancer. The hereditary cancer syndrome is caused by an inherited mutation in a gene called BAP1, researchers say. The ...

Hereditary cancer syndrome predisposes patients to uveal melanoma

December 16, 2011
Ohio State University researchers have discovered a hereditary cancer syndrome that predisposes certain people to a melanoma of the eye, along with lung cancer, brain cancer and possibly other types of cancer.

Researchers discover hereditary predisposition of melanoma of the eye

December 16, 2011
Ohio State University researchers have discovered a hereditary cancer syndrome that predisposes certain people to a melanoma of the eye, along with lung cancer, brain cancer and possibly other types of cancer.

Ohio State researchers discover hereditary predisposition of melanoma of the eye

December 15, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio State University researchers have discovered a hereditary cancer syndrome that predisposes certain people to a melanoma of the eye, along with lung cancer, brain cancer and possibly other types of cancer. The hereditary cancer syndrome is caused by an inherited mutation in a ...

Ohio State researchers discover hereditary predisposition of melanoma of the eye

December 15, 2011
(Ohio State University Medical Center) Ohio State University researchers have discovered a hereditary cancer syndrome that predisposes certain people to a melanoma of the eye, along with lung cancer, brain cancer and possibly other types of cancer.

Gene therapy achieves early success against hereditary bleeding disorder

December 10, 2011
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. December 10, 2011) Symptoms improved significantly in adults with the bleeding disorder hemophilia B following a single treatment with gene therapy developed by researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and demonstrated to be safe in a clinical trial conducted at the University College London ...