Divergence of prostate cancer mutations determines aggressiveness
Prostate cancer can be divided into two different genomic subtypes with implications for treatment strategies, new research has shown...
Prostate cancer can be divided into two different genomic subtypes with implications for treatment strategies, new research has shown...
Organoids grown from testicular cells of young mice have shown characteristics of normal mouse testes and have potential to produce sperm...
by Olivia Goff
A protein involved in DNA damage repair, PARP1, has been likened to superglue due to its crucial role in holding together the broken DNA ends...
Researchers have unravelled how mutations in a single gene can cause abnormal brain development in fetuses and babies...
The NHS has expanded access to its bowel cancer screening service for people with Lynch syndrome...
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics recently published a report identifying gaps in ethical guidance available to those working in UK-based genomic research and healthcare. In this article, Danielle Hamm, director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics discusses how and why these need to be addressed in a coordinated way...
New genetic markers that drive the development of type 2 diabetes and other vascular diseases have been identified...
The frequency of genetic variants associated with the risk of developing disease varies between groups of people with different ancestries, according to a large US study...
Genome editing has been used to successfully correct genetic defects in a mouse model of a fatal hereditary disease...
145 genes have been identified as key to maintaining genome stability, protection, repair, and preventing DNA damage...
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