News tagged with chromosome 22
Jak of all trades? Not of leukaemia therapy
About one in five or six cases of adult leukaemia in Western populations relates to so-called chronic myeloid leukaemia, or CML. Treatment of CML usually relies on inhibitors of the abnormal protein that causes the condition ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Brain development goes off track as vulnerable individuals develop schizophrenia
11 May 2011 - Two new research studies published in Biological Psychiatry point to progressive abnormalities in brain development that emerge as vulnerable individuals develop schizophrenia.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 11, 2011 |
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Investigators identify gene associated with kidney disease in African-American population
Kidney disease is a growing public health problem, with approximately half a million individuals in the United States requiring dialysis treatments to replace the function of their failed kidneys. The problem is particularly ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Additional genes associated with age-related macular degeneration identified
A large genetic study of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has identified three new genes associated with this blinding eye disease—two involved in the cholesterol pathway. Results of this large-scale collaborative study, ...
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Powerful new method allows scientists to probe gene activation
NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have developed a powerful new method to investigate the discrete steps necessary to turn on individual genes and examine how the process goes wrong in cancer and other diseases. The ...
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Dogs, humans, put heads together to find cure for brain cancer
Pinpointing the genes involved in human brain cancer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and sometimes the needle you find may not be the right one. By comparing human and canine genomes, researchers at North ...
Jul 06, 2009 |
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