News tagged with genetic signature
Study surprise yields new target for assessing genes linked to autism
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have uncovered a new genetic signature that correlates strongly with autism and which doesn't involve changes to the DNA sequence itself. Rather, the changes are in the way the ...
Researchers discover evolutionary event underlying the origin of dachshunds, dogs with short legs
Jul 16, 2009 |
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A single evolutionary event appears to explain the short, curved legs that characterize all of today's dachshunds, corgis, basset hounds and at least 16 other breeds of dogs, a team led by the National Human ...
Personalized treatment for early lung cancer
May 03, 2009 |
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Cancer vaccines and targeted therapies are beginning to offer new treatment options following surgery for patients with early stages of lung cancer, experts said at the first European Multidisciplinary Conference in Thoracic ...
Scientists Identify Molecular Signature for Leukemia Stem Cells
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Scientists studying chronic myeloid leukemia, more commonly known as CML, are one step closer to decoding the “genetic signature” of stem cells in this disease. They’ve identified a marker in a tiny but powerful subset of ...
Genetic signature predicts outcome of pediatric liver cancer
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Scientists have identified a genetic signature that is remarkably effective at predicting the prognosis of an aggressive liver cancer in children. The research, published by Cell Press in the December issue of the journal ...
