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Study identifies two chemicals that could lead to new drugs for genetic disorders
Sep 28, 2009 |
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UCLA scientists have identified two chemicals that convince cells to ignore premature signals to stop producing important proteins. Published in the Sept. 28 edition of the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the findings could ...
New findings raise questions about process used to identify experimental drug
Feb 03, 2009 |
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A study by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers has revealed surprising new insights into the process used to initially identify an experimental drug now being tested in people with cystic fibrosis and muscular ...
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The nonsense in our genes: 1 in 200 human genes superfluous?
Feb 05, 2009 |
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1 in 200 of our human genes can be inactivated with no detectable effect on our health. A study by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists raises new questions about the effects of gene loss on our wellbeing and evolution.
Gene therapy involving antibiotics may help patients with Usher syndrome
Jun 03, 2008 |
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A new approach to treating vision loss caused by Type 1 Usher syndrome (USH1), the most common condition affecting both sight and hearing, will be unveiled by a scientist at the annual conference of the European Society ...
Drug fights cystic fibrosis
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Feb 05, 2008 |
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An experimental drug that has proven effective in treating muscular dystrophy also works for cystic fibrosis, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Case researcher in RNA biology makes waves by challenging current thinking
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Jan 18, 2008 |
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In the January 18th issue of Molecular Cell, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher Kristian E. Baker, Ph.D. challenges molecular biology’s established body of evidence and widely-accepted model for no ...
Researchers discover pathway that eliminates genetic defects in red blood cells
Aug 01, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a unique molecular pathway that detects and selectively eliminates defective messenger RNAs from red blood cells. Other such pathways – known ...
Polyclonality of BRAF mutations in acquired melanocytic nevi
Sep 14, 2009 |
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The polyclonality of BRAF mutations in melanocytic nevi suggests that mutation of BRAF may not be an initial event in melanocyte transformation, according to a new brief communication published online September 14 in the ...
Scientists find new genetic mutation that halts the development of lupus
Jan 17, 2008 |
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The new study was published in the January 18 edition (Volume 28, Issue 1) of the journal Immunity.
Researchers discover critical detail of cellular defense against genetic mistakes
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Apr 17, 2008 |
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Researchers are closing in on a completed diagram of how human cells protect themselves against constant genetic mistakes that contribute to most diseases, according to a study to be published in the April 18 edition of the ...
Two genes cooperate to cause aggressive leukemia
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Two genes, each one of which is known to cause cancer on its own, together can lead to aggressive leukaemia. This is the conclusion from new research carried out on gene-modified mice at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University ...
No test needed for hand-foot genital syndrome in women without HOXA13 gene mutation
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Hugh S. Taylor, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale, and colleagues have found that women without mutations of the HOXA13 gene do not need to be subjected to x-rays ...
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