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Genient Advances Precision Diagnostics for India with Clinical Genomics an
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 10: Genient, a Noida-based genomics and molecular diagnostics company founded in 2017, is strengthening India's precision healthcare ecosystem by delivering platform-agnostic, India-relevant molecular and next-generation sequencing (NGS) solutions tail
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Study sheds light on epigenetic changes in cancer progression
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Every cell produces its own proteins by utilising the genetic information contained in its genes. Mutations are changes in this information that can disrupt the function of the affected proteins. This is known as cancer genetics in oncology. However, in recent decades, a new area has emerged
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Study finds how worm embryos produce specific, pluripotent cells
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered how specific proteins within roundworm chromosomes enable their offspring to produce specialised cells generations later, a startling discovery that challenges the conventional wisdom that hereditary information for cell differentiation is primarily ingrained with
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Study suggest two subtypes of insulin-producing cells
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Two distinct subtypes of insulin-producing beta cells, or ss cells, have been discovered by a team of researchers led by scientists from the Van Andel Institute and Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics. Each of these ss cell subtypes possesses critical traits that may be use
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Epigenetics breaks into the clinical practice of cancer: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers describe the impact of epigenetics on cancer treatment and how it has become a crucial tool to improve early detection, predict disease progression and become a target for new treatments.
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Researchers find connection between artificial sweetener, anxiety
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers at Florida State University College of Medicine have discovered a connection between anxiety-like behaviour in mice and aspartame, an artificial sweetener present in roughly 5,000 diet items and beverages.
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Study: Novel treatment effective for bladder cancer
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): An epigenetics drug currently being used for the treatment of blood cancers and rare sarcomas can stop the growth of bladder cancer by activating the immune system, reports a new study in mice. The drug is now being tested in a national clinical trial for pa
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Blood test that detects genetic abnormalities may help predict pregnancy c
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): A blood test, commonly used to detect foetal genetic abnormalities, may help predict complications associated with pregnancy even before symptoms develop, Epigenetics researchers have found.
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Why are men more cancer-prone: Answer may lie in the Y chromosome
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], Jan 17 (ANI): Several studies have indicated that men are more prone to developing cancer as compared to women, however very little is known about why they display a higher susceptibility towards this deadly disease.
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Restoring memory function in Alzheimer's disease may now be possible
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): A study now finds that a new approach to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may eventually make it possible to reverse memory loss, a hallmark of the disease in its later stages.
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