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Genetic clues to tackle oral cancer among Indian women revealed
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A team of researchers from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru and the BRIC-National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani, in collaboration with clinicians from Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research (SDUAHER), Kol
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Researchers discover how gene mutation responsible for causing psoriasis
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Researchers discovered a gene mutation that causes psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin condition characterised by red, scaly, and itchy spots on the body.
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Researchers find ways to reduce side effects of breast, ovarian cancer tre
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Certain anti-cancer medications also target healthy cells in addition to malignant cells. Their use may become restricted if their effects on the latter are excessively powerful. The mechanism of action of PARP inhibitors, which are specifically used for treating breast and ovarian cancer in
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Specific gene mutations accelerate growth of pancreatic tumours: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The new study, which was released in Nature Communications, explains how specific gene mutations cause pancreatic cancer to proliferate uncontrollably by turning on a "super-enhancer" that activates other genes.
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Researchers more insight into Parkinson’s disease treatment
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A new method by which parkin gene mutations cause family types of Parkinson's disease has been discovered by Northwestern Medicine researchers. According to researchers in a recent study, the discovery provides a fresh approach to Parkinson's treatment.
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Gene mutation could explain why some don’t get sick from covid-19: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
People who get COVID-19 but never develop symptoms, known as super dodgers, may have a hereditary advantage. According to a new study headed by UC San Francisco researchers, they are more than twice as likely as individuals who become symptomatic to contain a specific gene variation that aid
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Cause, cure identified for common type of high blood pressure: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
One out of every twenty persons with hypertension has a small benign nodule as the root cause. Aldosterone, a hormone that the nodule generates, regulates the body's salt levels. A gene mutation found in some of these nodules that causes a significant, sporadic overproduction of the hormone
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Study finds cause and cure for common type of high blood pressure
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers discovered a gene mutation that causes a common type of hypertension (high blood pressure) and a treatment for it. This study was published in the journal, 'Nature Genetics.'
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Study shows healthy kidneys despite high blood pressure
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Scientists found that unless you happen to have a PDE3A gene mutation, high blood pressure eventually damages the kidneys. According to research published in 'Kidney International' by a team led by Enno Klussmann of the Max Delbruck Centre and the DZHK, a mutation that causes severe hyperte
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Gene mutations responsible for rare illness causing heart attack in youngs
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The findings, published in late April in Circulation, suggest that treatments could be developed to manage the condition rather than requiring a heart transplant, which is the standard treatment for this condition in children.
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Research discovers new cause of heart failure condition in children
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have uncovered novel gene mutations responsible for a rare illness that causes heart failure in youngsters. They were subsequently able to discover how the mutation works and apply medication to counteract its effects in ca
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Researchers discover how mutations in language gene produce speech defici
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Foxp2 gene mutations have been associated with apraxia, a speech impairment that makes it challenging to form sound sequences.
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