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The Avestagenome Project® and TIGS Sign Strategic Alliance to Advance
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 24: The Avestagenome Project® International Pvt. Ltd. (AGENOME) & Avesthagen Limited, in partnership with the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS), have signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement to advance research and development in rar
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Study finds new gene in progression of Huntington's disease
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A novel gene has been linked by researchers in Berlin and Dusseldorf to the development of Huntington's disease in a brain organoid model. Earlier than previously believed, the gene may play a role in brain disorders.
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Gut bacteria may cause blindness due to some inherited eye conditions: Stu
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Sight loss in certain inherited eye illnesses may be caused by gut bacteria and could be treated with antimicrobials, according to a new study in mice conducted by a UCL and Moorfields researcher.
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Do you know genetic malfunction causes rare lung disease? Study finds
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
One of the most significant cells in the body is the macrophage. This immune cell, dubbed "big eater" in Greek, eats and breaks down dangerous substances like dust, debris, bacteria, and cancer cells. Macrophages play a particularly important role in the lungs, where they combat bacterial in
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Researchers discover genetic malfunction that causes rare lung disease
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The macrophage is one of the most important cells in the body. This immune cell, which means "big eater" in Greek, consumes and digests harmful materials such as bacteria, cancer cells, dust, and detritus. Macrophages are notably crucial in the lungs, where they fight bacterial infections wh
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Study gives insight into predicting neurodevelopmental disease in children
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Predicting the development of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric illnesses such as autism or schizophrenia is challenging since they are influenced by a wide range of hereditary and environmental factors
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Researchers shed light on how to restore nerve cells after injury
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Salk researchers identified a way to repair destroyed nerves in mice during peripheral neuropathy. They discovered that the protein Mitf aids in the activation of the repair function of the nervous system's specialist Schwann cells.
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Researchers give insight into repairing nerve cells after injury, in chron
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Each year, more than 3 million people in the United States suffer from peripheral neuropathy, a condition in which nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord are destroyed, resulting in pain and loss of feeling in the afflicted areas. Diabetes, injuries, genetically inherited disease, infe
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Study gives more insight into understanding cancer risk in gene therapies
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have shown promising results about the potential of gene therapy to heal genetic disorders such as sickle cell disease, and the findings of this study, published in Nature Medicine, offer vital new insights into processes that occur in the body following treatment.
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Study finds method of delivering clinically used gene therapy vectors
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers used a noninvasive, ultrasound-based technique to investigate the safety and feasibility of gene delivery to numerous brain regions in rats, and their findings suggest that as more locations are opened, gene delivery effectiveness improves within each targeted site.
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Study finds way to deliver clinically used gene therapy vectors
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Researchers examined the safety and practicality of gene delivery to several brain regions in animals using a noninvasive, ultrasound-based approach, and their findings imply that when more locations are opened, gene delivery effectiveness improves within each targeted site.
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Researchers reveal how prealbumin gene alone is insufficient for heart fai
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In a study that was published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers found that a blood test that analyzes the transthyretin or prealbumin protein could be used to diagnose transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy and to prompt more thorough imaging examinations.
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