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Children with lymphatic disorder have higher risk of stillbirth, chronic d
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Canberra [Australia], March 13 (ANI): South Australian researchers have identified a genetic mutation responsible for a lymphatic disorder that may be responsible for causing stillbirth or severe, chronic disease in affected children.
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Lymphatic disorder may cause stillbirth, chronic disease in affected child
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Adelaide [Australia] March 7 (ANI): In a breakthrough discovery, South Australian researchers have identified a genetic mutation responsible for a lymphatic disorder that may be responsible for causing stillbirth or severe, chronic disease in affected children.
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CRISPR-Cas9 can generate unexpected, heritable mutations, says study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Uppsala [Sweden], February 6 (ANI): CRISPR-Cas9 is the "genetic scissors," that creates new potential for curing diseases. But the treatments must be reliable. In a new study, researchers have discovered that the method can give rise to unforeseen changes in DNA that can be inherited by the
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Research explains how ovarian cancer begins in high-risk women
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], January 2 (ANI): During a recent study, a team of researchers found the origin of common ovarian cancer, allowing them to characterize how a genetic mutation puts women at high risk for this cancer.
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Study finds how ovarian cancer starts in high-risk women
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], December 29 (ANI): A team of scientists have found the origin of common ovarian cancer, allowing them to characterize how a genetic mutation puts women at high risk for this cancer.
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Researchers find new genetic target for blood cancer treatment
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Cambridge [England], April 30 (ANI): Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute found that a specific genetic mutation, which is linked with poor prognosis in blood cancer, is involved in the development of the disease when combined with other mutations in mice and human cell lines.
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Researchers find clues to sex differences in autism
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): While it is unclear why autism occurs much more frequently in boys than in girls. In a new Yale-led study, researchers find that autism may develop in different regions of the brain in girls than boys and that girls with autism have a larger number of genetic
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Coronavirus mutation may have made it more contagious, finds study
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): A study involving more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in Houston finds that the virus that causes the disease is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious.
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Russia's health watchdog says 22 stable mutated COVID-19 strains identifie
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): There are about 22 stable mutations in the genetic makeup of the coronavirus detected worldwide, with two of them being the most resistant, Russia's consumer rights and human welfare watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, told Sputnik on Friday, adding that t
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Study reveals genetic mutations may be linked to infertility, early menopa
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 1 (ANI): A new study identifies a specific gene's previously unknown role in fertility. Analysing genetic data in people, the researchers found an association between mutations in this gene and early menopause.
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Researchers find further evidence of autoimmunity's role in Parkinson's di
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], April 26 (ANI): A research report finds that signs of autoimmunity can appear in Parkinson's disease patients years before their official diagnosis.
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Study focuses on mechanism to explain role of gene mutations in kidney dis
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 5 (ANI): A mechanism that appears to explain how certain genetic mutations give rise to a rare genetic kidney disorder called nephrotic syndrome has been uncovered by researchers from the Center for Precision Disease Modeling at the University of Maryland School
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