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Target protein for diabetes can help to protect against Alzheimer's diseas
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): Mechanisms associated with a particular diabetes drug can also help to protect against Alzheimer's disease suggests a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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Genetically informed atlases in brain reveal new landscapes about its stru
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
California [US], February 8 (ANI): A locus in genetics indicates the physical location of a gene or variant on a chromosome. The plural for it is loci. Now, an international team of scientists has used atlases of the human brain informed by genetics to identify hundreds of genomic loci.
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Small group of genetic variants found in COVID patients may help understan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Augusta (Georgia) [US], January 31 (ANI): A recent study has identified a handful of rare structural gene variants, involved in body processes of some of the sickest patients, like inflammation, which the COVID-19 virus needed, to be successful.
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Researchers identify unique genetic variants to overcome cancer treatment
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): University of California, Los Angeles researchers add monoclonal antibody to target oropharyngeal cancer in HPV-positive patients with KRAS gene variant.
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Study identifies new genes for fibromuscular dysplasia
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): According to a new study, three new genetic variants that regulate gene expression in the arteries are connected to fibromuscular dysplasia, an arterial disease that can cause dangerous consequences for the heart and vessels.
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Scientists identify genetic variant that carry risk of type 2 diabetes
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Rare genetic variants carried by one in 3,000 people that have a larger impact on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes than any previously identified genetic effect have been identified by scientists at the University of Cambridge.
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Rare genetic variants confer largest increase in type 2 diabetes risk seen
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified rare genetic variants carried by one in 3,000 people that have a larger impact on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes than any previously identified genetic effect.
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International study contradicts western theory on susceptibility of Covid
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): An international study has revealed that genetic variants responsible for Covid-19 severity among Europeans may not play a role in susceptibility of the spread of novel coronavirus infection among South Asians.
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Study sheds light on rare genetic variants that increase risk for lung can
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. While the risk for this disease can be influenced by environmental and lifestyle factors like smoking, studies estimate that 18 per cent of lung cancer cases are due to inherited genetic variants. New research
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Protection against severe COVID-19 inherited from Neandertals
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 17 (ANI): A new study has suggested that a genetic variant associated with reduced coronavirus severity was inherited from Neandertals.
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Researchers discover new mammal reference genome that helps ID genetic var
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): The rhesus macaque is the most widely studied nonhuman primate in biomedical research. A genome sequencing project for this species, led by a team of researchers has created a new framework for the study of this important primate.
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Canada suspends flights from UK for 72 hours amid emergence of new COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], December 21 (ANI): The Canadian government on Sunday announced the decision to suspend flights from the United Kingdom amid a genetic variant of the coronavirus which was identified in the UK.
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