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Artificial Intelligence can predict genetics of cancerous brain tumors: St
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Researchers have developed an AI-based diagnostic screening system that uses rapid imaging to analyze tumor specimens taken during an operation and detect genetic mutations more rapidly
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Obesity might increase breast cancer risk in women with BRCA mutations
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to a new multi-institutional translational study headed by Weill Cornell Medical experts, obesity may cause DNA damage in the breast tissue of women who have BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, potentially adding to breast cancer development in an already high-risk group.
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New link between fatal muscle wasting disease gene and cancer discovered
Updated : 3 years ago IST
One in every 5,000 boys born suffers from the crippling muscle-wasting illness DMD, which is known to be caused by mutations of the dystrophin gene. Typically, those who have the illness only survive into their 20s or 30s.
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Study discovers new link between fatal muscle wasting disease gene, cancer
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Mutations in the gene that encodes for dystrophins have been linked to the devastating muscle-wasting illness DMD, which affects one out of every 5,000 boys born. Individuals with the illness usually live only into their 20s or 30s.
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An insight into brain disorders and human cognition
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Computer modelling was used by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers to find mutations in the human genome that are likely to have changed how human intelligence evolved. This groundbreaking human genomics study may advance our understanding of human health and pave the way for the
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Study finds women over 50 with specific mutations are at higher risk of ca
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Women who have BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic abnormalities continue to have a significant chance of developing cancer after age 50, even if they have never been diagnosed with the disease. This is true even though these mutations are linked to a younger beginning of breast and ovarian cancer
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Researchers give new insight into human cognition, origins of brain disord
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) employed computer modelling to identify mutations in the human genome that are likely to have altered the evolution of human intellect. This pioneering human genomics study might lead to a greater knowledge of human health and the deve
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Study discover neurological disease involving cellular recycling process
Updated : 3 years ago IST
ATG4D assists in the autophagy process, which cells utilise to digest and recycle harmed proteins and other damaged parts of the cell to maintain health. Although all cells in the body use autophagy, neurons rely on it more than other cells do in order to survive. However, little is understo
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Researchers reveal therapeutic strategy to kill cancer cell
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Gene mutations are the cause of cancer. Tumor suppressors and oncogenes are the two main groups of these altered genes in cancer. Mutations in oncogenes can drive cell proliferation, pushing the gas pedal all the way to the floor, whereas mutations in tumour suppressor genes can cause tumour
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Research sheds light on therapeutic strategy to kill cancer cells
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Cancer is a disease driven by gene mutations. These mutated genes in cancer fall into two major categories: tumour suppressors and oncogenes. Mutations in tumour suppressor genes can allow tumours to grow unchecked - a case of no brakes - while mutations in oncogenes can activate cell prolif
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SPOP protein contributes to cancer: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
SPOP is the most mutated protein in prostate cancer and plays a role in endometrial, uterine and other cancers. Despite this importance, how SPOP mutations drive cancer has been incompletely understood. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-E
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Ultraviolet light emitting devices leads to cell death, cancer-causing mut
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
There may be greater public health risks associated with the ultraviolet nail polish drying equipment used to cure gel manicures than previously realised. These ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting devices were studied by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, who discovered that
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