Researchers identify genes and cell types that may play a causal role in the primary formation of open-angle glaucoma
Although primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the leading cause of blindness in people over the age of 55, there is ...
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Key genes linked to DNA damage and human diseases discovered
More than a hundred key genes linked to DNA damage were discovered through systematic screening of nearly 1,000 genetically modified ...
Gene’s role in achieving and maintaining muscle mass revealed in new study
New research from Northwestern University has discovered a previously unexplored relationship between a gene essential to immune cells and the ...
Immune genes are altered in the blood of Alzheimer’s patients
A new study from Northwestern Medicine has found that the immune system in the blood of Alzheimer's patients is epigenetically ...
New tool improves search for disease-causing genes
A new statistical tool developed by University of Chicago researchers improves the ability to find disease-causing genetic variants. The tool, ...
Harnessing skin cancer genes to heal hearts
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that one of the most dangerous mutations found in skin cancers could serve ...
Newly identified genes for depression could lead to new treatments
More than 200 genes linked to depression have been newly identified in a global study led by UCL researchers. The ...
Research finds one of the deleted genes linked to Williams syndrome is responsible for mitochondrial function in the brain
In a first, researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that the production and regulation of mitochondrial organelles in brain ...
Novel roles for autophagy genes in cellular waste management and aging
Autophagy, which declines with age, may hold more mysteries than researchers previously suspected. In the January 4 issue of Natural ...
Team discovers relationship between timing of DNA replication and how genes fold into 3D structures inside the cell nucleus
The complex process of duplicating genetic information, called DNA replication, is central to the transmission of life from one cell ...
