Mutation provides new clues for treating immune ‘cold’ tumors
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) emerged in the United States about 15 years ago as an exciting class of cancer treatments ...
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Novel gene therapy shows promise for targeting epilepsy-linked mutation
Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) are working on ...
Scientists decode a key mutation in many cancers, highlighting the increased role of RNA in human gene expression
Inside every cell, inside every nucleus, your existence depends on an incredibly complicated dance. Proteins are constantly wrapping and unwrapping ...
Brain cell types affected differently by Rett syndrome mutation, researchers find
Rett syndrome is an X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder. It can cause loss of coordination, mobility, ability to speak and use hands, ...
Discovery brings answers to parents of children with rare neurological genetic mutation
Shortly after Kelly Cervantes' daughter Adelaide was born, she began having terrible seizures. Doctors could not give her a solution, ...
Discovery of new TNIP1 gene mutation offers new hope for disease that can lead to blindness
An international team of scientists, including researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), has identified a rare, mutated version of ...
She contracts 12 tumors and survives thanks to a genetic mutation!
This rare case of genetic mutation gives the patient a special immune system that fights tumors. Researchers believe that understanding ...
a mutation in mitochondrial DNA could protect against disease
The potential beneficial mutation against Parkinson's disease is a small mitochondrial protein that could play a key role in the ...
Researchers trace a form of lupus to a single mutation
Sometimes just one mutation in our genetic makeup is enough to cause disease. This is also the case for lupus, ...
Scientists discover 13 distinct DNA mutation risk patterns with implications for cancer progression
Mutations, which continually occur in every cell of our body, are major contributors to cancer, aging and neurodegeneration. Although exposure ...
