Washington, Oct 14 (ANI): Two genes believed to play a role in the development of endometrial cancer have been identified by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
The discovery could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of this increasingly common form of cancer.
Endometrial cancer is also known as uterine or womb cancer.
Cancer is caused by [...]
Melbourne, Oct 7 (ANI): Scientists from University of Western Australia claim to have identified new genes tied to loss of bone mineral density and osteoporosis.
According to molecular geneticist and study author Associate Professor Scott Wilson of the University of Western Australia, low bone mineral density is the strongest predictor of osteoporotic fracture.
He suggests that the [...]
London, Oct 6 (ANI): Wistar Institute scientists have identified a gene called KLF17, which appears to be involved in the spread of breast cancer throughout the body.
“Identifying the gene that suppresses the spread of tumor cells and the mechanisms by which this suppression occurs can lead to the discovery of new markers of metastasis and [...]
Washington, Oct 6 (ANI): University of York researchers claim to have identified a gene that appears to play a crucial role in cancer cell survival.
They have used a process called RNA interference to target the JNK2 gene in both cancer and healthy cells. The cancer cells died but the healthy cells were unaffected.
“Our results indicate [...]
London, Oct 5 (ANI): Scientists from University of North Carolina have identified a gene that controls the number of cells composing brain.
Called GSK-3, the gene has been found to strike a balance between two key processes – proliferation, in which the cells multiply to provide plenty of starting materials, and differentiation, in which those materials [...]
Washington, Sept 22 (ANI): Researchers have discovered gene variants for glaucoma.
The international team, led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the National Eye Institute, claims the discovery could lead to future treatments or a cure for the disease.
The study by Kang Zhang, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute [...]
Washington, July 3 (ANI): Scientists at the German Institute of Human Nutrition have announced the identification of a new gene that is associated with diabetes, and of a mechanism that makes obese mice less susceptible to diabetes.
The researchers say that a genomic fragment that occurs naturally in some mouse strains diminishes the activity of the [...]
Washington, June 26 (ANI): A collaborative team of geneticists from The Children’’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and several other institutions say that they have found more autism susceptibility genes.
The researchers said that they identified 27 different genetic regions where rare copy number variations – missing or extra copies of [...]
Washington, Feb 12 (ANI): A new study has suggested that the genome of the evolutionary ancestor of humans and present-day apes underwent a burst of activity in duplicating segments of DNA.
“The new study shows big differences in the genomes of humans and great apes within duplicated sequences containing rapidly evolving genes. Most of these differences [...]