Again and again, the new coronavirus has sloughed off small chunks of its genome, leading to changes in a viral protein that is frequently targeted by antibodies. When evolution snips out a stretch of an organism’s genome, the change is calle ...
Significant racial and ethnic differences in diagnostic imaging rates exist among children receiving care in pediatric EDs across the United States, Jennifer R. Marin, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children's Hospital of Pittsbu ...
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a new genetic disorder characterized by developmental delays and malformations of the brain, heart and facial features. Named linkage-specific-deubiquitylation-deficiency-induced embry ...
In the first ever placebo-controlled phase 3 trial in patients with relapsed mesothelioma, immunotherapy with nivolumab (Opdivo) significantly improved both overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). The CONFIRM trial involv ...
Scientists are starting to work out how the gut microbiome can affect brain health. That might lead to better and easier treatments for brain diseases In 2006, soon after she launched her own laboratory, neuroscientist Jane Foster discovered ...
A study has described genetic changes in patients with the most common form of hereditary kidney disease that affects an estimated 12.5 million people worldwide. The research, which focused on Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) in Ireland, provides ins ...
Researchers from Indiana University have identified key genetic changes in the interstitial kidney tissue of people with diabetes, a discovery that signifies the potential for a revolutionary new genetic approach to the treatment of kidney disease. They w ...
In a cruel irony, testis cells carrying the mutation that causes Apert’s syndrome are fitter than normal cells, even though children born from sperm derived from those cells are weakened by fused fingers, toes and skulls, a new study has found. ...