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Using CRISPR to decipher whether gene variants lead to cancer

There are thousands of mutations in the human genome that are suspected of playing a role in cancer, but whose exact function has never been clarified

14-Nov-2024 - Researchers at ETH Zurich have combined two gene editing methods. This enables them to quickly investigate the significance of many genetic mutations involved in the development and treatment of cancer. In recent years, scientists have created a range of new methods based on CRISPR-Cas technology ...

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Stroke genetics: independent HTRA1 mechanisms increase risk

Researchers have discovered two independent ways by which genetic variants increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases

24-May-2024 - Cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and coronary artery disease are among the leading causes of death worldwide. Classical risk factors include age, personal lifestyle, and pre-existing conditions, but genetic predisposition also plays a role. “Large-scale genome-wide association studies ...

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Lyme disease: Probability of developing the disease is genetically predisposed

Research team discovers gene variant and genes involved in immune regulation that are responsible for the outbreak of Lyme disease

14-May-2024 - Lyme disease is the most common disease transmitted by tick bites in Germany. Whether a particular genetic predisposition plays a role in the development of the disease and which immunological processes in the body are involved is not yet sufficiently understood. A research team from the Centre ...

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Rare gene variants identified that play a role in hereditary male hair loss

Researchers find puzzle pieces for hair loss

27-Sep-2023 - Previous research into male pattern hair loss, also termed androgenetic alopecia, has implicated multiple common genetic variants. Human geneticists from the University Hospital of Bonn (UKB) and by the Transdisciplinary Research Unit "Life & Health" of the University of Bonn have now performed a ...

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Rare kidney disease is genetically decoded

The entire genome of a human being can be analysed on a single sequencing chip

25-Aug-2023 - Bartter syndrome type 3 is the result of several structural variants in the genome. By using long-read sequencing, Janine Altmüller and her team from the Max Delbrück Center, the BIH and University Hospital Cologne mapped out the rare disease in unprecedented detail. They have now reported their ...

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DNA analysis reveals risk of post-meal insulin resistance

Targeted intervention may be possible

14-Jun-2023 - Scientists from the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH), along with colleagues from the United Kingdom, have found clues as to how we maintain constant blood sugar levels after we have eaten. Analyzing the DNA of nearly 55,000 participants from different studies, they identified ten ...

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Genetic heritage from the Stone Age influences our chance to have a long life

"Variations in the APOE gene have the highest genetic contribution to longevity"

14-Apr-2023 - Researchers at Kiel University have studied the evolutionary history of the longevity gene APOE. To do this, they analysed data obtained from human skeletons that are up to 12,000 years old. Our lifestyle has a very big influence on our life expectancy, such as our level of fitness, or whether we ...

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Genes that influence dyslexia

A large-scale gene study identifies series of DNA variants linked to dyslexia

31-Oct-2022 - An international team of scientists, including researchers at the University of Edinburgh and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen (Netherlands), has for the first time pinpointed a large number of genes that are reliably associated with dyslexia. Around a third of the 42 ...

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How genetics influences our body weight beyond the genes

It is not only classical genes that determine our predisposition to obesity

11-Oct-2022 - Researchers at ETH Zurich have now shown that microRNA molecules play a central role in the regulation of body weight. Heredity plays a role in how strongly we are predisposed to put on excess weight. In recent years, researchers have extensively examined which genes and gene variants play a role ...

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Variants in BRCA1/2 and MMR genes in children with cancer

Genetic testing not recommended in healthy children

30-Aug-2022 - Pathogenic variants in BRCA1/2 genes are associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer in adults and variants in mismatch repair (MMR) genes increase the risk of gastrointestinal and other cancers. Until now, the role of such variants in children and adolescents with cancer was ...

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