July 12, 2022 – Most people probably know facial recognition as the thing that unlocks your smartphone. But this technology could also be used as a tool in the fight against cancer, according to a new study. A team of researchers from University College London and the University of California, San Diego have developed an … Read more
James MacDougall offered his sperm via social media but did not disclose his genetic syndrome. Source link
An “archaeological dig” of thousands of tumours in the UK has unearthed new patterns in cancer’s DNA. Source link
More than 200 brain tumour patients at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge are to have the entire genetic code of their cancer sequenced. The Minderoo Precision Brain Tumour Programme aims to speed up diagnosis and help personalise treatment for patients with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. It’s hoped it may ultimately lead to new targeted treatments … Read more
According to research headed by Matthew Sullivan, a professor of microbiology from Ohio State University, there are well over 5,000 varied RNA viruses that are hidden within the planet’s seas which include five new phyla of RNA viruses. This means that new varied groups were discovered in tandem with even ancient viruses of the kind … Read more
April 7, 2022 – While scientists celebrate putting together the last pieces of the human genome – a major accomplishment decades in the making – the rest of us are left wondering what this breakthrough could mean for our own health and well-being. Advances in diagnosis and treatment of cancers, development disorders, infertility, and many … Read more
April 6, 2022 – For the first time, the human genome has finally been mapped end-to-end, and the historic milestone has scientists celebrating. “It’s genuinely a really big and exciting deal both in the genomic community as well in the broader scientific and medical community,” says Benjamin Solomon, MD, clinical director of the National Human … Read more
Testing can predict if drugs will work, fail or become deadly, depending on differences in our make-up. Source link
Scientists have been studying more than 50,000 people with IBS to better understand the condition. Source link
Nov. 2, 2021 — We are 98.8% similar to chimpanzees in our DNA, but we are still a different species. Within that remaining 1.2%, a key DNA sequence once thought of as junk might unlock our human uniqueness. Using stem cells coaxed into becoming neurons, researchers have identified a gene that distinguishes human nerve cells … Read more