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Image: DNA strand More equitable testing for prostate cancer risk is on the horizon, as researchers report findings from the largest and most genetically diverse study of prostate cancer genes ever conducted. The study, published in Nature Genetics, identified 187 new genetic variants linked to men’s risk of developing prostate cancer, including several that were […]
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Researchers in China have found evidence suggesting that 930,000 years ago, the ancestors of modern humans suffered a massive population crash. They point to a drastic change to the climate that occurred around that time as the cause. The New York Times: Our ancestors remained at low numbers — fewer than 1,280 breeding individuals — […]
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Stefania Benonisdottir and Augustine Kong at Oxford’s Big Data Institute have just demonstrated that we can determine if genetic studies are biased using nothing but the genes of the participants. You may wonder how this was done — quite reasonably, since we can’t very well compare […]
Black Death survivors gave their descendants a genetic advantage … NPR Source link
March 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc’s (ACAD.O) drug for the treatment of Rett syndrome, a genetic brain disorder, the company said on Friday, making it the first approved drug for the condition.
Dr. Richard Isaacson, an adjunct associate professor of neurology at Weill Cornell Medical College, disagreed. “The reason that I believe in testing for APOE4 is that some people really want to know more about themselves, and it really democratizes the ability to learn about those risks,” he said. “Not about if they’re going to get […]
Comment on this story Comment Early in the pandemic in 2020, Adriana Hung, an associate professor of nephrology who treats patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, noticed that a disproportionate number of Black patients hospitalized with the coronavirus were dying of acute kidney failure.
Our Medieval ancestors left us with a biological legacy: Genes that may have helped them survive the Black Death make us more susceptible to certain diseases today. It’s a prime example of the way germs shape us over time, scientists say in a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. “Our genome today is […]
Our Medieval ancestors left us with a biological legacy: Genes that may have helped them survive the Black Death make us more susceptible to certain diseases today. It’s a prime example of the way germs shape us over time, scientists say in a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. “Our genome today is […]