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Study pinpoints protein that helps to regulate wound healing.
Wound repair is an important aspect of physiology, and disruption of this process can result in a number of defects involving wound healing, chronic ulceration and scarring. A scar on a person’s skin...
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Unprecedented precision study identifies the four genes responsible for blood...
Every day, over 100 billion new mature blood cells are generated in an adult human. This major production places high demands on the blood stem cells which must be capable both of maturing into...
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Researchers identify a previously unknown neurogenetic recessive disease.
The human genome is composed of 20,000 genes and as of today, 3,200 of these genes are known to cause diseases, of which 1,700 are associated with ‘recessive’ diseases. Recessive diseases only occur...
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Early indicators of pancreatic cancer identified in precision medicine study.
Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease, with a death rate close to the incidence rate. Because more than 90% of pancreatic cancer cases are diagnosed at the metastatic stage, when there are only...
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Precision medicine study identifies decades-old mysterious, rare and...
The innate immune system is hard-wired to protect people from infection. However, mutations in these protective genes can lead to uncontrolled inflammation, resulting in autoinflammatory disease....
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Gene crucial to the development of celiac disease found in ‘junk’ DNA.
Coeliac disease is a chronic, immunological disease that is manifested as intolerance to gluten proteins present in wheat, rye and barley. This intolerance leads to an inflammatory reaction in the...
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Human study identifies genetic variation for type and rate of physical...
With Parkinson’s disease clinicians have long noted that the presence of tremors, rather than balance and walking problems is the initial or dominant symptom and hypothesize this may even suggest...
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Study shows how gut microbiota interact with genes to promote Crohn’s disease.
Genetic susceptibility is thought to play a role in common diseases including those affecting the colon such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and colorectal cancer. As is the case for genomic...
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Researchers use epigenetic mechanism to regenerate mammalian liver.
Tails in lizards and arms in starfish show an astounding ability to regrow, however, mammals have partially lost the capacity to extensively regenerate body parts. The liver is unique among human solid...
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Study identifies the genetic code of red blood cells.
Red blood cells are the most abundant cells in the human body, and transport oxygen and carbon dioxide. Millions of people worldwide suffer from anaemia, a condition in which the patient has an...
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New approach repairs living liver from within with no need of cell transplants.
More than 600,000 patients in the United States alone suffer from end-stage liver disease, or cirrhosis. The only available cure is liver transplantation, but the shortage of donor livers means only...
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Researchers successfully control mitochondria to regenerate damaged neurons.
Nervous system injuries affect over 90,000 people every year, with spinal cord injuries alone estimated to affect 10,000 people each year. As a result of this high incidence of neurological injuries,...
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Researchers identify previously unknown genetic cause of inherited neuropathy.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT) is a family of inherited disorders of the peripheral nervous system, affecting approximately one in 2,500 Americans. Its most common iteration, CMT1, comes in many...
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Genetic cause of 15% of all colorectal cancer diagnoses identified.
Colorectal cancer is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum, due to the abnormal growth of cells that have the ability to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Signs and symptoms may...
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Study identifies a genetic risk score for Alzheimer’s disease in young adults.
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is common and highly heritable with many gene variants associated with it. However, the genetic risk for AD have not been clearly delineated, with the stage of Alzheimer’s...
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Previously unknown gene mutation in hereditary colon cancer identified.
It is known that the formation of large numbers of polyps in the colon has a high probability of developing into colon cancer, if left untreated. The large-scale appearance of polyps is often due to a...
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Study identifies two proteins responsible for safeguarding skin stem cells...
Study identifies two proteins responsible for safeguarding skin stem cells epigenetically. Thoughts health innovators?
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Study identifies gene responsible for regeneration of injured muscle by adult...
It is known that skeletal muscle regeneration is impaired in age-related diseases such as sarcopenia, which is marked by reduced muscle regenerative capacity with aging, due in part to a reduction in...
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Human study identifies link between the GALNT2 gene and levels of HDL...
High-density lipoproteins are complex particles composed of multiple proteins which transport fat molecules around the body. High-density lipoprotein particles are sometimes referred to as good...
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Elusive key molecular signal for planarian stem cell regeneration identified.
Like a magician, the freshwater flatworm known as planaria can survive decapitation or even being cut into many pieces. Its ability to fully regenerate from tiny remnants of tissue is due to a special...
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