9+ hour, 43+ min ago  (524+ words) With this indicator, we can assess the age of an organ today and predict the odds of your getting a disease associated with that organ 10 years later," said senior author Tony Wyss-Coray, Ph D, professor of neurology and neurological sciences…...

9+ hour, 24+ min ago  (561+ words) Research led by the University of Exeter on a large group of people from the UK Biobank shows that carriers of certain genetic mutations are more likely to have an adverse reaction to oral corticosteroid medications. The researchers found that…...

11+ hour, 13+ min ago  (989+ words) A journalist-turned-advocate and a physician-scientist unite at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy to accelerate cancer vaccines from lab discovery to lifesaving treatment Kristen Dahlgren never expected to leave her successful 25-year career as a correspondent for NBC News, let…...

14+ hour, 18+ min ago  (1324+ words) By Mike May, Ph D Today, epigenetics is helping physicians classify brain tumors more accurately, detect pancreatic cancer from a simple blood draw, improve molecular sequencing workflows, and even therapeutically silence disease-causing genes. Across diagnostics and therapeutics, the field is…...

14+ hour, 33+ min ago  (1324+ words) By Mike May, Ph D Today, epigenetics is helping physicians classify brain tumors more accurately, detect pancreatic cancer from a simple blood draw, improve molecular sequencing workflows, and even therapeutically silence disease-causing genes. Across diagnostics and therapeutics, the field is…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (282+ words) Thanks to long reads, we obtain an even more complete view of DNA and can detect complex and hard-to-find abnormalities. We then link these to specific conditions," says Alexander Hoischen, Ph D, professor of genomic technologies at Radboud University Medical…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (777+ words) Researchers have uncovered evidence that age-related genetic mutations commonly associated with cancer and blood disorders may also contribute to the chronic brain inflammation characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. In a study published in'Cell, investigators from the Icahn School of Medicine at…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (348+ words) A technique called non-invasive fetal sequencing (NIFS), developed by scientists at Harvard University, allows accurate and comprehensive genetic screening of a fetus using only a blood test from the expectant mother. At the European Society of Human Genetics conference in…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (245+ words) EVs are an emerging class of analytes because they carry molecular cargo such as messenger RNAs, micro RNAs, and membrane proteins that reflect the cells from which they originate. To date, however, there have been challenges finding way to isolate…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1455+ words) Scientific publishing is facing a growing challenge from fabricated research produced by industrial-scale paper mills. But researchers and publishers are fighting back through technology and collaboration to protect the integrity of the scientific record. Scientific publishing is based on the…...