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Genetic study reveals ancestry-specific risk factors for coronary artery disease

October 6, 2020 ancestry-specific, artery, coronary, disease, Factors, for, Genetic, reveals, risk, study

A large team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across Japan has identified multiple loci associated with ancestry-specific

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Cocaine addiction: Impact of genetic mutations elucidated

September 25, 2020 Addiction, Cocaine, elucidated, Genetic, impact, mutations, of

Cocaine addiction is a chronic disorder with a high rate of relapse for which no effective treatment is currently available.

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Genetic malfunction of brain astrocytes triggers migraine

June 25, 2020 astrocytes, brain, Genetic, malfunction, migraine, of, triggers

Neuroscientists of the University of Zurich shed a new light on the mechanisms responsible for familial migraine: They show that

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New brain alterations induced by main genetic risk factor in Alzheimer’s disease discovered

June 23, 2020 alterations, Alzheimer's, brain, By, discovered, disease, factor, Genetic, in, induced, main, New, risk

A study led by the Institut de Neurociències (INc-UAB) shows that APOE4, the principal genetic risk factor for the most

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Researchers describe unique genetic identity of primordial lung progenitors

January 31, 2020 describe, Genetic, identity, lung, of, primordial, progenitors, Researchers, unique

For the first time, researchers describe the genetic program behind primordial lung progenitors—embryonic cells that give rise to all the

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Common genetic defect in prostate cancer inspires path to new anti-cancer drugs

January 9, 2020 anti-cancer, cancer, common, defect, Drugs, Genetic, in, inspires, New, path, prostate, to

Like security screening to make sure nothing harmful makes its way into a crowded area, cells in the human body

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Genetic testing provides insights to sudden unexplained deaths in Amish community

January 8, 2020 Amish, community, deaths, Genetic, in, insights, provides, sudden, testing, to, Unexplained

Researchers used post-mortem genetic testing to find the underlying cause of multiple sudden deaths in young people and sudden cardiac

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Genetic differences help distinguish type 1 diabetes in children from ‘type 1.5’ in adults

January 8, 2020 1, 1.5', adults, children, Diabetes, differences, distinguish, From, Genetic, help, in, type

A multi-center team of researchers led by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has discovered a genetic signature that could help

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Genetic brain disorder fixed in mice using precision epigenome editing

December 11, 2019 brain, disorder, editing, epigenome, fixed, Genetic, in, mice, precision, Using

Using a targeted gene epigenome editing approach in the developing mouse brain, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers reversed one gene mutation

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Rare genetic variants predispose to sudden cardiac death

November 16, 2019 cardiac, death, Genetic, predispose, Rare, sudden, to, variants

Sudden cardiac death affects 220,000 U.S. adults annually, most of whom have no prior symptoms of a heart issue. By

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