News articles tagged with 'mutation'
HIV-1 drug resistance mutations associated with increased risk of antiretroviral treatment failure
— 6 Apr 2011 16:19 | HealthAn analysis of data from 10 studies indicates that the presence of low frequency (also called 'minority') human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) drug resistance mutations, particularly…
Potassium channel gene modifies risk for epilepsy
— 4 Apr 2011 18:09 | HealthVanderbilt University researchers have identified a new gene that can influence a person's risk for developing epilepsy. The findings, reported in the March 29 Proceedings of the National…
New target identified for squamous cell lung cancer
— 3 Apr 2011 12:26 | HealthScientists at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute have identified a mutation in the DDR2 gene that may indicate which patients with squamous cell lung cancer will respond to dasatinib…
DNA of 50 breast cancer patients decoded
— 3 Apr 2011 12:14 | HealthIn one of the largest cancer genomics investigations reported to date, scientists have sequenced the whole genomes of tumours from 50 breast cancer patients and compared them to the…
DNA of 50 breast cancer patients decoded
— 3 Apr 2011 12:02 | HealthIn the single largest cancer genomics investigation reported to date, scientists have sequenced the whole genomes of tumours from 50 breast cancer patients and compared them to the…
Human embryonic stem cells provide new insight into muscular dystrophy
— 1 Apr 2011 15:30 | HealthMyotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common inherited muscular dystrophy in adults. New research published by Cell Press online on March 31st in the journal Cell Stem Cell, uses…
UT Southwestern research advances fight against kidney cancer
— 31 Mar 2011 15:06 | HealthResearchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have discovered genetic pathways to starve selectively kidney cancer cells…
Research shows not only the fittest survive
— 28 Mar 2011 15:17 | BiologyDarwin's notion that only the fittest survive has been called into question by new research published 27 March 2011 in Nature…
Johns Hopkins team creates stem cells from schizophrenia patients
— 17 Mar 2011 19:09 | HealthUsing skin cells from adult siblings with schizophrenia and a genetic mutation linked to major mental illnesses, Johns Hopkins researchers have created induced pluripotent stem cells…
Study shows how chickens keep their cool
— 16 Mar 2011 13:49 | BiologyIts head looks like a turkey's, its body resembles a chicken's - now scientists can explain why one of the poultry world's most curious specimens has developed such a distinctive look…