Neurologists have discovered a genetic mutation that may protect the brain from dementia. Francisco Lopera, a researcher at the University of Antioquia in Colombia, has spent almost forty years ...
For decades, the standard explanation for autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis has rested on two pillars: inherited ...
Parkinson's disease researchers say they have discovered a genetic mutation in a small protein that could produce new treatments for the debilitating brain disorder. Chinnapong - stock.adobe.com ...
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have elucidated the molecular pathogenesis of multicentric carpotarsal osteolysis (MCTO) ...
New technology enables the insertion of a large segment of DNA into a genome, potentially expanding gene therapy treatment ...
At the recent American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, researchers presented findings on a Peruvian family with Alzheimer's disease carrying a likely pathogenic stop-gain SORL1 variant. In this ...
Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause ...
Dominika Pilat, PhD, and Ana Griciuc, PhD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Neuron, "The Gain-of-Function ...
Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functions of the cell, the rest of the genome cannot be ignored. However, for decades ...
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that reveals how protein modifications link genetic mutations to disease. The method, called DeepMVP and ...
Osaka University researchers find an unexpected mutation in proteins of the exosome could be a valuable biomarker for diagnosing the risk of kidney disease Medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 ...
New research has identified a genetic mutation that confers resistance to cassava mosaic disease (CMD). Groundbreaking research led by Rebecca Bart, PhD, associate member, and Nigel Taylor, PhD, ...