People with pale colored melanomas are more likely to have a gene mutation associated with albinism, University of Queensland research has found. Study lead author
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A genetic predisposition to late-onset Alzheimer’s disease affects how the brains of young adults cope with certain memory tasks. Researchers from the German Center for
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have added to evidence that a gene responsible for turning off a cell’s natural “suicide” signals may also be the culprit
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a potentially lethal disease for which there is currently no cure and that is associated with certain mutations or advanced age.
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We’ve watched enough One Born Every Minute to know there’s usually a mum-to-be somewhere on a labour ward screaming in pain. Of course, every birth
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A newly discovered Alzheimer’s gene may drive the first appearance of amyloid plaques in the brain, according to a study led by researchers at Columbia
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While others may be dieting and hitting the gym hard to stay in shape, some people stay slim effortlessly no matter what they eat. In
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A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Socios En Salud, and the Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT report they
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Neuroblastoma is a devastating solid tumor of childhood and emerges in the sympathetic nervous system while many kids who develop it are still toddlers. Now,
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a second gene that causes melorheostosis, a rare group of conditions involving an often painful and
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