About 1 in 40 postmenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer before age 65 have cancer-associated mutations in their BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, according to a
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Researchers shed new light on the genetic relationship between three mood disorders associated with depression—major depression and bipolar disorder types 1 and 2, in a
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Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified for the first time an explanation of why patients with identical PTEN mutations often have vastly different clinical presentations. In
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Congenic mouse strains—used for decades in immunology research and assumed to be genetically identical outside of a marker locus—have been found to contain previously unrecognized
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According to a statement on behalf of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) published Dec. 13 in the organization’s official journal, Genetics
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A major international study of the genetics of breast cancer has identified more than 350 DNA ‘errors’ that increase an individual’s risk of developing the
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