Massive Parkinson’s Genetics Study Confirms Rare Gene Variants Raise Disease Risk
New data from the 8,660-participant ROPAD cohort corroborate that ITSN1 loss-of-function variants raise Parkinson's disease risk five- to fifteen-fold, while ...
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Colombian Study Tracks Ten-Year Survival in Breast Cancer Patients Carrying Inherited Risk Variants
A retrospective cohort of 259 Colombian breast cancer patients with germline pathogenic variants found a ten-year overall survival of 75 ...
Tinnitus May Signal Inherited Hearing Loss Gene, Chinese Study Finds
A study of Chinese families finds that POU4F3 gene variants cause over 10 percent of autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing loss ...
Singapore’s Nationwide Genetic Carrier Screening Program Offers a Blueprint for Diverse Asian Populations
A nationwide reproductive carrier screening program in Singapore using a customized 112-gene panel has identified at-risk couples while revealing how ...
Novel De Novo MTM1 Frameshift Variant Drives Severe Muscle Disease in a Young Chinese Woman
A novel de novo MTM1 frameshift variant has been identified in a Chinese woman with lifelong progressive muscle weakness, expanding ...
Long-Read Sequencing Steps Into the Clinic for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Diagnosis
A new clinical study shows that third-generation long-read sequencing matches conventional tests perfectly while revealing hidden carrier risks and gene ...
When to Remove Healthy Ovaries: How BRCA Patients Weigh a Life-Changing Choice
A mixed-methods study of twelve BRCA1/2-positive breast cancer patients in Pakistan reveals that cancer risk awareness, family support, and clinician ...
Guidelines Told Surgeons to Stop, But Rates of Preventive Mastectomy Barely Budged
A decade after professional guidelines discouraged contralateral prophylactic mastectomy for average-risk breast cancer patients, a study of 6,203 women at ...
New Multi-Ancestry Genetic Score Sharpened Risk Prediction for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Researchers have built a multiancestry polygenic risk score that substantially improves prediction of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy risk, including nearly seventy-fold elevated ...
Know Your Risk intervention improves cancer genetics knowledge versus standard counseling
Roughly 8–10 paragraphs of flowing prose (no subheadings, no bullet points), roughly 1,400–1,600 words. Here is the article: In a ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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