How three mutations work together to spur new SARS-CoV-2 variants
Like storm waves battering a ship, new versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have buffeted the world one after another. Recently, ...
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CHOP researchers develop new computational tool to interpret clinical significance of cancer mutations
Philadelphia, May 6, 2022—Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a new tool to help researchers interpret the ...
Gene mutations that contribute to head and neck cancer also provide “precision” treatment targets
AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 28, 2022) – About one-fifth of often deadly head and neck cancers harbor genetic mutations in a pathway ...
A “perfect storm” of genetic mutations is behind rare sporadic brain malformations that cause stroke, seizures
A rare type of brain blood vessel malformation known as a cavernous angioma affects more than one million Americans and ...
ECOG-ACRIN opens a new NCI-MATCH treatment arm for dMMR and LAG-3-positive cancers as it continues to locate patients with BRAF mutations
The groundbreaking NCI-MATCH trial continues to offer treatment opportunities for adult patients with relapsed, refractory cancers. A new treatment arm ...
Mutations leading to omicron variant did not enable virus to fully escape immune system
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE People who gained immunity — either through vaccination or exposure — against the original strain of SARS-CoV-2, ...
Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor-binding domains may result in escape variants resistant to therapeutics and vaccines
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is continuously evolving and structural changes to the virus may impact the efficacy of antibody therapies and ...
Using physics to explain the transmission effects of different SARS-CoV-2 mutations
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, multiple new and more transmissible variants of the virus have emerged. Understanding how ...
CRISPR-Cas9 can generate unexpected, heritable mutations
CRISPR-Cas9, the “genetic scissors”, creates new potential for curing diseases; but treatments must be reliable. In a new study, researchers ...
MU study identifies mutations specific to Omicron variant
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- While the Omicron variant continues to infect people around the world, researchers at the University of Missouri have identified ...
Using cryo-electron tomography, UCI researchers reveal molecular mechanisms underlying mutations within the eye that lead to blindness
Irvine, Calif. – Jan. 4, 2022 – For the first time, University of California, Irvine researchers in collaboration with the ...
Research demonstrates that cells with cancer-associated mutations overtake human tissue with age
It’s worth noting, in light of recently published research, that a majority of people won’t be diagnosed with cancer in ...
Mutations in TP53 gene linked to aggressive prostate cancer
Men who have mutations in a gene called TP53 have a high risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer, a multicenter research team in ...
Chemotherapy fails for some blood cancer patients because of crucial gene mutations, finds study by NTU Singapore and Singapore General Hospital
Mutations in a crucial gene are the key reason that chemotherapy fails in some patients with blood cancer, a study ...
RedHill Biopharma reports that Opaganib mechanism not impacted by viral spike-protein mutations, including Omicron mutations
TEL AVIV, Israel and RALEIGH, NC, December 6, 2021, RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL) (“RedHill” or the “Company”), a specialty ...
Oncotarget: TP53 mutations determined by targeted NGS in breast cancer
Oncotarget published "TP53 mutations determined by targeted NGS in breast cancer: a case-control study" which reported that the purpose of our ...
NIH Director’s Award to develop framework to pinpoint disease-causing genetic mutations
Gerald Quon, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences at the University ...
MU researchers identify mutations of Delta, Delta Plus variants
COLUMBIA, Mo. – When Kamlendra Singh flew back to Missouri from India in April, he developed a cough and fever ...
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A final present from birds killed in window collisions: poop that reveals their microbiomes
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Conversion to Open Access using equitable new model sees upsurge in usage of expert scientific knowledge
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Mimicking biological enzymes may be key to hydrogen fuel production
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Extinction of steam locomotives derails assumptions about biological evolution
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