A study demonstrates that the 'previous state' of blood stem cells plays a decisive role in the subtype of leukemia that develops. The new technique, called STRACK, allows monitoring of the evolution ...
Myeloid leukemias are among the most aggressive blood cancers and have low survival rates. Today, leukemia patients undergo ...
Why do alterations of certain genes cause cancer only in specific organs of the human body? Scientists have now demonstrated that cells originating from different organs are differentially susceptible ...
Cancer cells carry thousands of mutations, but not all mutations are created equal. Some make tumors highly visible to the ...
Deafness, the most common sensorineural hearing loss at all stages of life, occurs either independently or as part of syndromes associated with other symptoms, such as Usher syndrome type 1. In a ...
New research exploring theories of ageing has found that small mutations accumulating in DNA are unlikely to be fully responsible for this process. The research, a collaboration between the Wellcome ...
For years scientists have tried to find a gene for conditions like schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and autism. But the real source could lie in a much more complex genetic puzzle. When Mike McConnell ...
Cancer often manifests well after reproduction has occurred, and when it occurs earlier is often extraordinarily malignant and kills BEFORE reproduction without aggressive medical and/or surgical ...
Although previously thought to be neutral, research in yeast suggests that synonymous point mutations may have strongly nonneutral effects. A group of researchers from the University of Michigan (MI, ...