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Blood test for eight common cancers offers promise
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| 22 January 2018 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
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Scientists have developed a single blood test to detect eight common cancer types and their location of origin within the body... [Read More]
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Revolutionising reproduction: setting a new moral compass
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| 22 January 2018 - by Dr Cathy Herbrand |
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Is sexual reproduction still compatible with Western values? Can germline genome editing ever be considered as medicine? Can we stick to act only on serious disorders? These were some of the provocative and complex questions which were addressed during the last session of the Progress Educational Trust's annual conference... [Read More]
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Screening all women over 30 for BRCA could prevent 64,000 cancers
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| 22 January 2018 - by Dr Molly Godfrey |
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The blanket screening of all women over 30 for genetic mutations which cause breast and, or ovarian cancer could prevent more cancers and be more cost effective than current approaches, according to a new study... [Read More]
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BRCA gene does not affect survival in those treated for breast cancer
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| 15 January 2018 - by Hannah Somers |
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A new study has found that BRCA gene mutations do not affect the survival rates of breast cancer patients under 40... [Read More]
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Alcohol found to boost cancer risk by damaging stem cell DNA
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| 08 January 2018 - by Charlott Repschlager |
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Drinking alcohol damages blood stem cells by altering their DNA, raising the risk of developing cancer, scientists have found.
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Gene therapy shows 'mind-blowing' success in treating haemophilia A
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| 18 December 2017 - by Sam Sherratt |
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A new gene therapy for haemophilia A has exceeded expectations in a recent clinical trial... [Read More]
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Mutation that stops people feeling pain found in Italian family
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| 18 December 2017 - by Dr Rachel Huddart |
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A newly identified genetic mutation causes members of an Italian family to be unable to feel pain and could lead to the development of new painkillers, research suggests... [Read More]
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Blood test could warn of return of skin cancer
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| 11 December 2017 - by Shaoni Bhattacharya |
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UK scientists say they are closer to developing an 'early warning system' for the return of cancer in patients using a simple blood test... [Read More]
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First trials of Huntington's drug show it could slow disease
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| 11 December 2017 - by Martha Henriques |
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A breakthrough trial has successfully reduced levels of the harmful protein that causes the neurodegenerative disease Huntington's... [Read More]
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New CRISPR technique reverses diabetes and kidney failure in mice without cutting DNA
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| 11 December 2017 - by Isobel Steer |
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Scientists in California have used a modified form of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing approach to epigenetically treat diabetes, kidney disease and muscular dystrophy in mice... [Read More]
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FDA okays test for many cancer-causing genes
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| 04 December 2017 - by Theofanis Michailidis |
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a test which can detect cancer-causing mutations in 324 genes... [Read More]
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Event Review: Darwin Lecture: from gene identification to clinical benefit - the example of cystic fibrosis
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| 27 November 2017 - by Lea Goetz |
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The Darwin lecture held at the UK's Royal Society of Medicine in London, and jointly organised with the Linnean Society, gives an annual look at topics in science and medicine.... [Read More]
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Gene conferring long-life identified in US Amish community
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| 20 November 2017 - by Charlott Repschlager |
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A rare genetic mutation leading to longer and healthier lives has been discovered in the US Amish community... [Read More]
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Genetic 'sensor' spots and kill cells with key cancer gene
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| 20 November 2017 - by Marcia Costa |
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A team of scientists in Germany has developed a 'sensor' that detects mutations in the key tumour suppressor gene p53 and then kills potentially cancerous cells... [Read More]
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Two couples sue fertility clinic for providing eggs with genetic abnormalities
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| 20 November 2017 - by Nina Chohan |
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The New York fertility clinic Reproductive Medicine Associates is facing two lawsuits from couples whose children, conceived using donor eggs from the centre, have Fragile X syndrome... [Read More]
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BRCA screening could prevent 1000 cases of breast cancer a year
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| 13 November 2017 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
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Researchers have introduced new criteria to screen for BRCA gene mutations that could prevent more than 10,000 cases of cancer and save more than 2000 lives in the next decade... [Read More]
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Sick boy gets healthy new skin with genetically-altered stem cells
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| 13 November 2017 - by Paul Waldron |
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A boy with a rare skin disease has been successfully treated by replacing most of his skin with grafts of stem cells modified by gene therapy.
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Twenty-seven genes that suppress cancer discovered
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| 06 November 2017 - by Julianna Photopoulos |
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Scientists have found 27 new tumour suppressor genes... [Read More]
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New advance in DNA base editing tools
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| 30 October 2017 - by Julianna Photopoulos |
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Scientists have developed the genome editing technique known as 'base editing' to turn adenine-thymine base pairs back to guanine-cytosine... [Read More]
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NHS will fund gene therapy for bubble boy syndrome
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| 30 October 2017 - by Jennifer Willows |
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NICE has approved a gene therapy for children with a rare disorder that leaves them with no functioning immune system... [Read More]
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