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Dr Loredana Guglielmi
BioNews Review articles written by Dr Loredana Guglielmi:
| Book review: Making Sense of Genes |
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| 26 March 2018 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
| We live in the post-genomic era, whose start was marked by the completion of the sequencing of the human genome. But when the Human Genome Project came to an end in 2001, the scientific community faced an unexpected challenge: decoding the sequence of human DNA did not translate into understanding how it works... [Read More] |
BioNews News articles written by Dr Loredana Guglielmi:
| Italy refuses to register baby born to lesbian couple |
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| 23 April 2018 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
| A lesbian couple in Italy has been asked to declare that their baby was naturally conceived in order to register him at the public records office... [Read More] |
| 'Treasure trove' of genes linked to breast cancer found |
| 19 March 2018 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
| A new study has identified 110 genes associated with an increased risk of breast cancer... [Read More] |
| Muscle memory exists on the DNA level through epigenetic tagging |
| 5 February 2018 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
| A study led by UK researchers has shown for the first time that human muscles possess a 'memory' of earlier growth... [Read More] |
| Blood test for eight common cancers offers promise |
| 22 January 2018 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
| Scientists have developed a single blood test to detect eight common cancer types and their location of origin within the body... [Read More] |
| Silencing 'junk' gene THOR could slow tumour growth |
| 18 December 2017 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
| Scientists in the USA have found a novel non-coding gene that alters proliferation in cancer cells to help tumour development... [Read More] |
| BRCA screening could prevent 1000 cases of breast cancer a year |
| 13 November 2017 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
| 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] |
| Researchers crack how BRCA1 gene raises cancer risk |
| 9 October 2017 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
| A major breakthrough in understanding how mutations in the BRCA1 gene raise cancer risk has been made by researchers in the USA... [Read More] |
| Liquid DNA biopsies could be used for cancer screening |
| 21 August 2017 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
| US researchers have developed a new blood test to detect cancer-related DNA alterations before patients experience symptoms... [Read More] |
| Gene therapy for leukaemia set for FDA go-ahead |
| 17 July 2017 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
| A drug for leukaemia that genetically alters patients' own cells to fight cancer, has cleared a critical hurdle in gaining commercial approval... [Read More] |
| Ovarian cancer drug could treat BRCA-related breast cancer |
| 12 June 2017 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
| A drug treatment for ovarian cancer has shown success against inherited breast cancer... [Read More] |
