A new treatment involving a combination of lumacaftor-ivacaftor is showing promise against the most common genetic cause of cystic fibrosis as the therapy improves lung function and lowers the rate of pulmonary…
Tag: Genes
Antibiotic resistant typhoid spreading across the globe, landmark study warns
Though a landmark genomic study, an international consortium has warned that antibiotic resistant typhoid is spreading fast across the globe and there is an urgent need to establish worldwide surveillance against the…
Sleepwalking blamed on genes
Researchers in Canada have said that there is a genetic influence on sleepwalking and that parents who have been sleepwalkers in the past can expect their children to sleepwalk. The new study…
Successful gene-editing paves way to prevent mitochondrial diseases
Researchers over at Salk Institute have successfully used gene-editing technology to prevent mutated mitochondrial DNA associated with multiple human mitochondrial diseases from being passed from mothers to their offspring in mouse model…
Mosquitoes biting you a lot? Blame your genes says new research
A new research carried out by twins at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine shed light on the possible link between being bitten by mosquitoes and our genes. The research has…
Tumour-only genetic sequencing misguiding cancer treatment in 50% patients
Researchers have revealed that tumour-only genetic sequencing isn’t revealing the true picture thereby misguiding cancer treatment in almost 50 per cent of patients and to overcome this huge gap comparison to a…
Personalised melanoma vaccines show promising results
Research on cancer vaccines has been going on for years now and with a range of successes and disappointments on various fronts, a new research involving personalised melanoma vaccines is proving to…
The power of big data harnessed to reveal genetic clues in humans
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis utilised big data bout a key protein in human history to discover its connection in the human history as well as its role in complex…
Research finds possible gene ‘switch’ for ‘triple-negative breast cancers’
Australian researchers have found there are two different types of ‘triple-negative breast cancers’ – the most dangerous of breast cancer types – based on the types of cells they originate from. Researchers…
Scientists want experiments of DNA editing in human embryos to stop
Scientists call for halt on experiments involving modification of DNA in human eggs, sperms or embryos after rumours surfaced that scientists have managed to do so in America. Five prominent researchers have…
Geneticists to look for an answer to why do some people never get cancer?
Are there any genes in humans that can protect them against cancer? This is the question that a new research funded by Canadian Cancer Society and to be carried out by geneticists…
Autism attributed to genetic influence in most cases
Autism is mostly genetic in origin, a new study by researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London claims. In the study of 516 twins, conducted by…