New Cancer Clue Emerges From Unusual Mutations Found Only in Stomach Tissue
Scientists identify mutation patterns in healthy stomach lining, offering new insights into the earliest steps of cancer ...
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15 Big Cat Species With Rare Color Mutations
Big cats have always captured the imagination of humans with their majestic presence and sheer power. However, when these ...
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Promising drug cuts Alzheimer’s risk by half in rare cases
Research shows experimental anti-amyloid drug reduced cognitive symptom risk by 50% in people with rare genetic mutations ...
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Scientists uncover rare gene variants that help people live past 100
Researchers studying over 2,000 Ashkenazi Jewish centenarians uncovered two rare IGF-1 gene variants linked to exceptional ...
Being part of a study whose funding might be cut
What does it feel like to be part of a study which might have its funding cut? Marty Reiswig has a rare genetic mutation that means he will get Alzheimer’s disease in his forties or fifties. For ...
Alzheimer’s-related dementia could be prevented by experimental drug, researchers say
For some people with a high risk of Alzheimer's who received a drug called gantenerumab for eight years, their risk of ...
Her son has a rare genetic disorder, so this Connecticut mom is taking fight for funding to D.C.
Families in Connecticut and beyond are looking for answers when it comes to treating Angelman Syndrome, but fear funding ...
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At meeting on guardrails for gene editing of human embryos, some call for a dead end
At meeting on human embryo editing, CRISPR pioneer says science is a long way from knowing if germline DNA can be safely ...
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Professor Greg Lang highlights experimental evolution of yeast and nontransitive interactions
On Thursday, March 13, the Department of Biology hosted Greg Lang, associate professor of biological sciences at Lehigh ...
Is This Experimental Drug A Promising Alzheimer's Treatment?
For the study, the researchers gave the study participants an experimental anti-amyloid drug. They found that 22 participants ...
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why? I n March 2009, ...