Posts Tagged ‘gene expression’
Diet has rapid effects on sperm quality
A new diet-intervention study of healthy young men fed a high-sugar diet reveals that sperm quality is influenced by diet, and the effects arise rapidly. …
Read Full ArticleArtificial intelligence tracks down leukemia
Proof-of-concept study shows that artificial intelligence can detect one of the most common forms of blood cancer – acute myeloid leukemia (AML) – with high reliability. …
Read Full ArticleForm of severe childhood malnutrition linked to DNA modification
Researchers have identified significant differences at the epigenetic level between two clinically distinct forms of acute childhood malnutrition. …
Read Full ArticleGlutamine may decrease obesity-linked inflammation
Glutamine could help people with obesity reduce inflammation of fat tissue and reduce fat mass, …
Read Full ArticleScientists discover a new mechanism in childhood kidney cancer
A new study has found that a problem in a gene-regulatory process may cause normal cells to turn malignant and produce Wilms’ tumor, the most common kidney cancer in children. …
Read Full ArticlePerinatal exposure to flame retardant alters liver epigenome, predisposing rats to metabolic disease
Study shows perinatal exposure of rats to flame retardant alters liver epigenome, often leading later in life to metabolic disease. …
Read Full ArticleGenetic brain disorder fixed in mice using precision epigenome editing
Using a targeted gene epigenome editing approach in the developing mouse brain, researchers reversed one gene mutation that leads to the genetic disorder WAGR syndrome, …
Read Full ArticleNew approach to treating incurable leukemia in children discovered
Researchers identify a promising therapeutic target for an incurable acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) subtype. …
Read Full ArticleResearchers uncover new molecular drivers of Parkinson’s disease
Scientists have uncovered new molecular drivers of Parkinson’s disease using a sophisticated statistical technique …
Read Full ArticleTechnique identifies T cells primed for certain allergies or infections
Researchers develop a method to isolate and sequence the RNA of T cells that react to a specific target. …
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