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Home » Genetics

Browsing: Genetics

Disease Discoveries
Jun 15, 2022

Deep-learning Empowers Discovery of New Genetic Mutation in Cancer

A deep learning model has discovered genetic variations in cancer that are undetectable in traditional genome sequencing.

Scientific Advances
Jun 10, 2022

Exploring New Roles for Non-coding RNA

Recent studies have pointed to an expanded role for non-coding RNA, according to a Northwestern Medicine review.

Disease Discoveries
Jun 6, 2022

Genetic Variants in Epilepsy Gene Identified

Investigators have discovered a new method to determine whether individual genetic variants in the epilepsy-associated gene SZT2 cause the neurodevelopmental disorder, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.

Disease Discoveries
Jun 3, 2022

Genome-wide Intricacies of Cancer Inhibitor Untangled

A newly discovered inhibitor of a common cancer-causing protein operates selectively, reducing expression of genes that fuel rampant cell proliferation, and altering the epigenome, according to a recent study.

Disease Discoveries
May 19, 2022

Study Identifies New Therapeutic Target for Most Common Type of Pancreatic Cancer

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered a potential therapeutic target for the most common type of pancreatic cancer, according to a study published in Developmental Cell.

Disease Discoveries
May 10, 2022

New Regulator of Prostate Cancer Metastasis Discovered

A transcription factor associated with androgen receptor activity in prostate cancer has a newly discovered role in controlling lipid biosynthesis.

Scientific Advances
May 6, 2022

Identifying Mechanisms of Methylation in Stem Cells

Northwestern Medicine scientists identified critical regulatory processes that govern differentiation in embryonic stem cells.

Education News
Apr 28, 2022

DGP Student Investigates Sex Differences in Muscle Performance from Glucocorticoids

Isabella Salamone, an eighth-year student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, was lead author of a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, which found that glucocorticoid steroids improved muscle performance through distinct, sex-specific molecular pathways.

Disease Discoveries
Apr 20, 2022

Epigenetic ‘Age’ Predicts Cognitive Function

Epigenetic markers of cognitive aging can predict outcomes on cognitive tests later in life, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 30, 2022

New Genetic Risk Factors for Arrhythmia Discovered

A recent study published in Nature Genetics identified 10 new genetic regions associated with Brugada syndrome, a cardiac arrhythmia disorder.

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