Robert C. Green Chicago Tribune When actor Chris Hemsworth, aka Thor, God of Thunder, agreed to host a National Geographic series about extending human lifespans, he didn’t expect to discover his own genetic risk. But that’s what happened when Hemsworth revealed on an episode of “Limitless” that he carries a common change in the APOE …
Chinese scientists have analyzed millions of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) genomes and identified two main genetic drivers of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Study: Genome characterization based on SARS-CoV-2 loci Spike-614 and NS8-84 reveals two major outbreaks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Image Credit: peterschreiber.media/Shutterstock The study is currently available on …
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Approximately 430 million people worldwide suffer from disabling hearing loss. In the United States, approximately 37.5 million adults report hearing problems. Hearing loss can occur when part of the ear or nerves that transmit sound information to the brain do not work in the usual way. For example, damaged hair cells in the inner ear …
Content sponsored by BGI GenomicsDecember 8, 2022Reviewed by Olivia Frost In this interview, NewsMedical speaks with Renyi Hua, Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Prenatal Diagnostics Specialist at International Peace Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Shanghai, China, about her experience using whole exome sequencing and carrier screening tests. What types of patients are treated at International Peace Maternity and …
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers claim to have created a three-dimensional, lab-grown ‘organoid’ model derived from human tissue and designed to advance understanding of how early stages of cancer develop at the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) – the point where the food pipe of the digestive system meets the stomach. A report on the results of the …
To note: This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. David Hutton, Ophthalmology Times: I am David Hutton from Ophthalmology time. With me today is Dr. Janey Wiggs, Assistant Chief of Clinical Research in Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye & Ear, Dr. Wigs will discuss the genetics of glaucoma, a topic she presented at the recent …
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) belong to the subgenus Sarbecovirus, which has a genomic length of approximately 30,000 base pairs. These viruses encode four structural proteins, namely spike (S), envelope (E), membrane (M), and nucleocapsid (N). Study: Recombination-aware phylogenetic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary origin …
Gene therapies can treat and even cure some genetic diseases, but it is difficult to deliver the treatments to the parts of the body where they are needed. The researchers engineered viruses called adeno-associated viruses (AAV) to deliver the cargo -; as a functional copy of a gene -; to specific cells and organs, but …
Genetic background has an effect on the metabolism of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, alpha-linolenic acid and linoleic acid, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland. Supplementing the diet with camelina oil rich in alpha-linolenic acid, or with sunflower oil rich in linoleic acid modifies the concentrations of the metabolites of these …
A gene known to be the strongest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) alters the way cholesterol moves through the brain, and as we age, this altered movement likely contributes to learning loss and memory, a team of researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) …
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