These genes were thought to lead to blindness 100% of the time. They don't.

New research finds that retinal diseases thought to map one-to-one to genetic mutations are more complicated than that.

Trial reveals gene variant may affect prostate cancer drug efficacy

Data from a major U.S. clinical trial from the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology has uncovered a genetic factor that ...
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Two harmful gene variants can combine to restore normal protein function

In a groundbreaking study published in the in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), scientists at Pacific ...

Two wrongs make a right: How two damaging disease variants can restore health

Scientists at Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) have overturned a long-held belief in genetics: that inheriting two ...
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5% of Americans may carry genetic variants linked to cancer risk

Up to 5% of Americans may carry genetic variants associated with cancer risk, according to a cross-sectional analysis.The ...
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Gene Variants Linked With Survival Outcomes in IPF

Rare telomere and non-telomere genetic variants significantly affect survival in IPF patients, with non-additive effects on common risk variants. Polygenic risk scores (PRS-IPF) may play a crucial ...

Researchers expand human genome map to 2.37 million regulatory DNA elements

A research team led by Zhiping Weng, Ph.D., and Jill Moore, Ph.D."18, at UMass Chan Medical School, has nearly tripled the ...
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Epstein-Barr virus together with a gene variant contributes to onset of multiple sclerosis

One of the leading triggers for multiple sclerosis (MS) is an infection with the Epstein-Barr virus. However, certain gene variants also play an important role.