Predictive tools can confuse rare mutations with dangerous ones

When a patient's DNA is read, it is compared with a reference version of the human genome. This allows geneticists and rare ...
Medical Xpress

Rare mutation protects brain's immune cells from Alzheimer's disease

Rutgers neuroscientist Peng Jiang and his neuroscience colleague Mengmeng Jin have made a discovery they say could reshape how scientists think about Alzheimer's treatment. Their study, published in ...
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Study finds biases in tools predicting dangerous genetic mutations

When a patient has their DNA read, it gets compared against a reference version of the human genome. It allows geneticists ...
Forbes

Mutations In Newly Discovered Microproteins Are Changing Our Understanding Of Human Disease

Thousands of previously “invisible” microproteins—tiny chains of fewer than 100 amino acids—can profoundly change human biology when mutated. A fundamental discovery is overturning decades of ...
Yahoo

What is inversion 3 mutation? Inside Tatiana Schlossberg’s rare genetic anomaly

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tatiana Schlossberg, the youngest granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, recently revealed she was diagnosed with terminal ...
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Integrating DNA Mutations and RNA Expression of Cancer Driver Genes in Asian Rare Cancers: A Pan-Cancer Analysis

Prediction of Anthracycline Benefit in Hormone Receptor–Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Negative Early-Stage Breast Cancer by the MammaPrint 70-Gene Signature for Patients ...