Rare and fatal lung disease in a child: the genetic cause identified
A multidisciplinary team has just identified the genetic cause of interstitial pneumonia, a rare lung disease from which a two-year-old ...
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Endometriosis: a gene involved in severe forms of the disease
Genetic analyzes carried out on humans and macaques have revealed a specific gene linked to endometriosis. This discovery could make ...
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Obesity: genetic variations implicated in the preference for fatty and sweet foods
An American team of researchers has identified 26 genetic regions in the brains of patients whose mutation is likely to ...
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Breast cancer: a test to analyze variants of the BRCA2 gene
American researchers have just developed a test to measure the effect of variants of undetermined significance in breast cancer, that ...
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Three questions about the new mutation of the Covid-19 virus
Last week, the British Minister of Health indicated that a new strain of Covid-19 had appeared in the south of ...
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Cardiovascular diseases and cancers: genetic tests to identify pathogenic variants would help in screening
In current clinical practice, only family history is taken into account to detect cardiovascular diseases and cancers. However, generalizing the ...
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Alzheimer’s: a gene responsible for cognitive decline before adulthood
According to a new study, carriers of the APOE4 gene, considered an important genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, have ...
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Alzheimer’s: APOE and its variations modify the risk and age of onset of the disease
In the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, there is a major genetic determinant: Apo E. A study carried out in ...
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