For patients with disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, mutations in the same gene could require different treatments, according to new research from Yale School of Medicine (YSM).

The impact of nature and nurture on an individual's health is widely recognized, yet a recent study shows one may play a more important role than the other.

Following a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and beans, while limiting consumption of red and processed meats, ...

Ovarian cancer, historically challenging to diagnose due to vague early symptoms, often reaches advanced stages before ...

cmft.nhs.uk Background While the requirement for thresholds for testing for mutations in BRCA1/2 is being questioned ... from Cambridge showed high sensitivity at the 10% threshold 15/17 (88.2%).

Request permissions for this article. Genome and Medical Bioinformatics Laboratory, Institute of Personalized Therapy and Prevention (M.Z., V.E.R.), Moscow, Russia Faculty of Bioengineering and ...

And because BRCA mutations aren't tied to the X or Y sex chromosome, that blood relative does not need to be a woman. You're just as likely to inherit the risks of cancers associated with BRCA from ...

The planned changes include reinstating a version of chromosome testing that was discontinued in the 1990s, requiring athletes who compete in the female category to submit to a cheek swab or dry blood ...

One famous example of this empowerment was 23andMe’s FDA-approved BRCA mutation report ... helping to define the contours of innovation in genetics and health care data. Bankruptcy might ...

1997; Bergerat et al., 1997). A limited subset of DSBs must engage the homologous chromosome as a recombination partner and be repaired as a crossover event to forge a physical connection between ...