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Chromosomal Variants Help Explain Why People With Obesity Often Develop Diseases Such as Asthma and Diabetes

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

4 years ago
Diabetes, chromosoma, obesity, DNA, hypertension, depression, andasthma

The link between obesity and other diseases may be found in chromosomal inversions

La detección de mutaciones en los genes BRCA1 y BRCA2, determinante para el tratamiento de tumores de próstata

by OncoDNA

4 years ago
perfil sanguíneo, OncoSTRAT&GO, test genómico, Cáncer de Próstata

La expresión de proteína Cas9 en ausencia de un ARN guía tiene efectos en líneas celulares de cáncer

by Revista Genética Médica

4 years ago
genómica, molécula, células, ADN

Investigadores del Instituto Broad de la Universidad de Harvard y el Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts han encontrado que la proteína Cas9 del sistema CRISPR de edición genómica puede tener...

A study proposes a new approach for the identification of a syndrome of predisposition to childhood cancer

by Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

4 years ago
inherited syndrome, DNA, genomic sequencing, childhood cancer

Patients with this syndrome have more mutations in the microsatellite regions of the genome. The detection of these mutations improves the diagnosis and therapeutic management of patients.

Agreement to file a friendly takeover bid initiated by OncoDNA on IntegraGen to acquire all outstanding shares at a price of 2.20€ per share

by OncoDNA

4 years ago
molecular tests, DNA sequencing, genomic, oncology, OncoDNA, IntegraGen

This transaction would bring together OncoDNA’s expertise in oncology precision medicine and IntegraGen’s know-how in DNA sequencing services and bioinformatics analyses. The combination of both c...

No evidence for a controversial type of mutation bias in the human germline

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

4 years ago
germline cells, DNA, mutation, cancer

Recent studies have found that some human cancer cells display a mutation bias where DNA that directly codes for proteins mutates at a different rate compared to DNA sequences which do not. It was hyp...

La exposición prematura a modificadores epigenéticos puede 'despertar' con la dieta en la edad adulta y afectar al metabolismo

by Revista Genética Médica

4 years ago
hígado, epigenéticos, material hereditario, Dieta

Investigadores del Instituto Baylor han encontrado que la exposición temprana del hígado a modificadores epigenéticos reprograma el material hereditario de las células y puede inducir alteraciones...

OncoDNA presenta su Package Plus: pruebas adicionales por tipo de tumor que se combinan con el análisis por ultrasecuenciación de 313 genes

by OncoDNA

4 years ago
diagnóstico, genes, tumor, Package Plus

Marcadores de inmunohistoquímica (IHC) o la metilación del ADN se añaden a la secuenciación de segunda generación (NGS), que por sí sola no es suficiente, para decidir qué terapia es la idónea...

Descubren una gran diversidad de elementos genéticos móviles en bacterias patógenas

by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

4 years ago
pipolinas, genes, bacterias patógenas

Una colaboración entre investigadores de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), la Universidad de Santiago y el CIBIR de La Rioja ha analizado la presencia y estructura de las pipolinas (grupo de ...

CNIO researchers granted EU funds to study new treatment for childhood cancer

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

4 years ago
childhood cancer, SETD8 inhibitors, TARGETSET, epigenetic, neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma

Óscar Fernández-Capetillo, Head of the Genomic Instability Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), has just received the European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Gran...

Largest Global Forensic DNA Meeting, International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI), Going Virtual For 2020

by Promega Biotech Ibérica

4 years ago
technologies, Forensic DNA Meeting, ISHI, genetic genealogy

Forensic DNA experts from around the world will gather virtually in 2020 for the 31st International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI). The largest annual meeting focusing entirely on DNA forens...

ESMO: the first scientific society to publish recommendations on the use of Next-Generation Sequencing for patients with advanced cancers

by VHIO

4 years ago
NGS, ESMO, cancer, metastatic disease, technology, medicina de precisión

Led by Fernanda Mosele, Goustave Roussy (Villejuif, France), an international group of leading experts, including VHIO’s Joaquin Mateo, Principal Investigator of our Prostate Cancer Translational Re...