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Change trackers: New consortium to catalog DNA mutations across human lifetime
From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...
Scientists use gene editing to correct harmful mitochondrial mutations in human cells
In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations ...
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AlphaGenome: New Google AI reads DNA mutations, predicts molecular consequences
AlphaGenome scores mutation effects across coding and non-coding DNA, bringing gene insights to the base-pair level.
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Air pollution fuels lung cancer DNA mutations
A recent study reveals a strong link between air pollution and lung cancer-driving DNA mutations, particularly in non-smokers.
DeepMind launches AlphaGenome to predict how DNA mutations affect genes
Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind today introduced AlphaGenome, a new artificial intelligence tool that can comprehensively ...
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Base Editing Corrects Pathogenic Mitochondria DNA in Patient-Derived Models
Moving toward clinical development, the researchers demonstrated efficient delivery of mRNA mitochondrial base editors using ...
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Scientists use base editing to repair mitochondrial DNA mutations
In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations ...
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NIH Scientists Link Air Pollution and Lung Cancer Mutations in Non-Smokers
Research from the NIH’s National Cancer Institute, an agency beleaguered by funding cuts and censorship, finds that ...
Two classes of FOXA1 mutations found to drive prostate cancer and therapy resistance
A new study from the University of Michigan Rogel Health Cancer Center, published in Science, sheds light on how two distinct ...
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Scientists use gene editing to correct harmful mitochondrial mutations in human cells - Phys.org
Mitochondria have their own small set of DNA. Mutations in this mitochondrial DNA can lead to a wide range of maternally inherited diseases, cancer, and aging-related conditions.
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Gene Editing Fixes Mitochondrial Mutations in Human Cells
In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA using ...