Nitisinone, a drug that is already used to treat two genetic diseases, could be repurposed to control the spread of malaria, ...

Researchers used UK Biobank data to identify 70 proteins with genetically predicted roles in asthma, offering insights into ...

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Collaborative research led by investigators at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center defines a novel approach to understanding how certain proteins called transcription ...

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Inherited or genetic heart disorders, mostly known as Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in medical term, is a condition ...

Collaborative research defines a novel approach to understanding how certain proteins called transcription factors determine which genetic programs will drive cell growth and maturation. The method, ...

Researchers from the School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) conducted a ...

In a nutshell A rare disease drug may help fight malaria. Nitisinone, a medication approved for rare genetic conditions, killed malaria-carrying mosquitoes after they fed on treated human blood — ...