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TAsmanian devil populations have declined in recent decades due to two contagious facial tumors that cause debilitating growths. Now, together with an international group of scientists and organisations, researchers from the University of Cambridge have conducted a large study on genetic sequencing published in Scienceand found that one of those tumors is evolving at an … Read more
The European Commission (EC) has approved nivolumab (Opdivo) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the neoadjuvant treatment of patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at high risk of recurrence with PD-L1 expression in cells tumors of at least 1%.1 The regulatory decision was supported by data from the Phase 3 CheckMate 816 study … Read more
A cottonwood grove nestled along a river near the Grand Canyon. Areas like this are important to wildlife in the Southwest, but development and water consumption demands, along with stress from climate change, threaten this habitat. A new study offers a model for reforestation efforts in these areas, however, which could make aspen groves more … Read more
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine are using evolutionary genomics to understand human disease. They focus on genes that are unchanged and highly constrained through mammalian evolution. This new perspective makes it possible to trace psychiatric and neurological disorders to alterations in these genes. This could provide insights into various mental health conditions and … Read more
A ring finger stuck in a bent position as seen in Dupuytrens disease, colloquially known as Viking disease. Credit: Hugo Zeberg/Molecular Biology and Evolution Dupuytrens disease, a hand disorder common among Northern Europeans, has genetic ties to Neanderthals, according to a study in Molecular Biology and Evolution. Three of the 61 genetic risk variants for … Read more
Visit the News Hub Leads major NIH-funded genome projects, demonstrates passion for educating the next generation of physicians and scientists Matthew Miller Ting Wang, PhD, has been appointed head of the Department of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He will begin his new role on August 1st. Ting Wang, PhD, … Read more
Concussion and head trauma are a real and serious risk for many Australians. While most people suffer from acute and relatively short-lived effects, such as dizziness and headaches, in some cases the symptoms persist for weeks, months or years. It can cause long-term and debilitating neurological damage. Concussion in junior to elite level sport is … Read more
