Childhood deafness: Researchers identify over 200 mutations, including previously unknown variants

Deafness, the most common sensorineural hearing loss at all stages of life, occurs either independently or as part of ...
MedPage Today

Can Genetic Mutations Enhance the Classification of MDS and Secondary AML?

—Classifying myelodysplastic syndrome and secondary acute myeloid leukemia by genetic mutations rather than strictly by blast count may allow more patients to be eligible for AML and MDS clinical ...
ALZFORUM

Is This Mutation Pathogenic? Alzforum Updates System for Making This Call

The Alzforum Mutations database has upped its game. This repository includes rap sheets on more than 500 variants in the three autosomal-dominant Alzheimer’s disease genes amyloid precursor protein ...

Liquid biopsy advances could yield new tool for detecting lung cancer mutations

In Brazil, the early detection of genetic alterations in lung cancer through liquid biopsies could be a valuable tool for ...
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MD Anderson EGFR Classification licensed by BostonGene and Tempus to provide new insight on atypical mutations in lung cancer

Companies will provide classification information on EGFR mutations in non-small cell lung cancer that may guide clinical decision-making In a retrospective analysis, the MD Anderson EGFR ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Researchers Assess Effects of Updated Myeloid Neoplasm Classifications

The new classifications included several major changes and may help identify different subtypes. The fifth edition of the World Health Organization classification (2022 WHO) and the International ...
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Study Challenges Evolutionary Theory That DNA Mutations Are Random

Studying the genome of thale cress, a small flowering weed, led to a new understanding about DNA mutations. (Pádraic Flood) A simple roadside weed may hold the key to understanding and predicting DNA ...