A recent study published in Cell reveals that the repeated DNA sequence that leads to Huntington’s disease (HD) expands ...

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Precision medicine is transforming nursing roles in clinical oncology, and nurses play an increasingly crucial role in implementing personalized therapy and improving patient outcomes.

To achieve this, the donated cells must replicate again and again — and again. It’s a cycle that might put recipients at risk if a new, potentially harmful mutation arises or if a mutation present in ...

The PubMed database was searched from January 2018 to May 2024. Articles were selected for inclusion if they reported on patients with metastatic prostate cancer who received a germline or somatic ...

Mutations also can happen after birth, since exposure to chemicals and radiation can cause gene changes. (Gene mutations acquired after birth are referred to as acquired or somatic gene mutations.) ...

Enrolled patients ≤ 40 years old (N = 370) underwent germline or somatic genetic testing using a 32-gene hereditary cancer panel at Fujian Union Hospital. Significant alterations of germline and ...

1Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. 2Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. 3Clinical and ...

Flu activity is spiking across Southern California. Doctors said this is adding to the already concerning number of pediatric hospitalizations, but there's also another reason why this year's ...