All mammals have basically the same set of genes, yet there are obviously some significant differences that distinguish the various species. Recent research suggests that one such difference involves ...

Experience of seven Spanish centres with echoendoscopically implanted 32P microparticles associated with chemotherapy in locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract ...

Tandem repeats are repeated sections of a DNA strand that make up about seven per cent of the human genome. The likelihood of those tandem repeats causing errors in gene function increases each time ...

So-called junk DNA was given that unfortunate nickname because its function was so mysterious. These vast regions of the genome do not code for protein and are made up of highly repetitive sequences.

Researchers have built the first genetic reference map for tandem repeat expansions, a critical tool for congenital disease research. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (CA, USA) have ...

Expanded repetitive sequences are infamous for causing inherited disease. Think poly-Q tracts that cause Huntington’s or the C9orf72 hexanucleotide run-ons that trigger ALS/FTD. However, given people ...

Over 40 tandem repeats undergo expansion events that lead to neurological disease. This number is likely an underestimate as many repeats are difficult to amplify using existing short read sequencing ...

A research team has built a genetic reference maps for short lengths of DNA repeated multiple times which are known to cause more than 50 lethal human diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...

TORONTO – Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have found that repeated DNA sequences in the genome may contribute to an ...