Science news articles about 'gene abnormality'

... results," said NIMH Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D. "Improved understanding of these abnormalities could lead to new hope for the millions of Americans affected by bipolar disorder." In the first ...

... genes operate. This is a different way of looking at how cancer develops." Indeed, many of the gene abnormalities could be grouped into functional units. For example, when they analyzed the DNA in ...

... pediatric ALL. The way in which IKAROS abnormalities contribute to the development of relapse remains to be determined. The study also examined gene expression in the leukemia cells using microarray ...

Scientists at the University of Manitoba and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health have found the cause of a fatal illness that almost exclusively affects Hutterite children.

... methyl groups has been established as a common biological means of activating or silencing genes. Abnormal levels of DNA methylation, which effectively disrupt the genes responsible for normal cell ...