by The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre Systematic analysis of the enrichment of rare pathogenic variants in cases compared to control samples. a Proposed hypothesis that rare pathogenic variants in Mendelian disease-associated genes (OMIM genes) increase the risk of cancer. b Overview of the case–control analysis. Principal components analysis (PCA) using common variants was performed to...
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New gene editing strategy could lead to treatments for people born with inherited diseases of the immune system
by University College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A fault in cells that form a key part of the immune system can be repaired with a pioneering gene editing technique, finds new research demonstrated in human cells and mice, led by UCL scientists. Researchers say the study, published in Science Translational Medicine, could lead to new...