by Anivarya Kumar, Vanderbilt University Heterotopic ossification (HO) is the formation of bone within soft tissue such as muscle, leading to pain and potentially the inability to use a limb. Once thought to be primarily a genetic disease, the cause of most trauma-induced HO is unknown. Reporting this month in the journal Calcified Tissue International, Jonathan Schoenecker, MD,...
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Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Linked to Transcription Factors, Gene Networks
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A pair of investigators from China has identified four transcription factors— along with related long non-coding RNAs and target genes — that are suspected of contributing to colorectal cancer (CRC) metastases. As they reported in Scientific Reports yesterday, the researchers used available RNA sequence, array-based genotype, DNA methylation, and mass spectrometry-based protein profile data to analyze samples from nearly 600...
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Magnetic Brain Stimulation: ‘Huge Amount of Promise’
TMS could still shift the psychiatric treatment paradigm, despite failure in VA trial In June, we reported on a disappointing trial of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for treatment-resistant depression, which found no advantage for the treatment over a sham version in a Veterans Affairs (VA) population. In this follow-up article, we take a look at...