Discovery could lead to fewer side effects from a diabetes treatment — ScienceDaily

By uncovering the subtle difference between two varieties of a protein, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania may have discovered how to eliminate the…

For Women Struggling with Obesity or Diabetes, UVA Discovery May Help

School of Medicine researchers at the University of Virginia have identified a potential way to battle the health effects of obesity and Type 2 diabetes in women after discovering an…

Discovery of a new ALS and dementia disease mechanism raises treatment hopes — ScienceDaily

A pioneering new study led by UCL and National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists has revealed, for the first time, why a common genetic variant worsens disease outcomes for people…

Depression Diagnostics Could Get Boost with Discovery of New Biomarker

Having a simple, biochemical marker for depression is crucial for disease diagnostics and vital to track drug therapies for their effectiveness in treating the neurochemical aspects of the disorder. As…

Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation

Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Anubha Mahajan, Grace Z. Yu, Neil R. Robertson, Nigel W. Rayner, Anna L. Gloyn & Mark I. McCarthy Wellcome Centre…

Discovery has the potential to also benefit treatment choices — ScienceDaily

Genetics and other factors that can determine if a woman is at risk for a recurrence of breast cancer have been identified by investigators at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center,…