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May 2011 in “DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)” The study found genetic diversity in coat color dilution among Czech pointers in Slovakia.
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May 2008 in “Journal of Clinical Oncology” A cancer patient died from a severe skin reaction after taking the drug cetuximab.
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November 1995 in “The EMBO Journal” Blocking EGFR in mice causes hair loss and skin changes.
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May 2007 in “Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences” KAP8.2 gene variations affect cashmere quality in goats.
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October 1998 in “Journal of biological chemistry/The Journal of biological chemistry” The 190-kbp domain contains all human type I hair keratin genes, showing their organization and evolution.
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December 1998 in “British Journal of Cancer” Truncated hHb1 keratin may play a role in breast cancer cell transformation.
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December 2013 in “Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics” Microarray analysis helps find hidden chromosomal changes in patients with intellectual disabilities and birth defects.
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June 2001 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” A truncated protein linked to breast cancer may change cell adhesion.
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December 2012 in “Human Biology” The most different genetic segment between Africans and East Asians is the EDA2R/AR region, with two main types influenced by population changes and natural selection, and linked to baldness.
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February 2010 in “British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement” WNT10A mutations cause varied symptoms in patients with odonto-onycho-dermal dysplasia.
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September 2014 in “Bone” A vitamin D receptor mutation causes rickets and affects immune responses.
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January 2015 in “Annals of dermatology/Annals of Dermatology” Three new types of a skin blistering disease were found, caused by specific gene mutations.
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July 2014 in “Neuromuscular Disorders” A patient with a larger than usual genetic mutation had a broader range of symptoms for a muscle disease.
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October 2016 in “OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)” The Swedish neonatal screening program effectively detects PKU, galactosaemia, and biotinidase deficiency with low false positives.
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February 2021 in “FEBS open bio” Human hair keratins K85 and K35 create unique filament patterns important for early hair formation.
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January 2020 in “Cell Transplantation” Targeting ACE2 and TMPRSS2 may help prevent or treat COVID-19 in cancer patients.
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August 2018 in “Cancer research” Fixing DNA errors is crucial to prevent skin cancer.
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