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... particularly vulnerable due to incomplete packaging of the DNA (the genetic material) in the sperm. This project will identify sites of ... This research project will combine computer and laboratory-based studies to identify protein changes in blood that can be used for an ... targeted treatments because they act as master regulators of entire genetic pathways that may lead to cancer. This study will identify ...
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... The underlying pathogenesis is caused by environmental and genetic factors. Molecular genetic studies of MS to date have implicated genes involved the HLA ...
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... the complex mechanisms of MS. “This is one of the first methylation studies in MS and represents the next generation of research,” ... it is important to know which mechanisms and factors can change your genetic destiny. With this grant we will study if methylation changes ... ANZgene consortium. Recent studies have unearthed more than 110 genetic variants associated with MS, underlining the central role played ...
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... reviews internationally to access a living register of COVID-19 studies. Associate Professor Wolfenden is the international co-lead of ... of Cochrane, which includes its living register of COVID-19 studies, bank of research questions and access to experts. “This ... provides new challenges to our communities, and utilising the latest studies to inform best practice across the Hunter New England region – ...
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... has the potential to be an extremely effective treatment” with studies ongoing. Hunter researchers are also interested in the ... practice and recovery outcomes for endometrial cancer patients. Genetic testing of endometrial cancers has also shown potential genetic markers and mechanisms of genetic damage that encourage the ...
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... of other illnesses generally associated with old age. In vitro studies have recently shown that the stress hormone, cortisol, can ... with poor outcome in breast cancer. Loss of p53 function by genetic fault occurs in far less breast cancers (25 per cent) than ... Professor Rodney Scott , Dr Nikola Bowden and Dr Kelly Avery-Kiejda Genetic Variation in Breast Cancer Breast cancer is the most common form ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... Since then, he has conducted and collaborated on world-class studies detailing the changes to gene expression in the brain and blood ... collected clinical and cognitive data as well as blood samples for genetic analysis and structural brain scans from participants with ... to over 100 research projects and well over 100 research papers. Our genetic data has been used by the Schizophrenia Working Group of the ...
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... Dr Luke Wolfenden has led, or continues to lead, a raft of innovative studies in smoking cessation, alcohol consumption and childhood obesity. ...
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... pharmacological and psychological treatments to the individual’s genetic profile. This genomic project is in collaboration with A/prof ... with the bioinformatics of genomic analyses associated with their studies. Research Joshua - Atkins Emlyn and Jennie Thomas Medical ...
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... metabolism in brain disorders Assessing the link between selected genetic and vascular risk factors and the onset of dementia ... Center of Dallas, a government-funded, dedicated centre for clinical studies on Alzheimer's disease. During that time, she participated in ... unveil a novel link between dietary folate deficiency, vascular and genetic risk factors, and pathological markers of Alzheimer's disease. ...
