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Article by Dr. Tereza Piskáčková on genetic predisposition to prostate cancer
15. 10. 2024
Tereza Piskáčková, M.D., published an article "Hereditary predisposition for prostate cancer" in the latest issue of the periodical Acta Medicinae. The full article can be downloaded in the appendix of this article.
Single blood test predicts 30-year cardiovascular disease risks for women
04. 09. 2024
Research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found that measuring two types of fat in the bloodstream along with C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, can predict a woman’s risk for cardiovascular disease decades later. These findings, presented as late-breaking research at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2024, were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
More infoCRISPR editor can also be used for RNA editing
29. 07. 2024
Research into RNA editing could enable treatments for genetic diseases. Researchers at Montana State University have shown how the CRISPR technique can also be used to edit RNA. CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a type of immune system bacteria use to recognise and fight viruses. This system has been used for years to cut and edit DNA, but the deployment of similar technology for RNA is new. A CRISPR protein called Cas9 is used to edit DNA, while a different CRISPR system is needed for RNA; the researchers tried a subsystem known as type III.
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