Genetics/Genomics

Bone marrow cells used to treat ischemic stroke in an expanded Phase I trial were not only safe and feasible, but also resulted in enhanced recovery

An initial baseline healthy gut microbiome database and abundance profile is described in a new study published in the journal PLOS One.

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Researchers developed a gene therapy that specifically reduces fat tissue and reverses obesity-related metabolic disease in obese mice, according to

Infants and young children with epilepsy due to a confirmed genetic abnormality had a better response to treatment with ketogenic diet compared to

A team of microbiologists and bioinformaticians from Harvard Medical School and Joslin Diabetes Center offer a first glimpse of the array of genes

Gut-infecting bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. diffcile) is evolving to thrive in people eating a Western sugar-rich diet, according to a new

Scientists have devised a new computational method that reveals genetic patterns in the massive jumble of individual cells in the body, which will be

A special class of beneficial gut bacteria, called Clostridia, prevents mice from becoming obese, suggesting these same microbes may similarly