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CHOP computational scientists offer a novel method to detect different ways RNA is pieced together when copied from DNA. The tool may help advance disease treatments.
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By identifying common gene variants that raise the risk of an aggressive form of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma, researchers may assist diagnostic efforts.
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Exercise, particularly high-impact activity, improves bone health in children and teens, even if they carry gene variants that predispose a person to bone weakness.
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CHOP researchers identified a new syndrome that causes intellectual disability. They suggest that an amino acid supplement may treat this condition in the future.
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At the invitation of the White House, CHOP sent two guests to President Obama’s announcement of the Precision Medicine Initiative: Dr. Altschuler and Emily Whitehead.
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CHOP genetic research shows that higher body mass index (BMI) causes harmful effects on the risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and inflammation.
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Recently, researchers investigating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia led an international collaboration of researchers to discover multiple gene variants responsible for developing early-onset and adult-onset IBD.
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A large international study indicates that anti-inflammatory drugs may become a new tool for preventing and treating coronary heart disease (CHD), the leading global cause of death.
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CHOP researchers and others studying multiethnic populations discovered genes that may point to biological targets for developing more effective drugs for type 2 diabetes.
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The Center for Applied Genomics at CHOP contributed important scientific analysis to a recent international study of the rare brain disease progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).