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Gene links breast cancer to stress and body clock

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By Joanne Delange Verified, Michael Limmena
| PET
A gene involved in suppressing tumours has been shown to link breast cancer to stress and an irregular body clock. The findings, published in Cancer Cell International, have important implications for the health of nightshift workers and frequent international travellers, who likely have disrupted sleeping schedules, as this may make them more susceptible to developing breast cancer.
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Genome editing of embryos supported by UK citizens' jury

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By Joanne Delange Verified, Michael Limmena
| PET
A citizens' jury of people with personal experience of hereditary disease has voted in favour of asking the UK government to consider changing the law, to allow for genome editing of human embryos to address serious genetic disorders. In September 2022, 21 people who were either patients with genetic conditions, or relatives or carers of such patients, travelled from across the UK to sit as members of the Citizens' Jury on Human Embryo Editing in the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge.
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Rapid genetic test to identify babies at risk of antibiotic-induced hearing loss

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By Anna Wernick Verified, Helen Robertson, Joseph Hamilton, Michael Limmena
| bionews.org.uk
Rapid genetic test to identify babies at risk of antibiotic-induced hearing loss 11 April 2022 Appeared in BioNews 1140 The world's first bedside genetic test that could prevent babies from losing their hearing has proven successful according to the NHS. The 26 minutes genetic test, called the Genedrive MT-RNR1 test, can identify babies who carry a particular genetic variant that could make them permanently deaf when treated with a common emergency antibiotic.
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