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AUGUSTA, Ga. The Medical College of Georgia is part of a large national study examining the genes of 10,000 patients with schizophrenia and 10,000 healthy individuals in an effort to pinpoint variations that can improve disease diagnosis and treatment. Blood samples taken from each group will ...Genetic variants predict recurrence of bladder cancer, patient survival
DENVER - Scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered genetic variations in the inflammation pathway that reduce the likelihood of recurrence and increase survival of patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) who are treated with mainstream ther...Mayo Clinic-led researchers confirm gene variants associated with the most common adult leukemia
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