Increased risk of diabetes was linked to outdoor air pollution, even at levels that were thought to be safe in heavily polluted countries like India and less polluted countries such as the United States.
Even low doses of endocrine disruptors such as estrogen can alter gene expression to the extent that it also affects the next generation. This finding adds to the debate on endocrine disrupting chemicals affecting human health.
Genes located in a large chromosomal aberration associated with autism interact with each other to modulate the variable symptoms of the disease.
Cancers control immune systems and evade immune detection using mediators consisting of immune checkpoint molecules and cellular systems associated with immune suppression.
Enzyme TLK2 shows reduced levels of activity in intellectual disability and that it is possible to inhibit it in breast cancer, where it is overactive.