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April 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” MendelVar is a tool that helps identify important genes by combining GWAS data with Mendelian disease information.
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May 2020 in “Frontiers in pharmacology” Minoxidil can stop the growth of ovarian cancer cells without harming the heart.
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January 2022 in “Function” Studying rare genetic disorders can help us understand and treat common diseases better.
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October 2018 in “BMC genomics” Key genes can rewire networks, changing skin appendage types.
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1 citations,
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266 citations,
November 2013 in “European Journal of Epidemiology” The Rotterdam Study aims to understand disease causes in the elderly and has found new risk factors and genetic influences on various conditions.
Finasteride may cause changes in dopamine-related genes, possibly leading to post-finasteride syndrome.
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The case shows the difficulty in diagnosing certain conditions when standard tests are negative.
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