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Helene Lindfors, Ph.D. Student at the Endocrine Surgery research group, the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, will defend her thesis “Tumor burden, thyroglobulin and Ki-67 as prognostic indicators in papillary thyroid cancer” on April 11, 2025. The main supervisor is Ivan Shabo.

For women with early-stage breast cancer, breast-conserving therapy (BCT)—including radiation therapy (RT)—leads to progressive reduction in breast size over time, reports a study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

As more people receive genetic testing after a cancer diagnosis, newer variants have been identified that increase the risk of developing cancer. A recent study led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center finds that patients with three of these variants face no extra risk of dying from their cancer.

An R75W mutation in the gap junction β2 (GJB2) gene causes severe fragmentation of gap junction plaques, connecting adjacent cells and leading to syndromic hearing loss. In a new experimental study, scientists from Juntendo University in collaboration with researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector-mediated genome editing approach to repair the R75W mutation.

Despite being an everyday necessity, nutrition is something of a black box. We know that many plant-based foods are good for us, but we don’t always know why. Our intestinal microbiome, which helps break down these foods once we consume them, is another black box. What role do our gut bacteria play?

In an analysis of soil samples from twelve parks in Dublin, Ireland, park entrances were more heavily contaminated with infective roundworm eggs than any other tested park location.

In a manuscript published in the American Journal of Psychiatry titled “Psychiatric Genetics in Clinical Practice: Essential Knowledge for Mental Health Professionals,” the authors provide updated guidelines on what mental health professionals should know about the latest advances in genetics and how genetics can inform clinical psychiatric practice.

A new study found that only sociodemographic factors—including the parent’s age, number of current children, economic status, and level of religiosity—predict the desire and intention to have more children among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) parents. The study was led by Dr. Geva Shenkman-Lachberg of the Dina Recanati School of Medicine at Reichman University, in collaboration with Yuval Shaia of Reichman University and Dr. Kfir Ifrah of Ruppin Academic Center.

A new study from Queen Mary University of London found that 9% of all reported adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reported to the UK medicines regulator are associated with medications where side effect risk is partly dependent on the patient’s genes. Of this subset of ADRs, 75% were associated with only three genes that impact how the body processes medication. Genetic testing before prescribing could therefore help avoid ADRs in these cases.

Certain widely used drug combinations may either slow down or worsen the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, but their effects differ between sexes. A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, highlights these important findings.