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Example of fatty overgrowth, affecting specific body regions, caused by mutations in the phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase PI3K (AKT) signalling pahtway.

Cause of rare growth disease discovered

24 Jun 2012

Scientists hopeful discovery will provide a biological target for drug therapy.

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Finding the ‘genetic signposts’ of disease

01 Sep 2007

One of the biggest projects ever undertaken to identify genetic variants that predispose some people to certain diseases was begun in 2005, thanks to...

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