How does mitochondrial DNA affect your health?

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image: Weiwei Fan (left) and Ronald Evans (right) have created a new platform to study mitochondrial DNA mutations that light the way to new treatments for mitochondrial diseases and mitochondrial dysfunction in conditions and diseases such as aging and cancer. vision Again Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA (April 10, 2026)—Some of your most important partners … Read more

Health Trends: Genetic testing improves treatment, survival for Black breast cancer patients

Health Trends: Genetic testing improves treatment, survival for Black breast cancer patients

April 1 (Reuters) – Advanced genetic testing could help erase a huge disparity in breast cancer survival rates between white and black patients, new research has found. Currently, black women in the US have a 40% higher death rate from breast cancer than white women, despite the low rate of 5% of the disease. Register … Read more

Health Trends: Genetic testing improves treatment, survival for Black breast cancer patients

Health Trends: Genetic testing improves treatment, survival for Black breast cancer patients

(This is part of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present the latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Written by Nancy Lapid April 1 (Reuters) – Advanced genetic testing could help erase a huge disparity in breast cancer survival rates between white and black patients, new research has found. Currently, Black women in the … Read more