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🔔"Diagnosis, Management and Therapy of Rare Diseases", guest edited by Dr. Giorgia Girotto, is now accepting submissions until 15 October 2026.

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Diagnosis, Management and Therapy of Rare Diseases Genes, an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal.

📢 We are delighted to announce that Dr. Rina Kansal from The University at Buffalo, USA, will serve as a Committee Member for the 3rd International Online Conference on Genes ( ), which will be virtually held in from 2–4 December 2026.

🎤 Dr. Rina Kansal is an academic hematopathologist and molecular genetic pathologist with training in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University at Buffalo/Roswell Park Cancer Center, followed by an oncologic pathologic pathology fellowship at Roswell Park Cancer Center and a hematopathology fellowship at the University of Michigan. Rina graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College at the University of Delhi, India, and is U.S. board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology, hematopathology, and molecular genetic pathology. Before moving to the USA, she trained in internal medicine in the U.K. and India. Rina served as a faculty hematopathologist at the University of Michigan and the University at Buffalo and as the Director of Hematopathology and Flow Cytometry and Director of the Hematopathology Fellowship program at the Medical College of Wisconsin. After that, Rina served as a faculty hematopathologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, and then elected to complete a fellowship at the University of California at Los Angeles to formally train in genomics to apply in pathology and medicine to advance the care of patients with hematologic malignancies. She then served as the Director of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology and Associate Professor of Pathology at Pennsylvania State University and as Associate Medical Director of Molecular Oncology and Genetics at Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin. She is affiliated with the University at Buffalo and has a strong interest in education and mentorship. Rina is currently working independently on continuous scholarly and voluntary leadership activities with professional organizations for pathology, hematology, flow cytometry, molecular genetic pathology, and digital pathology, toward an academic faculty position. She is serving as a guest editor for a special issue of the journal Genes, inviting submissions of review and original articles on genomics in cancer.

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Dr. Katsanou et al. examined epigenetic patterns in patients. Focusing on Type 1 Diabetes, researchers analyzed the methylation status of LINE-1 retroelement in peripheral blood samples. Results highlight the potential role of epigenetic regulation in disease progression and may support future research into biomarkers and personalized management strategies for Type 1 diabetes.

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Methylation of LINE-1 Retroelement in People with Type 1 Diabetes Introduction: Emerging research indicates that alterations in the methylation of retrotransposons may contribute to genomic instability and cellular aging in various autoimmune disorders and diabetes mellitus (DM). As relevant information for people with type 1 diabetes mellitus (PwT1D) is limited, ...

This article provides a comprehensive look into key regulatory genes involved in stress adaptation. Focusing on Solanum lycopersicum, researchers identified and characterized the Casein Kinase I-like (CKL) gene family and explored its role under various abiotic stress conditions.

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Identification of Solanum lycopersicum L. Casein Kinase I-like Gene Family and Analysis of Abiotic Stress Response Background: Casein kinase I-like (CKL) protein is a member of the serine/threonine kinase CKI family and plays a pivotal regulatory role in various eukaryotic cellular processes, including stress responses. Objectives: This study aims to systematically identify the CKL gene family in the tomato geno...

Could viral elements contribute to the complexity of breast cancer? Study by Dr. Blanchard and colleagues from North Carolina A&T State University sheds light on this important question.

Focusing on Epstein–Barr virus, a known oncogenic virus, researchers analyzed RNA-seq data to investigate its potential involvement in breast cancer development and subtype variability.

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Differential Expression of Epstein–Barr Virus Sequences in Various Breast Cancer Subtypes | MDPI Background/Objectives: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common source of new cancer diagnoses among women and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in this group. The role of viral factors in the etiology, heterogeneity, and pathogenesis of this disease and its subtypes has not been incont...