 Researchers Find 'Junk DNA' May Have Triggered Key Evolutionary Changes in Human Thumb and Foot 13 hours ago | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Out of the 3 billion genetic letters that spell out the human genome, Yale scientists have found a handful that may have contributed to the evolutionary changes in human limbs that enabled ... | |
Gene enhancer in evolution of human opposable thumb 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists have discovered a gene enhancer, known as HACNS1, that may have contributed to the evolution of the uniquely opposable human thumb, and possibly also modifications in the ankle or foot that allow humans to walk ... | |
Gene is likely cause of stroke-inducing vascular malformations September 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
UCSF scientists have discovered that a gene controlling whether blood vessels differentiate into arteries or veins during embryonic development is linked to a vascular disorder in the brain that causes stroke. | |
Researchers piece together gene 'network' linked to schizophrenia September 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Reporting this week in the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have uncovered for the first time molecular circuitry associated with schizophrenia that links three ... | |
Early onset gene for inflammatory bowel diseases identified September 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A study of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in children has identified a gene that influences whether children get these diseases early in life, and points to a potential new target for treatment. The findings of the ... | |
New genes found for inflammatory bowel disease in children August 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers have discovered two new genes that increase the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in childhood. | |
Location, location, location important for genes, too August 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Cells become cancerous mainly because they lose control of their growth. To better understand how this happens, a new study at Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center looks at four genes that help regulate cell ... | |
The first autism disease genes September 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The autistic disorder was first described, more than sixty years ago, by Dr. Leo Kanner of the Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA), who created the new label 'early infantile autism'. At the same time an Austrian scientist, Dr. ... | |
First gene associated with dry macular degeneration found August 27, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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In a study that underscores the important role that individual genetic profiles will play in the development of new therapies for disease, a multi-institutional research team – led by Kang Zhang, MD, PhD professor of ophthalmology ... | |
Gene that causes childhood cancer neuroblastoma is found August 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists have discovered gene mutations that are the main cause of the inherited version of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma. In addition, the researchers found that the same mutations play a significant role in high-risk ... | |
Scientists nail childhood nerve cancer gene August 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Researchers have identified the hereditary gene mutations behind a deadly form of childhood cancer, opening the way to genetic tests in high-risk families, according to study released Sunday. | |
Researchers define characteristics, treatment options for XXYY syndrome August 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute and The Children's Hospital in Denver have conducted the largest study to date describing the medical and psychological characteristics of a rare genetic disorder in which males ... | |
Genetic predisposition may play a role in anxiety disorders August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Finnish scientists have identified genes that may predispose to anxiety disorders. Research conducted under the supervision of Academy Research Fellow Iiris Hovatta have focused on genes that influence human behaviour, and ... | |
Medicine tailored to your genome, not your race: Venter August 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Personalised, genome-based health care could help prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths caused each year by adverse drug reactions, genetics pioneer Craig Venter said Tuesday. | |
Largest study of its kind implicates gene abnormalities in bipolar disorder August 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A large genetic study of bipolar disorder has implicated machinery that balances levels of sodium and calcium in neurons. The disorder was associated with variation in two genes that make components of such ion channels. ... | |
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