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. | |
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. ... | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
 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 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. | |
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 ... | |
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