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Researchers identify gene linked to vertebral defects in patient populations

May 15, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Stowers Institute researchers Karen Staehling-Hampton, Ph.D., Managing Director of Molecular Biology, and Olivier Pourquié, Ph.D., Investigator, collaborated with colleagues from around the world to show that genes known ...


Effect of mutant p53 stability on tumorigenesis and drug design

May 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

In the May 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Guillermina Lozano (MD Anderson Cancer Center) and colleagues reveal how the stabilization of a mutated form of p53 affects oncogenesis, and lends startling new insight into the potential ...


Families Shed Light on Likely Causative Gene for Alzheimer's

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

The genetic profile of two large Georgia families with high rates of late-onset Alzheimer's disease points to a gene that may cause the disease, researchers say.


Genetic variation linked to sugary food

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A new study released today in the online edition of Physiological Genomics finds that individuals with a specific genetic variation consistently consume more sugary foods. The study offers the first evidence of the role that ...


Scientists discover small RNAs that regulate gene expression and protect the genome

May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 1

RNA is best known as a working copy of the DNA sequence of genes. In this role, it’s a carrier of the genes’ instructions to the cell, which manufactures proteins according to information in the RNA molecule.


Gene therapy slows progression of fatal neurodegenerative disease in children

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Gene therapy to replace the faulty CLN2 gene, which causes a neurodegenerative disease that is fatal by age 8-12 years, was able to slow significantly the rate of neurologic decline in treated children, according to a paper ...


Mutant gene causes epilepsy, intellectual disability in women

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

A mutated gene has been discovered as the key behind epilepsy and mental retardation specific to women, thanks to new research at Adelaide’s Women’s & Children’s Hospital and the University of Adelaide, Australia.


Human aging gene found in flies

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have found a fast and effective way to investigate important aspects of human ageing. Working at the University of Oxford and The Open ...


A new gene trigger for pregnancy disorder identified

May 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

The COMT gene – known already for its role in schizophrenia – has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in today’s advance on-line issue of Nature.


Scientists dig deeper into the genetics of schizophrenia by evaluating microRNAs

May 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | No comments yet

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have illuminated a window into how abnormalities in microRNAs, a family of molecules that regulate expression of numerous genes, may contribute to the behavioral ...


New study shows how genes control blood proteins important to health

May 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

A new study shows how genes control levels of many blood proteins implicated in disease. The findings are the result of an international collaboration between scientists at the University of Exeter, the National Institute ...


Researchers find gene linked to severe diabetic eye and kidney diseases

May 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Researchers at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah and collaborative institutions have identified a gene called erythropoietin (EPO) that contributes to increased risk of severe diabetic eye and kidney ...


The secret to long life may not be in the genes

May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | No comments yet

A research on the bone health of one of the oldest persons in the world, who recently died at the age of 114, reveals that there were no genetic modifications which could have contributed to this longevity. The research team, ...


Gene sequence that can make half of us fatter is discovered

May 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | User comments: 1

A gene sequence linked to an expanding waist line, weight gain and a tendency to develop type 2 diabetes has been discovered as part of a study published today in the journal Nature Genetics.


Genetic breakthrough explains dangerously high blood glucose levels

May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

Canadian, French and British researchers have identified a DNA sequence that controls the variability of blood glucose levels in people. This is a potentially significant discovery because high blood glucose levels in otherwise ...


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