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Study helps pinpoint genetic variations in European Americans Medicine & Health / Genetics August 07, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet An international team of researchers has identified just 200 positions within the curves of the DNA helix that they believe capture much of the genetic diversity in European Americans, a population with one of the most diverse ...

Researchers uncover West Nile's targets Medicine & Health / Genetics August 06, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Screening the entire human genome, a team headed by Yale University scientists have identified several hundred genes that impact West Nile virus infection. The findings reported Wednesday online in the journal Nature ...

Testosterone and body fat are controlled by the same genes Medicine & Health / Genetics August 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Genes that control percentage of body fat are also responsible for circulating levels of testosterone in men, research published in the latest edition of Clinical Endocrinology shows. The research shows a 23% overlap between ...

Cutting the brakes on the immune system Medicine & Health / Genetics August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Your immune system may have more in common with a Corvette than you thought. When a virus or bacteria enters a human body, the immune system revs up to fight and expel the invader. Once the invader is gone, the body puts ...

When our protective armor shows weakness Medicine & Health / Genetics August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet New knowledge points to the fact that a genetically induced lack of filaggrin, a key protein of the skin barrier, plays a decisive role in the origin of allergies. In a large study on more than 3000 school-children scientists ...

Inherited form of hearing loss stems from gene mutation Medicine & Health / Genetics July 31, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Pat Phalin learned she had hearing loss at 30, when she volunteered to give hearing tests at her local school. The pupils heard sounds she could not hear.

Gene may put women with migraine at increased risk of heart disease and stroke Medicine & Health / Genetics July 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Women who experience migraine with aura appear to be at an increased risk of heart disease and stroke if they have a certain gene, according to a study published in the July 30, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the ...

Searching for shut eye: Study identifies possible sleep gene Medicine & Health / Genetics July 29, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet While scientists and physicians know what happens if you don't get six to eight hours of shut-eye a night, investigators have long been puzzled about what controls the actual need for sleep. Researchers at the University ...

Defining DNA differences to track and tackle typhoid Medicine & Health / Genetics July 28, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet For the first time, next-generation DNA sequencing technologies have been turned on typhoid fever - a disease that kills 600,000 people each year. The results will help to improve diagnosis, tracking of disease spread and ...

Researchers identify gene responsible for rare childhood disease Medicine & Health / Genetics July 24, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet The chromosomal abnormality that causes a rare, but often fatal, disorder that affects infants has been identified by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, who happened to treat two young ...

Genetic mutation identified for eye complaint Medicine & Health / Genetics July 24, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| User comments: 1 An international research collaboration including research teams from the Children's Hospital in Boston (USA), King's College London and the Peninsula Medical School, has identified a gene that, when mutated, causes Duane ...

Consortium develops new method to manipulate genetic material Medicine & Health / Genetics July 24, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet A multi-institutional team of researchers, including scientists at the University of Minnesota Medical School, have developed a powerful tool for genomic research and medicine. The robust method will allow researchers to ...

Study of dark-skinned mice leads to protein linked to bone marrow failure in humans Medicine & Health / Genetics July 20, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The study of dark-skinned mice has led to a surprising finding about a common protein involved in tumor suppression, report researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The results may lead to new treatments ...

Researchers discover a gene that regulates and blocks ovulation Medicine & Health / Genetics July 17, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A group of Canadian and European researchers have unlocked the mystery of a gene with the potential to both regulate and block ovulation. The new study – a collaboration between the Université de Montréal in Canada and the ...

Researchers find a partially shared genetic profile between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Medicine & Health / Genetics July 17, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can be disabling conditions, and both present clinically with significant mood and psychotic symptoms. These two illnesses also share genetic variants that might be involved in the ...

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Study helps pinpoint genetic variations in European Americans Medicine & Health / Genetics August 07, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet An international team of researchers has identified just 200 positions within the curves of the DNA helix that they believe capture much of the genetic diversity in European Americans, a population with one of the most diverse ...

Researchers uncover West Nile's targets Medicine & Health / Genetics August 06, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Screening the entire human genome, a team headed by Yale University scientists have identified several hundred genes that impact West Nile virus infection. The findings reported Wednesday online in the journal Nature ...

Testosterone and body fat are controlled by the same genes Medicine & Health / Genetics August 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Genes that control percentage of body fat are also responsible for circulating levels of testosterone in men, research published in the latest edition of Clinical Endocrinology shows. The research shows a 23% overlap between ...

Cutting the brakes on the immune system Medicine & Health / Genetics August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Your immune system may have more in common with a Corvette than you thought. When a virus or bacteria enters a human body, the immune system revs up to fight and expel the invader. Once the invader is gone, the body puts ...

When our protective armor shows weakness Medicine & Health / Genetics August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet New knowledge points to the fact that a genetically induced lack of filaggrin, a key protein of the skin barrier, plays a decisive role in the origin of allergies. In a large study on more than 3000 school-children scientists ...

Inherited form of hearing loss stems from gene mutation Medicine & Health / Genetics July 31, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Pat Phalin learned she had hearing loss at 30, when she volunteered to give hearing tests at her local school. The pupils heard sounds she could not hear.

Gene may put women with migraine at increased risk of heart disease and stroke Medicine & Health / Genetics July 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Women who experience migraine with aura appear to be at an increased risk of heart disease and stroke if they have a certain gene, according to a study published in the July 30, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the ...

Searching for shut eye: Study identifies possible sleep gene Medicine & Health / Genetics July 29, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet While scientists and physicians know what happens if you don't get six to eight hours of shut-eye a night, investigators have long been puzzled about what controls the actual need for sleep. Researchers at the University ...

Defining DNA differences to track and tackle typhoid Medicine & Health / Genetics July 28, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet For the first time, next-generation DNA sequencing technologies have been turned on typhoid fever - a disease that kills 600,000 people each year. The results will help to improve diagnosis, tracking of disease spread and ...

Researchers identify gene responsible for rare childhood disease Medicine & Health / Genetics July 24, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet The chromosomal abnormality that causes a rare, but often fatal, disorder that affects infants has been identified by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, who happened to treat two young ...

Genetic mutation identified for eye complaint Medicine & Health / Genetics July 24, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| User comments: 1 An international research collaboration including research teams from the Children's Hospital in Boston (USA), King's College London and the Peninsula Medical School, has identified a gene that, when mutated, causes Duane ...

Consortium develops new method to manipulate genetic material Medicine & Health / Genetics July 24, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet A multi-institutional team of researchers, including scientists at the University of Minnesota Medical School, have developed a powerful tool for genomic research and medicine. The robust method will allow researchers to ...

Study of dark-skinned mice leads to protein linked to bone marrow failure in humans Medicine & Health / Genetics July 20, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The study of dark-skinned mice has led to a surprising finding about a common protein involved in tumor suppression, report researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The results may lead to new treatments ...

Researchers discover a gene that regulates and blocks ovulation Medicine & Health / Genetics July 17, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A group of Canadian and European researchers have unlocked the mystery of a gene with the potential to both regulate and block ovulation. The new study – a collaboration between the Université de Montréal in Canada and the ...

Researchers find a partially shared genetic profile between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Medicine & Health / Genetics July 17, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can be disabling conditions, and both present clinically with significant mood and psychotic symptoms. These two illnesses also share genetic variants that might be involved in the ...

Study helps pinpoint genetic variations in European Americans

Researchers uncover West Nile's targets

Testosterone and body fat are controlled by the same genes

Cutting the brakes on the immune system

When our protective armor shows weakness

Inherited form of hearing loss stems from gene mutation

Gene may put women with migraine at increased risk of heart disease and stroke

Searching for shut eye: Study identifies possible sleep gene

Defining DNA differences to track and tackle typhoid

Researchers identify gene responsible for rare childhood disease

Genetic mutation identified for eye complaint

Consortium develops new method to manipulate genetic material

Study of dark-skinned mice leads to protein linked to bone marrow failure in humans

Researchers discover a gene that regulates and blocks ovulation

Researchers find a partially shared genetic profile between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

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