Genetics

Study provides first link between 2 major Parkinson’s genes

As Parkinson’s Awareness Month gets underway, a Canadian-led international study is providing important new insight into Parkinson’s disease and paving the way for new…    

Scientists find five new Alzheimer’s risk genes

Scientists looking for the genetic triggers that lead to Alzheimer’s have identified five more, doubling the number linked with the mind-wasting disease.

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Gene Therapy Reverses Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

A gene therapy called NLX-P101 dramatically reduces movement impairment in Parkinson’s patients, according to results of a Phase 2 study published today in the…    

Gene therapy shows promise for Parkinson’s

A small trial has shown that a type of gene therapy for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease can reduce symptoms of the devastating brain…    

Better brain wiring linked to family genes

How well our brain functions is largely based on our family’s genetic makeup, according to a University of Melbourne led study.

The…    

Good Diets Fight Bad Alzheimer Genes

Scientists today agree that there are five molecules that are known to affect or cause Alzheimer’s disease, which plagues an estimated five million Americans.…    

Gene mutation play a major role in 1 cause of kidney disease

Mutations in a gene called INF2 are by far the most common cause of a dominantly inherited condition that leads to kidney failure, according…    

Researchers Uncover New Gene for Heart Failure in Caucasians

Nearly five million Americans live with heart failure, with as many as 700,000 new cases diagnosed each year. In addition to lifestyle factors, scientists…    

Mother’s stem cells likely key to treating genetic disease before birth

UCSF researchers have tackled a decade-long scientific conundrum, and their discovery is expected to lead to significant advances in using stem cells to treat…    

Researchers show how one gene becomes two (with different functions)

Researchers report that they are the first to show in molecular detail how one gene evolved two competing functions that eventually split up –…    

Women with MS More Likely to Have MS-Related Gene Than Men

Women who have multiple sclerosis (MS) are more likely to have a gene associated with multiple sclerosis than men with the disease and it…    

Gene codes cracked for strawberries and chocolate

Teams of scientists have cracked the genetic codes of the wild strawberry and a certain type of cacao used to make fine chocolate, work…    

Brain gene makes a female develop as a male

Australian scientists have discovered that changes to a gene involved in brain development can lead to testis formation and male genitalia in an otherwise…    

Exome Sequencing Provides New Approach to Diagnosis of Rare Genetic Disorders

A genetic testing approach called exome sequencing—which provides a clinically practical alternative to whole-genome sequencing—led to correct diagnosis and life-saving treatment in a child…    

Genome-wide hunt reveals links to abnormal rhythms behind sudden death, heart damage

A study among almost 50,000 people worldwide has identified DNA sequence variations linked with the heart’s electrical rhythm in several surprising regions among 22…    

Scientists and physicians use genetic sequencing to identify and treat unknown disease

A collaborative team of scientists and physicians at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin uses genetic sequencing to identify and…    

Age doesn’t matter: New genes are as essential as ancient ones

New genes that have evolved in species as little as one million years ago – a virtual blink in evolutionary history – can be…    

Feast, famine and the genetics of obesity: You can’t have it both ways

In addition to fast food, desk jobs, and inertia, there is one more thing to blame for unwanted pounds-our genome, which has apparently not…    

New UCLA study raises questions about genetic testing of newborns

Mandatory genetic screening of newborns for rare diseases is creating unexpected upheaval for families whose infants test positive for risk factors but show…    

Scientists find gene linked to congenital heart defect

A gene that can cause congenital heart defects has been identified by a team of scientists, including a group from Princeton University. The discovery…    

New genomic technique reveals obesity gene variants

Obesity is highly heritable, but so far genetic association studies have only explained a small fraction of this heritability. Now, in a study published…    

Gene test users largely satisfied, survey finds

Most people who have used direct-to-consumer genetic tests bought them to improve their health and say they found the tests easy to interpret, but…    

Gene identified for spread of deadly melanoma

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a gene linked to the spread of eye melanoma.

Although…    

Researchers find a ‘liberal gene’

Liberals may owe their political outlook partly to their genetic make-up, according to new research from the University of California, San Diego, and Harvard…    

Newfoundland researchers crack the genetic code of a sudden death cardiac killer

Researchers in Newfoundland have cracked the genetic code of a sudden death cardiac killer.

As a result, they have developed a unique…