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Gene Therapy Could Save Kids From a Lifetime of Eating Cornstarch
• Genetics • Mar 12 08
A gene therapy treatment that restores a missing liver enzyme in test animals could provide a cure for a rare metabolic disorder in humans,…
Genetic analysis reveals range of Rett syndrome
• Genetics • • Neurology • Mar 11 08
The first comprehensive analysis of the clinical effects of genetic mutations involved in Rett syndrome will enable affected families to receive a more accurate…
Genetic Factors in Smoking Also Increase Risk of Chronic Bronchitis
• Genetics • • Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 29 08
Smoking is a known risk factor for respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, but genes also play a significant role in its development, according to…
Gene Expression Differences Between Those of Europeans and African Ancestry
• Genetics • Feb 28 08
Differences in gene expression levels between people of European versus African ancestry can affect how each group responds to certain drugs or fights off…
New cataract gene discovered
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Genetics • Feb 14 08
Breakthrough in study of childhood cataracts
The international team of researchers was able to identify the location and defect in the coding region of…
Europe’s most common genetic disease is a liver disorder
• Genetics • Feb 07 08
Much less widely known than the dangerous consequences of iron deficiencies is the fact that too much iron can also cause problems. The…
Gene linked to preterm birth among Hispanic women
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Genetics • Feb 03 08
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that the gene ENPP1 is linked to preterm birth and low birth weight among Hispanic women.
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Morphine dependency blocked by single genetic change
• Genetics • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 28 08
Morphine’s serious side effect as a pain killer – its potential to create dependency – has been almost completely eliminated in research with mice…
Cigarettes leave deadly path by purging protective genes
• Genetics • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 24 08
A University of Rochester scientist discovered that the toxins in cigarette smoke wipe out a gene that plays a vital role in protecting the…
Several genes that regulate the disease SLE have been identified
• Genetics • • Immunology • Jan 22 08
Swedish researchers, in collaboration with foreign colleagues, have identified a number of new genes that can be tied to the disease SLE, including a…
Genetic differences may help explain response to multiple sclerosis treatment
• Genetics • • Neurology • Jan 15 08
By comparing the DNA of patients with multiple sclerosis whose symptoms are reduced by interferon beta therapy to the DNA of those who continue…
Two Genes Are Important Key to Regulating Immune Response
• Genetics • • Immunology • Dec 28 07
A research team at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City has identified two genes that may be crucial to the production of…
Study reveals 2 genes linked to disabling arthritis
• Arthritis • • Genetics • Oct 21 07
An international team of researchers led by a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center geneticist has discovered two genes linked to a disabling form…
Genetic variation affects smoking cessation treatment
• Genetics • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 20 07
Mark Twain boasted that it was easy to quit smoking because he did it every day. We now may have the beginnings of understanding…
Genes in rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Genetics • Sep 18 07
A paper published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine provides strong evidence that one specific part of the genome is associated…
The importance of gene regulation for common human disease
• Genetics • Sep 17 07
A new study published in Nature Genetics on Sunday 16 September 2007 show that common, complex diseases are more likely to be due to…
Genetic variant linked to odor perception
• Genetics • Sep 17 07
Why the same sweaty man smells pleasant to one person and repellant to another comes down to the smeller’s genes.
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Selection on genes underlying schizophrenia during human evolution
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 05 07
Several genes with strong associations to schizophrenia have evolved rapidly due to selection during human evolution, according to new research in the Proceedings of…
Evolution is driven by gene regulation
• Genetics • Aug 10 07
It is not just what’s in your genes, it’s how you turn them on that accounts for the difference between species — at least…
Alcohol, Tobacco and Genetics
• Genetics • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 10 07
Alcohol and smoking can be harmful, if not deadly. While the desire for these substances can be due to environmental cues, genomic factors also…
Multiple Sclerosis Gene Uncovered After 30-year Search
• Genetics • • Neurology • Jul 30 07
For the first time in more than three decades, a multi-center team of researchers has uncovered a gene linked to multiple sclerosis (MS) that…
Gene Identified for Crohn’s Disease in Children
• Bowel Problems • • Genetics • Jul 19 07
Pediatrics researchers have identified a gene variant that raises a child’s risk of Crohn’s disease, a chronic and painful condition attributed to inflammation of…
Some Smokers Have Genetic Predisposition to Develop COPD
• Genetics • • Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 12 07
Some people have a genetic variation that makes them more susceptible to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) if they smoke tobacco, according to new…
Men and women equally transmit genetic risk of MS to their children
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Neurology • Jun 28 07
Men and women with multiple sclerosis (MS) equally transmit the genetic risk of the disease to their children, according to a study published June…
Scientists identify first gene linked to scoliosis
• Children's Health • • Genetics • Jun 25 07
Physicians have recognized scoliosis, the abnormal curvature of the spine, since the time of Hippocrates, but its causes have remained a mystery - until…