Genetics

Cheaper, more effective treatment of type 1 Gaucher disease possible

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that new disease pathways involving more than one cell type leads to Type 1 Gaucher disease,…    

Promise of Outpatient Brain Gene Therapy is One Step Closer

In the October 17 issue of Nature Methods, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University describe how they can transfer genes into brain neurons intravenously,…    

New gene associated with increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers have identified a gene that appears to increase a person’s risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD), the most common type of the…    

Stress can control our genes

Stress has become one of the major disease states in the developed world. But what is stress? It depends on from where you look.…    

Taste genes predict tooth decay

Dental caries is a highly prevalent disease that is disproportionately distributed in the population. Caries occurrence and progression is known to be influenced by…    

Discovered gene causes Kabuki syndrome

Using a new, rapid and less expensive DNA sequencing strategy, scientists have discovered genetic alterations that account for most cases of Kabuki syndrome, a…    

Hebrew University researchers identify gene related to chronic pain

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and elsewhere have succeeded in identifying for the first time a gene associated with susceptibility to chronic…    

Marfan, A “Look-Alike” Disorder, Or Neither? Researchers Offer Simple List of Signs for Early Detect

Johns Hopkins researchers have compiled what they believe are reliable lists of tell-tale physical signs to help doctors recognize children with Marfan and Loeys-Dietz…    

Gene for cholesterol and cardiovascular disease identified through genome scan

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the Broad Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc., are some of the first…    

Consumer gene test results misleading: U.S. probe

People who send off their saliva to genetic testing companies to find out their risk for prostate cancer or diabetes are likely to get…    

Gene linked to aging also linked to Alzheimer’s

MIT biologists report that they have discovered the first link between the amyloid plaques that form in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients and a…    

Disease genes that followed the Silk Road identified

Scientists have identified key genes responsible for a severe inflammatory disease that has spread along the old silk trading routes from the Far East…    

Scientists Identify Critical Genes for Down Syndrome

Down syndrome is a well known cause of mental retardation and other medical problems, including early onset of Alzheimer disease. It has long been…    

A New Spin on Gene Delivery

Chang Lu and his chemical engineering research group at Virginia Tech have discovered how to “greatly enhance” the delivery of DNA payloads into…    

Mother’s diet, genes raise birth defect risk in mice

Mothers who eat a high fat diet before and during pregnancy may be putting their offspring at risk of birth defects, scientists said on…    

‘Copy-and-paste DNA’ more common than previously thought

Researchers at the University of Leicester have demonstrated that movable sequences of DNA, which give rise to genetic variability and sometimes cause specific diseases,…    

New Autism Susceptibility Genes Identified

Mount Sinai researchers and the Autism Genome Project Consortium (AGP) announced today that they have identified new autism susceptibility genes that may lead to…    

In India, 1 in 25 People Carry Gene That Causes Heart Failure

One in 25 people from India and other south Asian countries carries a mutated gene that causes heart failure.

Studying this gene,…    

Future Continues to Brighten for Children with Velocardiofacial Syndrome

Research about quality of life is improving the treatment of children with velocardiofacial syndrome, a chronic, genetic condition with a wide range of symptoms,…    

Genes and obesity

Thick or thin. Whichever you are, it may not be your fault.

HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo says our weight may boil down…    

Genes explain why Tibetans thrive in high places

Researchers have identified two genes that appear to explain why Tibetans are able to live comfortably in rarefied air at very high altitudes.

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New mutant genes linked to rheumatoid arthritis

A large study of European populations has uncovered seven new clusters of defective genes that may be responsible for rheumatoid arthritis, a painful…    

Gene therapy sets stage for new treatments for inherited blindness, Penn veterinary researchers say

Veterinary vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have safely and successfully used a viral vector in targeting a class of photoreceptors of the…    

Genes affect smoking behavior, lung cancer risk

Addicted to smoking and unable to quit? Your genes may be partly to blame, according to a trio of studies published Sunday in…    

Gene linked to obesity and higher Alzheimer’s risk

A variant of an obesity gene carried by more than a third of the U.S. population also reduces brain volume, raising carriers’ risk of…