http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Scientists at IRB Barcelona present a model to demonstrate the correlation between genomic instability and cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cell-cancerous.html Cancer Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:13:22 EST news273402793 By using a model, researchers at the University of Montreal have identified and "switched off" a chemical chain that causes neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and dementia. The findings could one day be of particular therapeutic benefit to Huntington's disease patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-chemical-neurodegenerative-diseases.html Neuroscience Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:50:39 EST news273214228 Based on a wide variety of genetic studies and analysis– from genome wide association studies looking for common variations in the DNA of many people with complex diseases to the sequencing of specific gene mutations thought to cause disease to whole genome sequencing – four Houston leaders in the field propose a unified genetic model for human disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-experts-genetic-human-disease.html Genetics Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:25:34 EST news236517920 Scientists at Mount Sinai Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Toronto, University Health Network and McGill University have obtained significant new insights into the causes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune disorders including type 1 diabetes, lupus and Graves disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-genetic-clue-rheumatoid-arthritis.html Genetics Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:00:08 EST news232545414 Working with a group of national and international researchers, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have developed a new genetic model of premature aging disorders that could shed light on these rare conditions in humans and provide a novel platform for large-scale screening of compounds to combat these and other age-related diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-scientists-genetic-premature-aging-diseases.html Genetics Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:16:37 EST news223290969