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Genetics and life sciences instructors, who teach undergraduate students about population and evolutionary genetics, have a new teaching resource: the March 2013 Primer in the Genetics Society of America's journal Genetics uses current research on transcriptome divergence in two closely related species of field crickets to explain population genetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-resource-focuses-population-genetics-current.html Genetics Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:58:33 EST news282409071 A child can directly influence the attitude and behaviour of their parents towards the environment without them even knowing it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-kids-parents-respect-environment.html Pediatrics Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:39:19 EST news279945543 (Medical Xpress)—Scientists at The University of Manchester have for the first time identified why a patient who appears outwardly healthy may develop Parkinson's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-silent-parkinson-disease.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:01:21 EST news275047252 A new £100m project will map the DNA of up to 100,000 patients with cancer and other rare diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-sequencing-dna-patients.html Genetics Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:41:02 EST news274434048 Transporting a vaccine at -140 degrees Celsius on the difficult roads of Sub-Saharan Africa is problematic, but five students in life sciences have gone to Tanzania to attempt to find a solution. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-nitrogen-vaccines-tanzania.html Medications Mon, 06 Aug 2012 03:51:05 EST news263443856 When shopping for dad's Father's Day gift, consider what he gave you when you were conceived. If he smoked, your genes are likely damaged, and your odds for diseases increased. A report in the FASEB Journal shows that men who smoke before conception can damage the genes of their offspring. These inherited changes in DNA could render developing offspring susceptible to later diseases, providing evidence for quitting smoking before trying to conceive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-cigarette-dna-reproductive-cells-fathers.html Medical research Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:13:33 EST news259596520 Functional foods containing bacteria with beneficial health effects, or probiotics, have long been consumed in Northern Europe and are becoming increasingly popular elsewhere. To be of benefit, however, the bacteria have to survive in the very hostile environment of the digestive tract. A group of scientists from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ås, Norway have developed a "model gastric system" for evaluating the survival of bacteria strains in the human digestive system, and determined that some bacteria strains survive better when consumed as fermented milks. Their results are published in the February issue of the Journal of Dairy Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-food-probiotics-chance-health.html Health Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:30:01 EST news249131697 Researchers at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) and Forschungszentrum Julich in Germany have developed a new method for detailed analyses of electrical activity in the brain. The method, recently published in Neuron, can help doctors and researchers to better interpret brain cell signals. In turn, this may lead to considerable steps forward in terms of interpreting for example EEG measurements, making diagnoses and treatment of various brain illnesses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-brain-orchestra.html Neuroscience Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:04:04 EST news242885033 A new research project conducted at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen, shows that dietary fibres from brown algae boost the sensation of satiety, thereby making people eat less and lose more weight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-extra-weight-loss-dietary-fibers.html Health Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:26:26 EST news242562376 Training basic surgical techniques on toy animals before having to perform operations on living animals makes veterinary students much less anxious. At the same time, the use of laboratory animals is minimised. This is documented by a new PhD thesis from LIFE - the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-surgery-toy-animals-lessens-anxiety.html Other Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:25:19 EST news240575105 Drinking cherry juice significantly improves both the quality and duration of sleep, according to new findings from Northumbria University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-cherry-juice-good-nights.html Health Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:58:05 EST news239435871 McGill research team recently published new findings in the New England Journal of Medicine, pointing to a critical role for IRF8 in the development and function of monocytes and dendritic cells and in protecting against mycobacterial infections like TB in humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-serendipity-lifesaving-discovery.html Medical research Wed, 11 May 2011 10:24:04 EST news224328197