http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New study published in Reproductive Biomedicine Online shows that fluid-filled cavity in 5-day old human blastocysts may contain DNA from the embryo, allowing diagnosis of genetic disease without a biopsy http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-sampling-embryonic-dna-ivf-biopsy.html Medical research Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:37:28 EST news284107039 The most common inherited form of mental retardation and autism, fragile X syndrome, turns some brain cells into chatterboxes, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-fragile-brain-cells.html Neuroscience Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:36:01 EST news280586147 (Medical Xpress)—Six years ago, Boise State University biology professor Greg Hampikian and computer science colleague Tim Andersen announced that they had identified tiny DNA and protein sequences that were absent in nature. Hampikian termed these sequences 'nullomers' and a headline in the New Scientist magazine proclaimed the sequences as "DNA Too Dangerous to Exist." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-dna-potential-cancert-treatment.html Cancer Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:33:41 EST news269026390 (Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have shown for the first time that one of the sex chromosomes is involved in the development of a cancer that can afflict both genders, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study in Nature Genetics. The finding may help explain why men have higher rates of bowel cancer than women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-gene-link-higher-bowel-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 01 Jun 2012 08:51:07 EST news257759459 New research presented today at the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology meeting has found a genetic region, which may control testicle development in the foetus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-genetic-region-responsible-testicle.html Genetics Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:49:41 EST news236285325 University of Minnesota Medical School and College of Biological Sciences researchers have made a key discovery showing that male sex must be maintained throughout life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-gene-required-male-sex-life.html Genetics Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:41:26 EST news230391677