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Researchers find new clues about aging

National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a new pathway that sets the clock for programmed aging in normal cells. The study provides insights about the interaction between a toxic protein called progerin and ...

Medical research Jun 13, 2011 | 4.6 / 5 (16) | 0 |

Researchers find link between common dietary fat, intestinal microbes and heart disease

A new pathway has been discovered that links a common dietary lipid and intestinal microflora with an increased risk of heart disease, according to a Cleveland Clinic study published in the latest issue of Nature.

Medical research Apr 06, 2011 | 4.7 / 5 (7) | 0 |

Eating your greens can change the effect of your genes on heart disease, say researchers

A long-held mantra suggests that you can't change your family, the genes they pass on, or the effect of these genes. Now, an international team of scientists, led by researchers at McMaster and McGill universities, is attacking ...

Genetics Oct 11, 2011 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 0 |

International study identifies new gene targets for hypertension treatment

A new international report from scientists around the world finds that common variants in 28 regions of DNA are associated with blood pressure in human patients. Of the identified regions, most were completely unsuspected, ...

Genetics Sep 11, 2011 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

Scientists map the genomic blueprint of the heart

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have revealed the precise order and timing of hundreds of genetic "switches" required to construct a fully functional heart from embryonic heart cells—providing new ...

Medical research Sep 13, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Mom, dad and kids undergo novel genome analyses for medical risks in new study

Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have predicted the inherited health risks of a four-person family by analyzing their whole genome sequences. With the DNA sequences of both parents and children, the team ...

Genetics Sep 15, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

HDL: Not so 'good' after all?

After years of having it drilled into their heads, most people now know that LDL (low-density lipoprotein) is the "bad" cholesterol package that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, and HDL (high-density ...

Health Aug 28, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

A new way of looking at Prader-Willi Syndrome

An Australian study reveals that people with the rare genetic disorder known as Prader-Willi Syndrome may have an impaired autonomic nervous system. This discovery opens up a new way of looking at the insatiable appetite ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Nov 15, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Discovery offers unprecedented look at regulation of gene expression

(Medical Xpress)—A groundbreaking technique developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is allowing scientists to examine histone modifications of genetic loci – a process that regulates gene expression ...

Medical research Jan 25, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Largest coronary artery disease study shows evidence of link between inflammation and heart disease

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) participated in the largest genetic study of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) to date. Researchers from the CARDIoGRAMplusC4D Consortium report the identification of 15 genetic ...

Genetics Dec 03, 2012 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Safeguards against misuse of genetic data urged

Rapid advancements in genetic disease research necessitate innovative safeguards for patients, according to new American Heart Association policy recommendations published in Circulation, an American Heart Association journa ...

Genetics May 29, 2012 | 3 / 5 (2) | 1

Genes play greater role in heart attacks than stroke: study

People are significantly more likely to inherit a predisposition to heart attack than to stroke, according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, an American Heart Association journal.

Cardiology Jul 26, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Stroke risk considerably higher if sibling had stroke

If your brother or sister had a stroke, you may be at least 60 percent more likely to have one too, according to research reported in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics.

Cardiology Apr 10, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Study discovers first real indicator of longevity in mammals

A team of researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), headed by CNIO Director María Blasco, has demonstrated in a pioneering study on mammals that longevity is defined at a molecular level by the ...

Medical research Sep 27, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1