Key mechanism for a common form of Alzheimer's disease discovered
Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with researchers from Icelandic Heart Association, Sage Bionetworks, and other institutions, have discovered that a network of genes involved in ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Apr 25, 2013 |
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DNA sequencing: Changing the landscape of science and biology
UConn researchers are at the forefront of new discoveries and understanding about the smallest molecules in the body that can have a momentous impact on human health.
Genetics
Mar 26, 2013 |
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Two studies reveal genetic variation driving human evolution
A pair of studies published by Cell Press on February 14th in the journal Cell sheds new light on genetic variation that may have played a key role in human evolution. The study researchers used an animal ...
Genetics
Feb 14, 2013 |
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New genetic test can predict man's risk of developing prostate cancer
Researchers in Japan have created a genetic test that will help doctors diagnose prostate cancer. When given together with testing for prostate specific antigen (PSA), a widely used diagnostic biomarker for ...
Cancer
Feb 08, 2013 |
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A privacy risk in your DNA: New policies are needed to safeguard participants' identity in genetic studies
The growing ease of DNA sequencing has led to enormous advancements in the scientific field. Through extensive networked databases, researchers can access genetic information to gain valuable knowledge about causative and ...
Genetics
Feb 07, 2013 |
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New findings in the search for genetic clues to insulin production
In research published online Dec. 23, 2012 in the journal Nature Genetics, scientists have found three new and relatively rare genetic variants that influence insulin production, offering new clues about ...
Genetics
Dec 23, 2012 |
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Psychology professor seeks clues to psychiatric disorders in DNA
Data, data everywhere. In genomics research, there is a data deluge, so innovative ways to analyze all that information will play a critical role in future breakthroughs.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 12, 2012 |
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Sequencing project will map DNA of up to 100,000 patients
A new £100m project will map the DNA of up to 100,000 patients with cancer and other rare diseases.
Genetics
Dec 11, 2012 |
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Reading history through genetics: New method analyzes recent history of Ashkenazi and Masai populations
Computer scientists at Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science have published a study in the November 2012 issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG) that demonstrates a new approach used to analy ...
Genetics
Dec 05, 2012 |
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Large international study finds 21 genes tied to cholesterol levels
In the largest-ever genetic study of cholesterol and other blood lipids, an international consortium has identified 21 new gene variants associated with risks of heart disease and metabolic disorders. The findings expand ...
Genetics
Oct 11, 2012 |
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Advances in the development of an early detection kit for bowel cancer
Rubén Armañanzas and Pedro Larrañaga, researchers of the Computational Intelligence Group at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid's Facultad de Informática have used advanced statistical and data ...
Cancer
Sep 25, 2012 |
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Informatics approach helps doctors, patients make sense of genome data
The cost of sequencing the entire human genome, or exome – the regions of the genome that are translated into proteins that affect cell behavior – has decreased significantly, to the point where the cost of looking at ...
Genetics
Sep 20, 2012 |
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DNA repair pathway score for predicting chemotherapy response in ovarian cancer patients
A DNA repair pathway-focused score has the potential to help determine if first-line platinum based chemotherapy can benefit advanced-stage ovarian cancer patients, according to a study published April 13 in the Journal of ...
Cancer
Apr 13, 2012 |
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Genomic data on chronic lung disease made readily available on new website
The constant focus on customer needs that drives the design of everything from automobiles to personal computers has now been applied to a field traditionally immune to such concepts: the scientific study of disease.
Genetics
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Researchers weigh methods to more accurately measure genome sequencing
Lost in the euphoria of the 2003 announcement that the human genome had been sequenced was a fundamental question: how can we be sure that an individual's genome has been read correctly?
Genetics
Feb 03, 2012 |
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