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Scientists perform first Asian genome-wide association study on spine disease

Singapore and China scientists, headed by Dr Liu Jianjun, Senior Group Leader and Associate Director of Human Genetics at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Dr Gu Jieruo, a rheumatologist at the 3rd Affiliated Hospital ...

Genetics created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 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 created Sep 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Life scientists use novel technique to produce genetic map for African Americans

UCLA life scientists and colleagues have produced one of the first high-resolution genetic maps for African American populations. A genetic map reveals the precise locations across the genome where DNA from a person's father ...

Genetics created Jul 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

World's most advanced genetic map created

A consortium led by scientists at the University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School has constructed the world's most detailed genetic map.

Genetics created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New genetic risk factors of lupus found in study of African-American women

Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found four new genetic variants in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) that confer a higher risk of systemic lupus erythemathosus ("lupus") in African ...

Genetics created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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