News tagged with gene deletions


Studies in mice confirm that mutations in the gene, UBE3B, cause a rare genetic disorder in children

Researchers have defined the gene responsible for a rare developmental disorder in children. The team showed that rare variation in a gene involved in brain development causes the disorder. This is the first time that this ...

Genetics created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Molecular 'portraits' of tumours match patients with trials in everyday clinical practice

Researchers in France are taking advantage of the progress in genetic and molecular profiling to analyse the make-up of individual cancer patients' tumours and, using this information, assign them to particular treatments ...

Cancer created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

100 gene deletions in mice identifies 9 new genes that determine bone strength

A genetic screening approach to studying bone disease has found nine new genes associated with bone health and suggests a new way to discover genes that may be implicated in human skeletal diseases. A collaborative study ...

Genetics created Aug 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is short stature associated with a 'shortage' of genes?

New research sifts through the entire genome of thousands of human subjects to look for genetic variation associated with height. The results of the study, published by Cell Press in the December issue of the American Jo ...

Genetics created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast