News tagged with genetic determinants


Breast cancer researchers find new drug target companion prognostic test for hormone therapy resistance

A team of international cancer researchers led by Dr. Mathieu Lupien at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, has identified the signalling pathway that is over-activated in estrogen receptor (ER)-positive ...

Cancer created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

An embryo that is neither male nor female

So, is it a girl or a boy? This is the first question parents ask at the birth of an infant. Though the answer is obvious, the mechanism of sex determination is much less so. Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) ...

Genetics created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Did wild birds cause the 2010 deadly West Nile virus outbreak in Greece?

In 2010, 35 people in Greece died from a West Nile virus (WNV) outbreak, with a further 262 laboratory-confirmed human cases. A new article published in BioMedCentral's open access journal Virology Journal examines whethe ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New genetic risk factor for inflammation identified in African American women

African Americans have higher blood levels of a protein associated with increased heart-disease risk than European Americans, despite higher "good" HDL cholesterol and lower "bad" triglyceride levels. This contradictory observation ...

Genetics created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Much work remains to be done to improve the lives of children with dyslexia

Scientific understanding and medical treatments for dyslexia have advanced over the past 5 years, but much work remains to be done to fully understand the causes of dyslexia and to improve the lives of children who struggle ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

U-M Health and Retirement Study adds genetic data to NIH database

The University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, a 20-year nationwide survey of the health, economic and social status of older Americans conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research, has added genetic information ...

Genetics created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New strain of lab mice mimics human alcohol consumption patterns

A line of laboratory mice developed by a researcher from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis drinks more alcohol than other animal models and consumes it in a fashion ...

Medical research created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 polymorphism affects alcohol dependence differently by gender

Researchers know that gender differences exist in the prevalence, characteristics, and course of alcohol dependence (AD). Polymorphisms of alcohol dehydrogenase-1B (ADH1B) and aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) are strong genetic ...

Other created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0