News tagged with genetic research

Four genes indentified that influence levels of 'bad' cholesterol

Scientists at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio have identified four genes in baboons that influence levels of "bad" cholesterol. This discovery could lead to the development of new drugs to reduce the ...

Medical research May 15, 2013 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Ethicists provide framework supporting new recommendations on reporting incidental findings in gene sequencing

In a paper published in Science Express, a group of experts led by bioethicists in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine provide a framework for the new American College of Medical Geneti ...

Genetics May 16, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Stem cell researchers move toward treatment for rare genetic nerve disease

(Medical Xpress)—UCLA researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to advance disease-in-a-dish modeling of a rare genetic ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes May 10, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Massive study closes in on cancers risk markers

Cancer research has taken a huge leap forward with scientists now able to identify more than 80 genetic markers found to increase the risk of breast, ovarian and prostate cancer. The COGS international research ...

Genetics May 15, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

First prospective trial shows molecular profiling timely for tailoring therapy

A clinical trial has shown that patients, and their physicians, are eager to jump into next-era cancer care—analysis of an individual's tumor to find and target genetic mutations that drive the cancer. Results of the study, ...

Cancer May 15, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Animals in research: Zebrafish

Zebrafish are probably not the first creatures that come to mind when it comes to animals that are valuable for medical research.

Medical research May 10, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Discovery holds potential in destroying drug-resistant bacteria

Through the serendipity of science, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have discovered a potential treatment for deadly, drug-resistant bacterial infections that uses the same approach that HIV uses to infect cells. ...

Medical research May 07, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Major international study finds no link between viral infection and rapidly developing Type 1 diabetes in young children

Some of the earliest results from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in The Young (TEDDY) study - a major Europe-USA consortium exploring the causes of type 1 diabetes in children – has found no evidence for viral ...

Diabetes May 06, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Breast cancer heterogeneity no barrier to predictive testing, study shows

Breast cancers contain many different cell types with different patterns of gene expression, but a new study provides reassurance that this variability should not be a barrier to using gene expression tests to help tailor ...

Cancer May 02, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Scientists identify important regulator for synapse stability and plasticity

(Medical Xpress)—Using the fruit fly as a model organism, neurobiologists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have identified the L1-type CAM neuroglian as an important regulator ...

Neuroscience Apr 25, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Expert discusses how BRAIN Initiative will affect neuroscience

Mapping the human brain, with its billions of neurons, is one of science's most elusive projects. But a new federal program—the $100 million Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative ...

Neuroscience Apr 24, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Discovery of gene involved in fatty liver disease

An international research consortium led by CIC bioGUNE has discovered the involvement of a gene in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Although the gene concerned (SLC2A1) had never previously been ...

Genetics Apr 24, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Discovery of new genes will help childhood arthritis treatment

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists from The University of Manchester have identified 14 new genes which could have important consequences for future treatments of childhood arthritis.

Arthritis & Rheumatism Apr 22, 2013 | not rated yet | 0 |

World Malaria Day: Research into a more efficient treatment for 'vivax malaria'

Whilst investment has been increasing in the past years into new treatments for the potentially fatal "malaria tropica", efficient treatment options are still lacking for "vivax malaria". This is a form of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Apr 29, 2013 | not rated yet | 0