Proteins linked to longevity may be involved in mood control
(Medical Xpress) -- Over the past decade, MIT biologist Leonard Guarente and others have shown that very-low-calorie diets provoke a comprehensive physiological response that promotes survival, all orchestrated by a set of ...
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Dec 09, 2011 |
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Genetic sequencing could help match patients with biomarker-driven cancer trials, treatments
As cancer researchers continue to identify genetic mutations driving different cancer subtypes, they are also creating a catalog of possible targets for new treatments.
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Nov 30, 2011 |
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Surprising pathway implicated in stuttering
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have obtained new evidence that at least some persistent stuttering is caused by mutations in a gene governing not speech, but a metabolic pathway involved ...
Genetics
Nov 22, 2011 |
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EHJ paper underlines need for improved links between cardiologists and psychiatrists
People taking anti-psychotic drugs and anti-depressant drugs have a much higher risk of dying during an acute coronary event of a fatal arrhythmia than the rest of the population, finds a Finnish study published in the European He ...
Cardiology
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Kawasaki disease linked to wind currents
Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a severe childhood disease that many parents, even some doctors, mistake for an inconsequential viral infection. In fact, if not diagnosed or treated in time, it can lead to irreversible heart damage. ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Gene variant increases risk of kidney disease in African-Americans
African-Americans with two copies of the APOL1 gene have about a 4 percent lifetime risk of developing a form of kidney disease, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The finding brings scientists ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Five new genes affecting the risk of coronary artery disease identified
An international consortium of scientists reports the discovery of five new genes that affect the risk of developing coronary artery disease (CAD) and heart attacks in a study to be published in the open-access journal PLoS Ge ...
Genetics
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Decoding vaccination: Researchers reveal genetic underpinnings of response to measles vaccine
Researchers at Mayo Clinic are hacking the genetic code that controls the human response to disease vaccination, and they are using this new cipher to answer many of the deep-seated questions that plague vaccinology, including ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Control of fear in the brain decoded
When healthy people are faced with threatening situations, they react with a suitable behavioural response and do not descend into a state of either panic or indifference, as is the case, for example, with ...
Neuroscience
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Alzheimer's brains found to have lower levels of key protein
Researchers have found that a protein variation linked by some genetic studies to Alzheimer's disease is consistently present in the brains of people with Alzheimer's. In further biochemical and cell culture investigations, ...
Medical research
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Genetically engineered cardiac stem cells repaired damaged mouse heart
Genetically engineered human cardiac stem cells helped repair damaged heart tissue and improved function after a heart attack, in a new animal study.
Cardiology
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Public prefers limited informed consent process for biobanks
Biobanks are repositories for tissue samples, usually in the form of blood or saliva or leftover tissue from surgical procedures. These samples are collected and used for future research, including genetic research. They ...
Genetics
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Genetic study shows that low body fat may not lower risk for heart disease and diabetes
Having a lower percentage of body fat may not always lower your risk for heart disease and diabetes, according to a study by an international consortium of investigators, including two scientists from the Institute for Aging ...
Genetics
Jun 26, 2011 |
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60 new mutations in each of us: Speed of human mutation revealed in new family genetic research
(Medical Xpress) -- Each one of us receives approximately 60 new mutations in our genome from our parents. This striking value is reported in the first-ever direct measure of new mutations coming from mother ...
Genetics
Jun 12, 2011 |
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New statistical method could improve search for genes involved in common diseases
Recent breakthroughs in the analysis of genetic variation in large populations have led to the discovery of hundreds of genes involved in dozens of common diseases. Many of these discoveries were enabled by performing "meta-analysis," ...
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