Balance tips toward environment as heritability ebbs in autism?
The largest and most rigorous twin study of its kind to date has found that shared environment influences susceptibility to autism more than previously thought.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 04, 2011 |
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Study finds new ADHD genes, links susceptibility with autism and other neuropsychiatric conditions
New research led by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Toronto has identified more genes in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and shows that there is an overlap between some of these ...
Genetics
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Genetics of flu susceptibility: Researchers find gene that can transform mild influenza to a life-threatening disease
A genetic finding could help explain why influenza becomes a life-threating disease to some people while it has only mild effects in others. New research led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has identified for the first ...
Genetics
Mar 25, 2012 |
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Inflammation drives Crohn's disease, says study
Inflammation -- not genetic susceptibility -- drives the growth of intestinal bacteria and invasive E. coli linked to Crohn's disease (CD), reports a new Cornell study.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 16, 2012 |
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Mutations in autism susceptibility gene increase risk in boys
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have identified five rare mutations in a single gene that appear to increase the chances that a boy will develop an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Autism spectrum disorders
Jul 12, 2012 |
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New method helps link genomic variation to protein production
Scientists have adopted a novel laboratory approach for determining the effect of genetic variation on the efficiency of the biological process that translates a gene's DNA sequence into a protein, such as hemoglobin, according ...
Genetics
Nov 06, 2012 |
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Three possible susceptibility genes found in neurodegenerative disorder
An international research team, co-led by scientists at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida, have discovered three potential susceptibility genes for development of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare neurodegenerative ...
Genetics
Jun 19, 2011 |
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Urgent research needed to determine most effective follow-up care for lung cancer patients
Scientist say there is an urgent need for research into all aspects of follow-up care in lung cancer. The study presented in the May 2012 issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's (IASLC) Journal of ...
Cancer
Apr 15, 2012 |
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Arthritis study reveals why gender bias is all in the genes
Researchers have pieced together new genetic clues to the arthritis puzzle in a study that brings potential treatments closer to reality and could also provide insights into why more women than men succumb to the disabling ...
Genetics
Nov 16, 2012 |
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Molecular switch affects panic disorder
Panic disorder sufferers will tell you the attacks are some of the most sudden, frightening and uncomfortable experiences ever. But what makes some people susceptible to these attacks and others not? Studies of twins point ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 15, 2011 |
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Toasting your health: Take care with alcohol consumption
(Medical Xpress)—The holidays are a time to consume—food, gifts, and spirits. Here are a few alcohol-related story ideas from The Methodist Hospital. Because alcohol's effects on human physiology are complex, advice about ...
Health
Dec 20, 2012 |
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Depression prevention better than cure
Eight out of ten Australians would radically change their risky behaviour if tests showed they had a genetic susceptibility to depression, a national study has found.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Exposure to micronutrients pre-pregnancy associated with gene modifications in offspring
The offspring of women who were given micronutrient supplements (minerals needed in small quantities, such as iron, iodine and vitamin A) before they became pregnant had gene modifications at birth as well as when they were ...
Genetics
Feb 22, 2012 |
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A new breast cancer susceptibility gene
Mutations in a gene called XRCC2 cause increased breast cancer risk, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Human Genetics. The study looked at families that have a history of the disease but do not ...
Genetics
Mar 29, 2012 |
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New hope for migraine sufferers: Female gene link identified
New hope has arrived for migraine sufferers following a Griffith University study with the people of Norfolk Island.
Genetics
Jun 04, 2012 |
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