Health
Deodorants: Do we really need them?
New research shows that more than 75 per cent of people with a particular version of a gene don't produce under-arm odour but use deodorant anyway.
Jan 17, 2013
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News tagged with genotype
Inflammatory disorders
Gene testing asthmatic children could lead to better treatment
(Medical Xpress)—Testing asthmatic children for a specific gene could prevent their condition worsening, according to new research by scientists in Dundee and Brighton.
Jan 8, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Targeting hepatitis C treatment: The importance of interleukin (IL)-28
A metanalysis published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine has confirmed that polymorphisms (SNP) in the gene coding for interleukin-28 (IL28B) influence natural hepatitis C viral (HCV) clearance and response ...
Jan 7, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Interferon-free therapies for hep C virus look promising
(HealthDay)—For untreated patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV), treatment with an oral nucleotide inhibitor of HCV polymerase, sofosbuvir, plus ribavirin seems effective for genotypes 1, 2, and 3; and the HCV NS3 protease ...
Jan 3, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Polygenic risk score helpful for women with familial breast CA
(HealthDay)—For women affected by familial breast cancer, a polygenic risk score based on 22 genomic variants can identify women at high-risk of breast cancer, according to a study published in the Dec. 10 issue of the ...
Dec 18, 2012
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Addiction
The mu opioid receptor genotype may be a marker for those who drink for alcohol's rewarding effects
Previous research had identified an individual's subjective response to alcohol as a marker of alcoholism risk. The A118G single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the mu opioid receptor (OPRM1) gene had also been previously ...
Dec 14, 2012
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Health
Gene-environment interaction ups risk of preeclampsia
(HealthDay)—A genetic variant, AGT2R, in mothers, fathers, and neonates is associated with a significantly increased risk of preeclampsia in mothers with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m² or more, according to a study ...
Dec 10, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Emerging risk factors ID'd for postpartum depression
(HealthDay)—Emerging risk factors for postpartum depression include the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) genotype and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) status, both of which may interact to affect risk, according ...
Dec 7, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A risk gene for cannabis psychosis
The ability of cannabis to produce psychosis has long been an important public health concern. This concern is growing in importance as there is emerging data that cannabis exposure during adolescence may increase the risk ...
Nov 14, 2012
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Ophthalmology
Genotyping IDs long-term risk of macular degeneration
(HealthDay)—Genotyping of two genetic risk alleles can be used to estimate the long-term risk of early and late age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but knowing the phenotype is important in assessing risk when early ...
Nov 13, 2012
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