News tagged with heredity
Heredity
Heredity is the passing of traits to offspring (from its parent or ancestors). This is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parent cell or organism. Through heredity, variations exhibited by individuals can accumulate and cause some species to evolve. The study of heredity in biology is called genetics, which includes the field of epigenetics.
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New gene variant may explain psychotic features in bipolar disorder
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found an explanation for why the level of kynurenic acid (KYNA) is higher in the brains of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disease with psychosis. The study, which ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 05, 2013 |
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A genetic defect in sex cells may predispose to childhood leukemia
Researchers at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and the University of Montreal have found a possible heredity mechanism that predisposes children to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most ...
Genetics
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Lifestyle changes could prevent 400 cardiac events and 200 deaths in Swedish PCI patients
Up to 400 cardiac events and 200 deaths in Swedish PCI patients could be avoided by following a heart healthy lifestyle, according to research from the SPICI study presented at ESC Congress 2012. The results were presented ...
Cardiology
Aug 28, 2012 |
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Researchers complete the first epigenome in Europe
A study led by Manel Esteller, director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), professor of genetics at the University of Barcelona and ICREA researcher, has ...
Genetics
May 30, 2012 |
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Discovery reveals chromosomes organize into 'yarns'
Chromosomes, the molecular basis of genetic heredity, remain enigmatic 130 years after their discovery in 1882 by Walther Flemming. New research published online in Nature by the team of Edith Heard, PhD, from the Curie ...
Genetics
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Higher risk of autism among certain immigrant groups
A major register study from Karolinska Institutet shows that children born to certain groups of immigrants had an increased risk of developing autism with intellectual disability. The study includes all children in Stockholm ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Early history of genetics revised
The early history of genetics has to be re-written in the light of new findings. Scientists from the University Jena (Germany) in co-operation with colleagues from Prague found out that the traditional history ...
Genetics
May 03, 2011 |
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