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Golden retrievers help scientists track human disease genes
A team of EU-funded researchers has successfully identified a gene that triggers a skin disorder in dogs - and the findings could have implications for humans who also suffer from the condition. Whether it ...
Genetics
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Genetic study links body clock receptor to diabetes
A study published in Nature Genetics today has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for me ...
Diabetes
Jan 29, 2012 |
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Study finds mutations tied to aggressive childhood brain tumors
Researchers studying a rare, lethal childhood tumor of the brainstem discovered that nearly 80 percent of the tumors have mutations in genes not previously tied to cancer. Early evidence suggests the alterations play a unique ...
Genetics
Jan 29, 2012 |
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Genetics study reveals how pneumococcus bacteria evolve to evade vaccines
Genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used in both the UK and US to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. The study, published today in Nature Genetics, which investigates how bacter ...
Genetics
Jan 29, 2012 |
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Three new genetic links to breast cancer identified
(Medical Xpress) -- An international team of researchers has identified three new genetic loci associated with an increased susceptibility to breast cancer. As described in their paper published in Nature Ge ...
Genetics
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Gene research sheds light on timing of menopause
(Medical Xpress) -- An international team of researchers has discovered 13 new regions of the genome associated with the timing of menopause.
Genetics
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Inflammatory mediator promotes colorectal cancer by stifling protective genes
Chronic inflammation combines with DNA methylation, a process that shuts down cancer-fighting genes, to promote development of colorectal cancer, scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report today ...
Inflammatory disorders
Jan 22, 2012 |
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Natural enzyme provides potential new approach for treating graft-vs-host disease
A natural enzyme derived from human blood plasma showed potential in significantly reducing the effects of graft-vs.-host disease, a common and deadly side effect of lifesaving bone marrow transplants.
Medical research
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Scientists identify gene crucial to normal development of lungs and brain
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a gene that tells cells to develop multiple cilia, tiny hair-like structures that move fluids through the lungs and brain. The finding ...
Medical research
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Study finds two genes affect anxiety, behavior in mice with too much MeCP2
The anxiety and behavioral issues associated with excess MeCP2 protein result from overexpression of two genes (Crh [corticotropin-releasing hormone] and Oprm 1 [mu-opioid receptor MOR 1]), which may point the way to treating ...
Genetics
Jan 08, 2012 |
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Signaling to chromatin
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) in collaboration with their colleagues from the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering of the ETH ...
Genetics
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Scientists perform large asian genome-wide association study on kidney disease
Singapore and China scientists, headed by Dr Liu Jianjun, Senior Group Leader and Associate Director of Human Genetics at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Dr Yu Xueqing, a nephrologist at the 1st Affiliated Hospital ...
Genetics
Dec 29, 2011 |
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Three new eczema genes discovered
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from Children of the 90s at the University of Bristol, in collaboration with 22 other studies from across the world, have discovered three new genetic variants associated with ...
Genetics
Dec 26, 2011 |
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'Rare' brain disorder may be more common than thought: study
A global team of neuroscientists, led by researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida, have found the gene responsible for a brain disorder that may be much more common than once believed. In the Dec. 25 online issue of Nature Ge ...
Genetics
Dec 25, 2011 |
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A mother's touch may protect against drug cravings later
An attentive, nurturing mother may be able to help her children better resist the temptations of drug use later in life, according to a study in rats conducted by Duke University and the University of Adelaide in Australia.
Neuroscience
Dec 06, 2011 |
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