The precision of DNA testing portrayed on mystery television shows could soon become reality. With a new technique developed at Kyoto University, a simple swab sample can accurately confirm relatedness between two individuals ...
Aug 22, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Potential new asthma genes have been identified in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) combined with subsequent lung expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysis, according to research published online ...
Jul 28, 2016
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A study by York University researcher Caroline Davis and her colleagues at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is the first to demonstrate that variants of the Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) gene contribute to why ...
Jul 12, 2016
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Researchers have identified eight new genetic variations in the human genome that could be linked to an increased risk of developing myeloma. The findings provide additional evidence and build on existing research that suggests ...
Jul 1, 2016
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New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that a genetically lowered birthweight increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The study is by Dr ...
Jun 23, 2016
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How tall we are is not simply governed by the genes written in our DNA – it's also got to do with how that DNA is folded inside our cells.
Jun 14, 2016
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A model developed to estimate the absolute risk of breast cancer suggests that a 30-year-old white woman in the United States has an 11.3 percent risk, on average, of developing invasive breast cancer by the age of 80, according ...
May 26, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Genetic variants have been identified in psoriasis patients that correlate with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α treatment response, according to research published online April 30 in the Journal of Dermatology.
May 10, 2016
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The discovery of shared biological properties among independent variants of DNA sequences offers the opportunity to broaden understanding of the biological basis of disease and identify new therapeutic targets, according ...
Apr 28, 2016
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Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and other institutions have uncovered a site of genetic variation that identified which patients with Parkinson's disease are more likely to ...
Apr 14, 2016
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