News tagged with statistical genetics

New findings in the search for genetic clues to insulin production

In research published online Dec. 23, 2012 in the journal Nature Genetics, scientists have found three new and relatively rare genetic variants that influence insulin production, offering new clues about ...

Genetics Dec 23, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Harmful protein-coding mutations in people arose largely in the past 5,000 to 10,000 years (Update)

(Medical Xpress)—A study dating the age of more than 1 million single-letter variations in the human DNA code reveals that most of these mutations are of recent origin, evolutionarily speaking. These kinds ...

Genetics Nov 28, 2012 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 1 |

With two new methods, scientists hope to improve genome-wide association studies

As scientists probe and parse the genetic bases of what makes a human a human (or one human different from another), and vigorously push for greater use of whole genome sequencing, they find themselves increasingly ...

Genetics Apr 26, 2013 | not rated yet | 0 |

Misregulated genes may have big autism role

A new study finds that two genes individually associated with rare autism-related disorders are also jointly linked to more general forms of autism. The finding suggests a new genetic pathway to investigate ...

Genetics Mar 21, 2013 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Scientists find gene interactions that make cocaine abuse death eight times more likely

Scientists have identified genetic circumstances under which common mutations on two genes interact in the presence of cocaine to produce a nearly eight-fold increased risk of death as a result of abusing the drug.

Genetics Jan 22, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

A hidden architecture: Researchers use novel methods to uncover gene mutations for common diseases

Human geneticists have long debated whether the genetic risk of the most common medical conditions derive from many rare mutations, each conferring a high degree of risk in different people, or common differences throughout ...

Genetics Mar 25, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Researchers identify genetic signatures of exceptional longevity in re-published study

While environment and family history are factors in healthy aging, genetic variants play a critical and complex role in conferring exceptional longevity, according to researchers from the Boston University Schools of Public ...

Genetics Jan 18, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

First prospective trial shows molecular profiling timely for tailoring therapy

A clinical trial has shown that patients, and their physicians, are eager to jump into next-era cancer care—analysis of an individual's tumor to find and target genetic mutations that drive the cancer. Results of the study, ...

Cancer May 15, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Psychology professor seeks clues to psychiatric disorders in DNA

Data, data everywhere. In genomics research, there is a data deluge, so innovative ways to analyze all that information will play a critical role in future breakthroughs.

Psychology & Psychiatry Dec 12, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Novel type 2 diabetes genetic study involves five major ancestry groups

A consortium of scientists who are taking a novel approach in their research to detect the genetic variations that predispose individuals to type 2 diabetes provided an update of their findings at the American Society of ...

Genetics Nov 08, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Surprising findings from Exome Sequencing Project reported

A multi-institutional team of researchers has sequenced the DNA of 6,700 exomes, the portion of the genome that contains protein-coding genes, as part of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)-funded Exome Sequencing ...

Genetics Nov 06, 2012 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Sweetened soft drinks linked to preterm birth

Sweetened (sugar-sweetened and artificially-sweetened) drinks may be linked to preterm birth, according to a recent joint study between Norwegian and Swedish researchers. It is important to prevent preterm ...

Health Aug 30, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

The dark path to antisocial personality disorder

With no lab tests to guide the clinician, psychiatric diagnostics is challenging and controversial. Antisocial personality disorder is defined as "a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Feb 07, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

We are what we experience: study

the ups and downs, and everything in between -- shape us, stay with us and influence our emotional set point as adults, according to a new study led by Virginia Commonwealth University researchers.

Psychology & Psychiatry Oct 05, 2011 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

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