Oncology & Cancer
Setback reported in research into cancer treatment
Scientists are reporting what could be very bad news for efforts to customize cancer treatment based on each person's genes.
Mar 7, 2012
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Genetics
Will a genetic mutation cause trouble? Ask Spliceman
In a brief paper in the journal Bioinformatics, Brown University researchers describe a new, freely available Web-based program called Spliceman for predicting whether genetic mutations are likely to disrupt the splicing ...
Mar 5, 2012
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Genetics
Effects of environmental toxicants reach down through generations
A Washington State University researcher has demonstrated that a variety of environmental toxicants can have negative effects on not just an exposed animal but the next three generations of its offspring.
Mar 2, 2012
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Genetics
New research shows childhood adversity causes changes in genetics
In a look at how major stressors during childhood can change a person's biological risk for psychiatric disorders, researchers at Butler Hospital have discovered a genetic alteration at the root of the association. The research, ...
Feb 27, 2012
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Genetics
Common flame retardant linked to social, behavioral and learning deficits
Mice genetically engineered to be susceptible to autism-like behaviors that were exposed to a common flame retardant were less fertile and their offspring were smaller, less sociable and demonstrated marked deficits in learning ...
Feb 16, 2012
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Genetics
Genetic studies of special mice could lead to rapid human health advances
Genetic information provided by a large group of specially-designed mice could pave the way to faster human health discoveries and transform the ways people battle and prevent disease.
Feb 16, 2012
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Genetics
Treatment for tuberculosis can be guided by patients' genetics
A gene that influences the inflammatory response to infection may also predict the effectiveness of drug treatment for a deadly form of tuberculosis.
Feb 7, 2012
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Genetics
Sweeping genetic analysis of rare disease yields common mechanism of hypertension
Analyzing all the genes of dozens of people suffering from a rare form of hypertension, Yale University researchers have discovered a new mechanism that regulates the blood pressure of all humans.
Jan 22, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New way to learn about, potentially block traits in harmful pathogens
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have developed a new way to identify the genes of harmful microbes, particularly those that have been difficult to study in the laboratory.
Jan 9, 2012
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Genetics
Gene fusion in lung cancer afflicting never-smokers may be target for therapy
Smoking is a well-known risk factor for lung cancer, but nearly 25% of all lung cancer patients have never smoked. In a study published online today in Genome Research, researchers have identified a previously unknown gene ...
Dec 22, 2011
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