(Medical Xpress)—University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers have developed a new method for identifying rare gene variants, which scientists now believe are more informative for human disease studies than ...
Dec 17, 2013
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Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have found that a genetic variation that is linked to increased levels of triglycerides—fats in the blood associated with disorders such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity ...
Nov 25, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—In the first in-depth analysis of DNA methylation in fat, a process that affects the regulation of genes, researchers have linked regions of methylation to metabolic traits such as high body mass index ...
Nov 11, 2013
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The key to future HIV treatment could be hidden right in our own genes. Everyone who becomes infected deploys defense strategies, and some even manage to hold the virus at bay without any therapy at all. This immune system ...
Oct 29, 2013
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Human genes in immunity-related pathways are likely associated with the composition of an individual's microbiome, which refers to the bacteria and other microbes that live in and on the body, scientists reported today, Oct. ...
Oct 24, 2013
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Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has linked an inherited gene variation to a nearly four-fold increased risk of developing a pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) subtype that is associated ...
Oct 20, 2013
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Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in much of the industrialized world, including Japan. While cigarette smoke is most frequently the source of the disease, genetics can also play a role. Scientists have ...
Oct 18, 2013
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Follicular lymphoma is often caused by a translocation between chromosomes 14 and 18, resulting in the overexpression of a cancer-causing gene called BCL-2. A research team co-led by A*STAR scientists recently revealed another ...
Sep 25, 2013
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Australian researchers have demonstrated a strong association between the FTO (fat and obesity) gene and hip fracture in women. While the gene is already well known to affect diabetes and obesity, this is the first study ...
Sep 24, 2013
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European scientists, led by researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE)'s Faculty of Medicine in the context of the GEUVADIS project, today present a map that points to the genetic causes of differences between people. ...
Sep 15, 2013
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