Representatives with 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing service, have reported that people who have type O blood are slightly less likely to get COVID-19. The work has not yet been peer-reviewed, and their study ...
Having a faulty gene linked to dementia doubles the risk of developing severe COVID-19, according to a large-scale study.
May 26, 2020
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The difference in COVID-19 death rates between white people and black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people in the UK is shocking. One recent report found that, between the beginning of February and the end of April 2020, ...
May 21, 2020
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According to many observations, certain virus infections may play a part in the autoimmune attack that leads to type 1 diabetes. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and their Finnish colleagues have now produced ...
May 6, 2020
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An increased proportion of Indigenous American (IA) ancestry was associated with a greater incidence of HER2-positive breast cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association ...
Apr 3, 2020
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Most diseases have a genetic component. To better understand disease, researchers led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research are analysing genetic information to determine what keeps us healthy.
Jan 23, 2020
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The International Parkinson Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC) has now been in existence for ten years. In an article published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease the consortium reviews the progress made over the past ...
Jan 16, 2020
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A new study, published in Science Advances, identifies genes associated with high alcohol intake.
Jan 15, 2020
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(HealthDay)—You know that you need to watch your weight to lower your risk for heart disease, but that is far from the whole story.
Dec 27, 2019
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Researchers in the UCD Diabetes Complications Research Centre and their international collaborators have identified 16 regions of the human genome linked with diabetic kidney disease (DKD), the leading cause of kidney disease ...
Nov 19, 2019
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