Suicide and genetics: a complicated association
Dear Mayo Clinic: Why does it seem that suicide tends to run in families? Does it have anything to do with genetics?
Apr 22, 2017
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Dear Mayo Clinic: Why does it seem that suicide tends to run in families? Does it have anything to do with genetics?
Apr 22, 2017
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Genetic diagnosis of disease and personalization of treatment have the potential to dramatically improve strategies for diagnosis and therapy. Around 80% or rare diseases are thought to have a genetic component, but currently ...
Apr 18, 2017
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Researchers in Malaysia have tested a combination of screening tools to assess their validity for the early diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Mar 18, 2016
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Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have successfully made a small intestine that has the structural and molecular components of a healthy intestine.
May 4, 2015
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Alcohol dependence (AD) has a genetic component and testing can determine a person's genetic risk for susceptibility to AD. A new study shows that while more than 85% of the African American adults expressed an interest in ...
Jul 15, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—A consortium of scientists from 20 countries, including researchers from The University of Western Australia, has made a major breakthrough in understanding the genetic basis of the debilitating disorder, ...
Sep 9, 2013
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Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered an unusual gene that controls the generation of neurons. This important finding, which is crucial in understanding serious diseases of the brain such ...
Aug 28, 2013
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Two novel susceptibility genes to Takayasu Arteritis have been identified by a research group from the Department of Rhematology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine. This study was published ...
Jul 8, 2013
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An enzyme that facilitates the breakdown of specific amino acids makes brain cancers particularly aggressive. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center discovered this in an attempt to find new targets for therapies ...
Jun 24, 2013
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A new study of the genetic origins of dyslexia and other learning disabilities could allow for earlier diagnoses and more successful interventions, according to researchers at Yale School of Medicine. Many students now are ...
Jun 13, 2013
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