Genetics
'Apple-shaped' body? 'Pear-shaped'? Your genes may tell
(HealthDay)—A large, new study has uncovered 24 genetic variations that help separate the apple-shaped people from the pear-shaped ones.
Feb 18, 2019
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Medical research
The biomechanics of vascular aging
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) lead to atherosclerosis and heart failure and are prevalent age-related illnesses in humans. In a new study, published in the renowned journal JCI, scientists from Roland Foisner's group at the ...
Jan 8, 2019
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Genetics
Researchers discover new gene for hair loss
Hypotrichosis simplex leads to progressive hair loss as early as childhood. A team of researchers led by human geneticists at the University Hospital of Bonn has now found a gene that is responsible for this rare form of ...
Nov 7, 2018
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Neuroscience
Just a few drinks can change how memories are formed
One of the many challenges with battling alcohol addiction and other substance abuse disorders is the risk of relapse, even after progress toward recovery. Even pesky fruit flies have a hankering for alcohol, and because ...
Oct 25, 2018
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Genetics
Researchers find answers as to why some people are at risk of gout
University of Otago researchers have helped characterise a genetic variant that enables new understanding of why some people are at risk of gout, a painful and debilitating arthritic disease.
Sep 12, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetically encoded sensor tracks changes in oxygen levels with very high sensitivity
Based on a protein from E. coli, scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a fluorescent protein sensor able to provide real-time information on dynamic changes in oxygen levels with very high sensitivity. ...
Aug 31, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research reveals new insights into hepatitis B
Researchers at the University of Delaware, working with colleagues at Indiana University, have gained new insights into the virus that causes hepatitis B—a life-threatening and incurable infection that afflicts more than ...
Jun 1, 2018
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Health
A clinical trial wants your DNA – what should you do?
On May 6, the "All of Us" study started enrolling participants. This national study will be one of the largest ever examining the connection between genetics, behavior and medical outcomes, with a goal of 1 million or more ...
May 21, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Nurses' care of young mothers leaves traces in babies' DNA
Researchers have known for a couple of decades that early life adversity can affect the way that particular genes function through a process called epigenetics—a bit like a dimmer switch on a light, pushing gene activity ...
May 2, 2018
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Cardiology
What can a tasty milkshake teach us about the genetics of heart disease?
From 2002 to 2005, about 800 people in Minnesota and Utah drank more than 1,500 milkshakes, and they got to say they were doing it for science.
Apr 24, 2018
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