Genetics
How genes work together to shape how much you smoke
Take a puff of nicotine for the first time, and your DNA plays an important role, alongside social and environmental factors, in shaping what happens next.
Mar 27, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Large-scale study explores genetic link between colorectal cancer and meat intake
In one of the largest ever gene-environment interaction studies of red meat and colorectal cancer, which explored the impact of red meat consumption on a person's cancer risk based on their genotype, researchers have identified ...
Mar 15, 2024
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Genetics may be responsible for one-third of complex regional pain syndrome cases
Genetic susceptibility may be responsible for around 1 in 3 cases of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), a poorly understood condition causing persistent severe and disabling pain, finds research published online in the ...
Oct 10, 2023
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Do genes determine whether you can be an endurance athlete?
For some of us, no matter how consistently we train, running never seems to get any easier—while others appear to be naturally gifted and can run for miles with ease. Part of this comes down to factors such as the kind ...
Aug 3, 2023
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Research examines the role of genetics in opioid use disorder
New research out of the University of Cincinnati examines the association between genetics and the presence of opioid use disorder (OUD). The study identified six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or genetic variants ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just less hungry and 'run hotter'
To date most research on obesity has focused on studying those with a high body mass index (BMI), but a research group in China is taking a different approach. In a study published July 14 in the journal Cell Metabolism, ...
Jul 14, 2022
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Gene variation may be early indicator for gastric cancer
Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are hoping to catch stomach cancer before it develops in at-risk patients. In a paper published in Gastroenterology, researchers identified a genetic variation that ...
Jun 6, 2022
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Huge study of diverse populations advances understanding of type 2 diabetes
Ongoing worldwide research of diverse populations by an international team of scientists, including a University of Massachusetts Amherst genetic epidemiologist, has shed important new light on how genes contribute to type ...
May 12, 2022
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New precision medicine tool discovers hidden genetic connections that could improve personalized medicine
All humans carry genetic variations in their DNA, called Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) that can underlie susceptibility to diseases such as diabetes and cancer. For Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) many disease-associated ...
Apr 28, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Chronologically young, biologically old: DNA linked to cancer survivors premature aging
Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified variants in two genes that are associated with accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors. Their research looked at the difference between their ...
Mar 22, 2022
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