A study in the World Journal of Surgery finds that obesity and two post-operative complications linked with it, incisional hernia and post-op infection, have associated genetic variants in common.
Nov 25, 2019
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Designer baby, anyone? A New Jersey startup company, Genomic Prediction, might be able to help you.
Nov 21, 2019
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A new paper in the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology finds a gene that may help explain a large part of the genetic risk for developing Alzheimer disease.
Nov 21, 2019
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Following a nearly 25-year search across three continents, parents of a pair of sisters—who as children slowly became paralyzed from the waist down—finally have a diagnosis, according to researchers at University of Southern ...
Nov 15, 2019
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One might think that the primary cause of most genetically linked diseases comes from mutations in coding DNA—alterations in coding regions of the genome that can lead directly to changes in the expression of particular ...
Nov 15, 2019
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Taller people have an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular and often rapid heartbeat that can lead to stroke, heart failure and other complications, according to a new Penn Medicine study. ...
Nov 13, 2019
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Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs)—such as Prilosec, Protonix and Nexium, have long been one of the most prescribed medications in the country to aid in the reduction of stomach acid.
Nov 7, 2019
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Researchers Lorenzo Pasquali and Mireia Ramos-Rodríguez have published recently in Nature Genetics the results of a study on the mechanisms that cause an inflammatory response to trigger pancreatic beta-cell death, leading ...
Nov 6, 2019
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A global research team led by scientists from Singapore and the United States has discovered new evidence that there is an underlying link between degeneration of the eye and brain. They found that genetic variation at a ...
Nov 6, 2019
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A new study published today [6 Nov] in Psychological Medicine and led by University of Bristol researchers has found that tobacco smoking may increase your risk of developing depression and schizophrenia.
Nov 6, 2019
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