A new analysis has uncovered a potential link between higher prostate cancer risk and genetic variants associated with higher bloodstream levels of the cholesterol-transporting molecule lipoprotein A. Anna Ioannidou of Imperial ...
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified rare genetic variants—carried by one in 3,000 people—that have a larger impact on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes than any previously identified genetic ...
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(Medical Xpress)—There is no truth to the long-held belief that alcohol causes depression, clinical neuroscientists from The University of Western Australia have concluded.
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Potential treatments for COVID-19 have been identified after the discovery of five genes associated with the most severe form of the disease.
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(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with members from Cornell University and the University of California has zeroed in on a genetic variant to help explain why it is that anxiety disorders tend to strike most often ...
Standing up from a chair, climbing stairs, brushing one's hair – all can be a struggle for people with a rare form of muscular dystrophy that causes progressive weakness in the shoulders and hips. Over time, many such people ...
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New research from a large international team of scientists offers a more complete picture of the genes responsible for type 2 diabetes, demonstrating that previously identified common alleles shared by many in the world are ...
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Carrying ten kilograms of excess body fat increases the risk of depression by seventeen per cent. The more fat, the greater the probability of developing depression. This is the main conclusion of a new study carried out ...
Aug 27, 2019
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Around four million people in the UK carry genetic variants that protect them from obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge. The team say the discovery could lead ...
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As people grow older, certain genetic mutations in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs)—which give rise to blood and immune cells—can eventually cause cancer or predispose people to cardiovascular disease.
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