Breaking news on genetics
Universal Screening Of Newborns For Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Recommended published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Today, The Endocrine Society released a new clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). The guideline features a series of evidence-based clinical recommendations developed by an expert task force...
Epitwin: Largest Ever Epigenetics Project Launched published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
One of the most ambitious large-scale projects in Human Genetics has been launched: Epitwin will capture the subtle epigenetic signatures that mark the differences between 5,000 twins on a scale and depth never before attempted, providing key therapeutic targets for the development of drug treatments...
The Role Of CEP290 In Maintaining Ciliary Function Defined By Researchers published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
A new study in the September 6 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology helps define the role of an important ciliary protein, CEP290. The results could be applied toward targeted gene therapy in cilia-related diseases. Mutations in human CEP290 cause cilia-related disorders that range in severity from isolated blindness to perinatal death...
New Treatment Activates Death Program In Cancer Cells published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Cancer is a difficult disease to treat because it's a personal disease. Each case is unique and based on a combination of environmental and genetic factors. Conventional chemotherapy employs treatment with one or more drugs, assuming that these medicines are able to both "diagnose" and "treat" the affected cells...
CGC Genetics Introduces MicroArray Panel For Molecular Diagnosis Of Thrombophilia And Warfarin Pharmacogenetics published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
CGC Genetics, a 18 year-old European medical genetic testing company has recently expanded to the USA. The company offers a broad menu of more than 1,500 molecular diagnostic, cytogenetic and clinical genomic CLIA laboratory tests that cover all the major disciplines of medicine...
DNA Fingerprinting Pioneer Discovers Role Of Key Genetic Catalyst For Human Diversity published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Research by DNA fingerprinting pioneer and his team at University of Leicester defines engine for change in genetic hotspots...
Reducing Stem Cell Loss During Cancer Treatment published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that a gene critical for programmed cell death is also important in the loss of adult stem cells, a finding that could help to improve the health and well-being of patients undergoing cancer treatment...
Research By DNA Fingerprinting Pioneer And His Team At University Of Leicester Defines Engine For Change In Genetic Hotspots published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
One of the key drivers of human evolution and diversity, accounting for changes that occur between different generations of people, is explained by new research published by world-renowned scientist Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, who discovered DNA fingerprinting at the University of Leicester...
New Animal Model For Hemophilia A Developed By Yale published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed a new animal model for studying hemophilia A, with the goal of eventually treating people with the disorder. Hemophilia A, a hereditary defect that prevents blood from clotting normally, is caused by a variety of mutations in the factor VIII gene...
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Retain An Inactivated X Chromosome published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Female induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, reprogrammed from human skin cells into cells that have the embryonic-like potential to become any cell in the body, retain an inactive X chromosome, stem cell researchers at UCLA have found. The finding could have implications for studying X chromosome-linked diseases such as Rett syndrome, caused by mutations in a gene located on the X chromosome...
Lineagen, Inc. Selected To Present At The 2010 Genetic Risk Factors For Autism: Translating Discoveries Into Diagnostics Symposium In Toronto published
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Lineagen, Inc., a developer of innovative genomic tests and services for the screening, evaluation and diagnosis of complex disorders and diseases including autism spectrum disorders, announced today that Dr. Michael S...
Dr Manuel Ferreira Is A QIMR Geneticist On A Mission To Discover The Underlying Causes Of Asthma, Australia published
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
He is heading the largest Australian study of asthma genetics - the Australian Asthma Genetics Consortium - which has brought together the top asthma genetics experts from across the country to try to solve the genetic puzzle of asthma. For 1 in 10 Australians, asthma is part of their everyday life...
Low Grades In Adolescence Linked To Dopamine Genes published
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects - English, math, science, history - if their DNA contains one or more of three specific dopamine gene variations, according to a study led by renowned biosocial criminologist Kevin M. Beaver of The Florida State University...
Genetically Modified Salmon As Safe To Eat As Normal Atlantic Salmon published
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:00:00 PDT
U.S. regulators say that genetically engineered salmon as safe to eat as wild Atlantic salmon, after completing a preliminary analysis. Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc., have genetically modified their salmon so that they eat all year round and grow twice as fast as salmon typically would in their natural environments. Genetically modified (engineered) salmon is an Atlantic salmon...
Peeling Back DNA Packaging To Gain Insight Into Cells published
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Scientists have built a clearer picture of how lengthy strands of DNA are concertinaed when our cells grow and divide, in a discovery could help explain how cell renewal can go wrong. Scientists have identified thousands of proteins that play a key role in compacting DNA - a crucial process by which DNA is shortened up to 10,000 times to fit inside cells as they split into two...
Lupus Research Institute-Funded Study Points To Increased Risk For Lupus In Men published
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Lupus Research Institute-funded researcher Betty Tsao, PhD, at the University of California Los Angeles has discovered that humans - males in particular - with a variant form of the immune receptor gene "Toll Like Receptor 7 (TLR7)" are at increased risk of developing the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus)...
The Art Of Dividing published
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
A basic requirement for growth and life of a multicellular organism is the ability of its cells to divide. Chromosomes in the cells duplicate and are then distributed among the daughter cells. This distribution is organized by a protein complex made up of several hundred different proteins, called the centrosome...
All Genes In One Go published
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
The majority of rare diseases are hereditary. But despite significant progress in genome research, in most cases their exact cause remains unclear. The discovery of the underlying genetic defect is, however, a prerequisite for their definitive diagnosis and the development of innovative approaches to their treatment...
Serendipity Contributes To MRSA Susceptibility Findings published
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Duke University Medical Center researchers have found two genes in mice which might help identify why some people are more susceptible than others to potentially deadly staph infections. The researchers uncovered important genetic clues that ultimately could help inform patient management and drug development...
Cancer-Causing Gene Found To Be Crucial In Stem Cell Development published
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Stem cells might be thought of as trunks in the tree of life. All multi-cellular organisms have them, and they can turn into a dazzling variety other cells - kidney, brain, heart or skin, for example...
Gene Doping Detectable With A Simple Blood Test published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PDT
German scientists from Tübingen and Mainz have developed a blood test that can reliably detect gene doping even after 56 days. Scientists at the universities in Tübingen and Mainz have developed a test that can provide conclusive proof of gene doping...
HapMap 3 Points The Way Forward For Human Genetics Studies published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
New findings show the value of genetic studies across human populations and the value of the latest DNA sequencing technologies to interrogate genetic variation. The results, from the latest phase of the international HapMap Project, are reported in Nature...
A Genetic Predisposition To Alcohol Dependence May Be Indicated By Sensitivity To Alcohol Odors published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are DNA sequence variations that occur when a single nucleotide in the genome sequence is altered. Prior research suggested an association between SNPs in a gene that encodes aspects of the brain's gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA)-A receptors (the GABRA2 gene) and alcohol dependence...
Chromosomal Rearrangement, Gene Copy Number Methods Featured In Cold Spring Harbor Protocols published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
A cell devotes a significant amount of effort to maintaining the stability of its genome, preventing the sorts of chromosomal rearrangements characteristic of many cancers. Assays that measure the rate of gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs) are needed in order to understand the individual genes and the different pathways that suppress genomic instability...
Novel Nanotechnology Collaboration Leads To Breakthrough In Cancer Research published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
One of the most difficult aspects of working at the nanoscale is actually seeing the object being worked on. Biological structures like viruses, which are smaller than the wavelength of light, are invisible to standard optical microscopes and difficult to capture in their native form with other imaging techniques...
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