Medical Genetics News

Medland et al . . Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans.

Doha: Under the title of 'Advances in Medical Genetics', the second Qatar Genetics Symposium participants have discussed prevalence of genetic diseases in the Middle East and strategies for their treatment and prevention.

Hamad Medical Corporation will host second Qatar genetic symposium, "Advances in medical genetics" at the Hajar auditorium on October 31.

CAN personal genomics lead to major scientific discoveries? Using online questionnaires filled in by its customers, genome-scanning firm 23andMe has identified new genetic variants associated with curly hair, the inability to smell asparagus in one's own urine and the bizarre reflex that causes some to sneeze in bright light .

It's been an intensive week of genomics here at the American Society of Human Genetics meeting , and I haven't been able to grab time to blog as much as I'd have liked.

Abstract Computational biology has the opportunity to play an important role in the identification of functional single nucleotide polymorphisms discovered in large-scale genotyping studies, ultimately yielding new drug targets and biomarkers.

Daniel MacArthur I write about the genetic and evolutionary basis of human variation, and the companies trying to sell you information about your genome.

A gene that plays a role in human vocal development and speech has been identified by an international team of scientists.

Researchers have created their first map of parts of the human genome that are considered disposable.

Tel: +358 9 1912 5476; Fax: +358 9 1912 5478; E-mail: paivi.lahermo@helsinki.fi Received 15 April 2009; Revised 13 August 2009; Accepted 9 September 2009; Published online 21 October 2009.

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The American Society of Human Genetics will be holding a meeting at the Hawaii Convention Center later this month.

Peter Orszag, the 40-year-old head of the White House Office of Management and Budget, is reported to drink so much tea, hot and iced, that he took a genetic test to see if his body could metabolize his voluminous intake of caffeine.

Shortly after birth, newborn babies undergo screening tests to detect a variety of diseases, mainly genetic conditions such as PKU, hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia.

There are tests that can screen newborn babies for dozens of genetic disorders. The goal is to diagnose the diseases early and increase chances of successful treatment.

Patients who have used an all-Wales service which provides advice about the increased risk of inheriting cancer, are being offered the chance to shape its future.

Jue D. Wang, Ph.D, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, and Iiris Hovatta, Ph.D., University of Helsinki, Finland are the 2010 recipients of the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Awards, funded by The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation.

The American Society of Human Genetics will present the 2009 William Allan Award to Huntington F. Willard, PhD, Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy at Duke University, in a formal ceremony at the Society's 59th Annual Meeting on October 23, 2009, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Sequenom , the health-care version of Sirius XM Radio in terms of seemingly random volatility , was up as much as 12.7% yesterday because the company did what it said it would do.

From the Departments of Psychology , Neuroscience , and Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics , Institute of Behavioral Medicine Research , and the Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair , The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.