Genetics News

While progress has been made in identifying genes associated with asthma, the disease is complex, and its development is likely dependent upon both genetics and environmental exposures, according to a leading expert presenting at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Miami Beach, Fla.

Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Genetics ; Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery Article Date: 06 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST Since her teens, Jennifer Jablon had watched family members deal with breast cancer during their 40s, 50s, and 60s.

New research sheds light on the possible link between the genes you inherit and the size of your belly.

This discovery, published in the October 2009 print issue of the journal Genetics , provides a crucial explanation of why some people seem to tolerate alcohol better than others, as well as a potential target for drugs aimed at preventing or eliminating alcoholism.

Main Category: Autism Also Included In: Genetics Article Date: 06 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST printer friendly view / write opinions rate article The Autism Consortium, an innovative collaboration of researchers, clinicians, funders and families dedicated to catalyzing research and enhancing clinical care for autism spectrum disorders , held its fourth ...

The cause of this particular break-up? A shift in wing color and mate preference.

The whole genome sequence of the domestic horse has been completed by the genome-sequencing center of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in collaboration with an international team of researchers that includes scientists at UC Davis.

The study in mice suggests that the gene may play an important role in maintaining cognitive function during aging.

Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, author most recently of Defeating Autism: A Damaging Delusion , was invited by the Progress Educational Trust to speak at the debate 'From Autism to Asperger's: Disentangling the Genetics and Sociology of the Autistic Spectrum' which took place in the UK Houses of Parliament on the evening of 20 October.

Lack of Immunotoxicity After Regional Intravenous Delivery of rAAV to Nonhuman Primate Skeletal Muscle 1INSERM UMR 649, CHU de Nantes, Universit de Nantes, Facult de Mdecine, Nantes, France 3INSERM UMR 643, CHU de Nantes, Institut de Transplantation et de Recherche en Transplantation, Facult de Mdecine, Universit de Nantes, Nantes, France 4Service ...

Calum A. MacRae, MD, PhD From Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

A judge's decision to reduce a killer's sentence because he has genetic mutations linked to violence raises a thorny question can your genes ever absolve you of responsibility for a particular act? In 2007, Abdelmalek Bayout admitted to stabbing and killing a man and received a sentenced of 9 years and 2 months.

The annotated genome is published online Nov. 1 by the journal Nature Genetics .

Mycobacterium leprae, the bacterium that causes leprosy, has only one known natural host -- humankind.

A diabetic fly? The fly on the left has normal insulin-like peptides. The fly on the right carries a deletion of insulin-like peptide genes and is small, with symptoms of... College Park, Md -- As rates of obesity, diabetes, and related disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the US in recent years, scientists are working from many angles to ...

A lawsuit challenging patents on two human genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer can move forward, a U.S. federal judge ruled on Monday.

Main Category: Depression Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry ; Genetics ; Mental Health Article Date: 28 Oct 2009 - 5:00 PDT A genetic tendency to depression is much less likely to be realized in a culture centered on collectivistic rather than individualistic values, according to a new Northwestern University study.

Main Category: Schizophrenia Also Included In: Genetics ; Autism Article Date: 27 Oct 2009 - 2:00 PDT Johns Hopkins scientists report having used a commercially available drug to successfully "rescue" animal brain cells that they had intentionally damaged by manipulating a newly discovered gene that links susceptibility genes for schizophrenia and ...

Main Category: Lung Cancer Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry ; Radiology / Nuclear Medicine ; Genetics Article Date: 31 Oct 2009 - 1:00 PDT Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have eliminated non-small cell lung cancer in mice by using an investigative drug called BEZ235 in combination with low-dose radiation.

Like all tissues in the body, the eye needs a healthy blood supply to function properly.