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Genetics Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Genetics.

Results 1 - 20 of 3,461 in Genetics

  1. Are Chinese subsets of Southeast Asians? [Gene Expression]Read the original story

    2 hrs ago | ScienceBlogs

    Are Chinese subsets of Southeast Asians? permlink Life Science Posted on: December 15, 2009 7:23 AM, by Razib Khan That's probably the big takeaway of a new paper on the genetics of Asians, a set which includes South Asians, but in the new research mostly focuses on the people of East Asia.

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  2. Are Chinese subsets of Southeast Asians?Read the original story

    2 hrs ago | Gene Expression

    That's probably the big takeaway of a new paper on the genetics of Asians, a set which includes South Asians, but in the new research mostly focuses on the people of East Asia.

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    Related Topix: Sweden, Asa, Sweden, World News, Kyushu, Japan, Japan, Asae, Japan, Biology, Science

  3. New Suppressor Of Common Liver CancerRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Medical News Today

    Main Category: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Also Included In: Genetics ; Breast Cancer ; Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 15 Dec 2009 - 2:00 PST Tumor suppressor genes make proteins that help control cell growth.

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    Related Topix: Biology, Science, China, Asia, World News

  4. Link Between Sirtuins And Life Extension Strengthened By StudyRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Medical News Today

    Main Category: Seniors / Aging Also Included In: Nutrition / Diet ; Biology / Biochemistry ; Genetics Article Date: 15 Dec 2009 - 2:00 PST A new paper from MIT biology professor Leonard Guarente strengthens the link between longevity proteins called sirtuins and the lifespan-extending effects of calorie restriction.

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  5. Gene mutation for obesity 'rare'Read the original story

    8 hrs ago | Scotsman.com Business - Health News from NHS Choices

    ... Some papers, including the Daily Mail and The Times highlighted the fact that genes may be playing a part but that genetics doesna t usually tell the whole story. The Daily Mail gives more detail, saying that, among the 300 children in the study who ...

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  6. Master gene Math1 controls framework for perceiving external and internal body partsRead the original story

    Yesterday | Science, Industry and Business

    ... such as awakening because of a full bladder or a distended colon, said Dr. Huda Zoghbi professor of molecular and human genetics, pediatrics, neurology and neuroscience at BCM and Dr. Matthew Rose ...

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  7. Potential Genetic Links to Lung Disease Risk UncoveredRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Science Daily

    ... and Blood Institute (NHLBI). To conduct the analysis that is published online in the Dec. 13, 2009 issue of Nature Genetics , the researchers used data from the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) consortium. CHARGE ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Health

  8. Genetic Counselor Helps People Assess Risk of Disease, DisordersRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

    ... says. As a patient, "you want that reassurance that what you're doing is appropriate." Kubendran fell in love with genetics in her native India, where she received her medical training. After getting her degree, she went on to do research in ...

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  9. The promyelocytic leukemia zinc-finger gene, PLZF, is frequently...Read the original story

    8 hrs ago | Nature Publishing Group

    The promyelocytic leukemia zinc-finger gene, PLZF , is frequently downregulated in malignant mesothelioma cells and contributes to cell survival 1Cancer Genetics and Signaling Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA 3Department of Cardiothoracic ...

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    Related Topix: Leukemia, Health, Mesothelioma, Biology, Science, Philadelphia, PA, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry

  10. Jewish women could benefit from broader DNA testing for cancer risk: studyRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | C-Health

    ... doesn't make sense from a public health perspective," he said. "My goal is to prevent the cancer, not identify the genetics after. The only way I'm going to use genetics in a preventive setting is to be able to identify the carriers of the mutation ...

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    Related Topix: Ovarian Cancer, Health, Medicine, Breast Cancer, Biology, Science, Oncology

  11. Genetic and epigenetic regulation of agingRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | CiteULike

    ... issn = {09527915}, journal = {Current Opinion in Immunology}, keywords = {ageing, epigenetics, function, genetics, immunosenescence}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {446--453}, posted-at = {2009-12-14 23:54:47}, priority = {2}, title = ...

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  12. Virtual Genetics Lab III 1.1.1Read the original story

    17 hrs ago | Softpedia

    The Virtual Genetics Lab III application is a simulation of transmission genetics that tries to approximate the testing environment used in genetics research.

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    Related Topix: Biology, Science

  13. NIH-Funded Study Unveils Potential Genetic Links To Lung Disease RiskRead the original story

    18 hrs ago | RedOrbit

    ... and Blood Institute (NHLBI). To conduct the analysis that is published online in the Dec. 13, 2009 issue of Nature Genetics, the researchers used data from the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) consortium. CHARGE ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Health

  14. Integrative Predictive Model of Coronary Artery Calcification in Atherosclerosis [Genetics]Read the original story

    20 hrs ago | Circulation

    From the Children's Hospital Informatics Program , Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Boston, Mass; Harvard Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics , Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Department of Developmental Biology , Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Mass; Center for Public Health Genomics and Department of ...

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    Related Topix: Biology, Science, Boston, MA, University of Virginia, Wake Forest University

  15. Motor Phenotype of LRRK2 G2019S Carriers in Early-Onset Parkinson Disease [Original Contribution]Read the original story

    20 hrs ago | Archives General Psychiatry

    ... H. Sergievsky Center (Drs Louis, Cote, Ottman, and Marder), College of Physicians and Surgeons, Center for Human Genetics (Dr Clark), and Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health (Drs Louis and Ottman), Columbia University, ...

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    Related Topix: Parkinson's Disease, Health, Medicine, Neurology, Biology, Science, Columbia University, Rush University, Northwestern University

  16. Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2 ...Read the original story

    20 hrs ago | Archives General Psychiatry

    ... Direct sequencing of the MFN2 gene and clinical investigations of patients with MFN2 mutations. Setting Molecular genetics laboratory of a university hospital and the Limoges National Referral Center for Rare Peripheral Neuropathies. Patients One ...

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  17. Nutrigenetics Unlimited Inc. launches online databaseRead the original story

    Oct 23, 2009 | Chiropractic Economics

    October 23, 2009 - Nutrigenetics Unlimited Inc. announced the launch of its new online database - Nutrigenetics.net - providing extremely easy access to thousands of professional articles that reveal the interplay between genetics, health, and the environment.

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    Related Topix: Biology, Science, Life, Nutrition, Food

  18. Discovery of gene region that may account for as many as 15 percent of autism casesRead the original story

    Apr 30, 2009 | Medical News

    ... to affect as many as one in 150 U.S. children, ASDs are known from family studies to be strongly influenced by genetics . Previous studies have implicated several chromosome regions harboring rare variants in raising the risk of ASDs, but until now, ...

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  19. gender and geneticsRead the original story

    22 hrs ago | Ask MetaFilter

    Please recommend reading that will help me understand the role gender and gender hormones play in determining which parental gene set dominates in an individual.

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    Related Topix: Biology, Science

  20. University of Iowa Team Discovers New Eye DiseaseRead the original story

    22 hrs ago | WOWT-TV Omaha

    ... be very useful in eventually preventing or treating this and other diseases that affect the macula." The advanced genetics research capabilities at the UI Carver Family Center for Macular Degeneration increase the likelihood of finding a gene, ...

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