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New Potential Therapeutic Target Discovered for Genetic Disorder – Barth Syndrome
• Genetics • • Heart • Mar 03 09
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center may have discovered a new targeted intervention for Barth Syndrome (BTHS). BTHS, a sometimes fatal disease, is a…
Researchers Identify Gene Variant Associated With Both Autism and Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
• Bowel Problems • • Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 02 09
A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) and Vanderbilt University have identified a specific gene variant that links increased…
Genetic discovery could lead to advances in dental treatment
• Dental Health • • Genetics • Feb 23 09
Researchers have identified the gene that ultimately controls the production of tooth enamel, a significant advance that could some day lead to the repair…
No stomach for market turmoil? Thank your genes
• Genetics • Feb 11 09
No stomach for the ups and downs of the financial market? Or maybe you lost everything in the global economic downturn? Genes important for…
Gene therapy promising for rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Genetics • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 03 09
Researchers have successfully used gene therapy to substantially reduce joint pain in two patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
These data “provide the first…
Consumers Desire More Genetic Testing, But Not Designer Babies
• Genetics • Jan 26 09
A new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center found a high desire for additional genetic testing among consumers for life altering…
Facial expressions of emotion are innate, not learned, says new stud
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 29 08
Facial expressions of emotion are hardwired into our genes, according to a study published today in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.…
Researchers Identify New Anti-Tumor Gene
• Cancer • • Genetics • Dec 16 08
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University have identified a new anti-tumor gene called SARI that can interact with and suppress a key protein that is…
Gene Therapy Effective Treatment Against Gum Disease
• Dental Health • • Genetics • Dec 11 08
Scientists at the University of Michigan have shown that gene therapy can be used to successfully stop the development of periodontal disease, the leading…
Researchers Identify Gene in Age Related Hearing Loss
• Genetics • • Skin Care • Dec 02 08
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, accounts for 30 percent of all hearing loss. So, why do some people lose their hearing as they get…
Alzheimer’s Gene Slows Export of Toxic Protein
• Genetics • • Neurology • Nov 14 08
The only known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease slows down the brain’s ability to export a toxic protein known as amyloid-beta that is…
What’s Your Child’s Genetic Destiny for Disease?
• Children's Health • • Genetics • Nov 04 08
What’s your child’s “genetic destiny?”
Does diabetes run in your family? Or has a genetic test indicated that your child may some day be…
Scientists identify new gene responsible for puberty disorders
• Genetics • Oct 27 08
A new gene responsible for some puberty disorders has been identified by Medical College of Georgia researchers.
They found that the gene mutated…
Newly-discovered mechanism can explain the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
• Genetics • Oct 26 08
Researchers from Uppsala University have discovered a mechanism that silences several genes in a chromosome domain. The findings, published in today’s on-line issue of…
Important new hair-loss gene discovered
• Genetics • Oct 13 08
Scientists at Bonn and Düsseldorf Universities have discovered an important hair-loss gene. During their study, the researchers investigated over 500,000 positions in the human…
First Gene Associated with Dry Macular Degeneration Found
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Genetics • Aug 28 08
In a study that underscores the important role that individual genetic profiles will play in the development of new therapies for disease, a…
Pain Perception – It’s All in the Genes
• Genetics • • Pain • • Surgery • Aug 22 08
Previous studies have shown that women experience more severe postoperative pain and require more narcotics than men in the early postoperative period. A study…
Does a gene variant make women more prone to alcoholism?
• Gender: Female • • Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 08 08
A particular gene variant might make women more susceptible to alcoholism. At least, a study carried out by the Universities of Bonn and Sweden’s…
Gene Variation Linked to Earlier Onset of Alzheimer’s Symptoms
• Genetics • • Neurology • Jun 10 08
Investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a genetic variation associated with an earlier age of onset in Alzheimer’s…
Gene therapy slows progression of fatal neurodegenerative disease in children
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Neurology • May 13 08
Gene therapy to replace the faulty CLN2 gene, which causes a neurodegenerative disease that is fatal by age 8-12 years, was able to slow…
Gene Therapy Improves Vision in Patients with Congenital Retinal Disease
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Genetics • Apr 28 08
In a clinical trial at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers from The University of Pennsylvania have used gene therapy to safely restore vision…
A Genetic Cause for Iron Deficiency
• Genetics • Apr 14 08
The discovery of a gene for a rare form of inherited iron deficiency may provide clues to iron deficiency in the general population…
Study Suggests Genetic Factors Associated With Common Fears
• Genetics • Apr 08 08
Genetic factors that are associated with fears appear to change as children and adolescents age, with some familial factors declining in importance over time…
More Genes for Lou Gehrig’s Disease Identified
• Genetics • • Neurology • Apr 08 08
In recent months a spate of mutations have been found in a disease protein called TDP-43 that is implicated in two neurodegenerative disorders: amyotrophic…
Like sweets? You’re more like a fruit fly than you think…
• Dieting • • Genetics • • Public Health • Mar 17 08
According to researchers at the Monell Center, fruit flies are more like humans in their responses to many sweet tastes than are almost any…