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Study reveals specific gene in adolescent men with delinquent peers

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created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Birds of a feather flock together, according to the old adage, and adolescent males who possess a certain type of variation in a specific gene are more likely to flock to delinquent peers, according to a landmark study led ...


Gene associated with pair-bonding in animals has similar effects in human males

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (19) | comments 6

Variation in the gene for one of the receptors for the hormone vasopressin appears to be associated with how human males bond with their partners, according to an international team of researchers.





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Gene Increases Susceptibility to Post-Traumatic Stress, Researchers Find

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A gene variant makes people who experienced trauma as children or adults more susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Yale researchers have found.


Culture, not just genes, can drive evolutionary outcomes

Genes drive behaviour, but culture can select genes: study

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Culture, not just genes, can drive evolutionary outcomes, according to a study released Wednesday that compares individualist and group-oriented societies across the globe.


'Culture of we' buffers genetic tendency to depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 14

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.


A polymorphism of the µ-opioid receptor is linked to alcohol misuse among adolescents

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A genetic study has examined the association between a polymorphism of the µ-opioid receptor (OPRM1) gene and alcohol misuse among adolescents. Results suggest that teens who carry the G allele (A118G) of the OPRM1 gene are ...


Examining genetic variations among the Huichol population of Mexico

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mexican researchers examined the polymorphisms of three enzymes -- alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH1B), aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) and cytochrome P4502E1 (CYP2E1) -- in the Mestizo and Huichol groups.The Huichols, an indigenous ...


Mice regain ability to extend telomeres suggesting potential for dyskeratosis congenita therapy

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The human genetic disease dyskeratosis congenita (DKC) is an autosomal dominant disease that leads to abnormalities in tissues with a rapid cell turnover - the skin, nails, bone marrow, lungs and gut. Patients with DKC experience ...


Gene blamed for immunological disorders shown to protect against breast cancer development

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) are voicing alarm that drugs to treat a wide variety of allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases now in human clinical trials may errantly spur development of breast ...


Researchers Explore Diabetes, Gene and Cognitive Performance Relationship

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Maine researchers studying cardiovascular risk factors that influence cognitive performance have discovered that diabetics who carry a particular genotype — one or more of the ApoE-e4 alleles ...


Genetic conflict in fish led to evolution of new sex chromosomes

Genetic conflict in fish led to evolution of new sex chromosomes

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

University of Maryland biologists have genetically mapped the sex chromosomes of several species of cichlid (pronounced "sick-lid") fish from Lake Malawi, East Africa, and identified a mechanism by which new ...


Progress towards Alzheimer's vaccine: Israeli researcher

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An Israeli researcher working on a vaccine to combat Alzheimer's disease said on Monday he had made important progress following tests on gene-altered laboratory mice.



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