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Engineering autism: Mice with extra chromosome region show many autistic signs

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mice who inherit a particular chromosomal duplication from their fathers show many behaviors associated with human autism, researchers report in the June 26th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press Publication. The duplic ...





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Missing chromosome predicts brain tumor patients' response to treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

People with a highly aggressive type of brain tumor who are missing a specific chromosome live longer and respond better to the chemotherapy drug temozolomide than people without this genetic abnormality, according to research ...


'Achilles' heel' in Y chromosome linked to sex disorders

'Achilles' heel' in Y chromosome linked to sex disorders

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The unique mechanism behind the evolutionary survival of the human Y chromosome may also be responsible for a range of sex disorders, from failed sperm production to sex reversal to Turner Syndrome.


Cleft lip and palate: Genes more important than thought?

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Comparing 500,000 snippets of human DNA put scientists from the University of Bonn on the right track. A genetic variant on chromosome 8 occurs with significantly higher frequency in people with cleft lip and palate than ...


Scientists demonstrate role of protein in distinguishing chromosome ends from DNA breaks

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Stowers Institute's Baumann Lab has demonstrated how human cells protect chromosome ends from misguided repairs that can lead to cancer. The work, published in The EMBO Journal, a publication of the European Molecular Biolog ...


Experienced pilots may be at risk of DNA damage from ionizing radiation

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Airline pilots who have flown for many years may be at risk of DNA damage from prolonged exposure to cosmic ionising radiation, suggests a study published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.


Novel chromosome abnormality appears to increase risk of autism

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 09, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A multi-institutional study involving Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified a chromosomal abnormality that appears to increase susceptibility to autism. In a New England Journal of Medicine report ...


Male sex chromosome losing genes by rapid evolution, study reveals

Male sex chromosome losing genes by rapid evolution, study reveals

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 11

Scientists have long suspected that the sex chromosome that only males carry is deteriorating and could disappear entirely within a few million years, but until now, no one has understood the evolutionary ...


Sex Talk Revelations of the Lonely Y Chromosome

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the week that the University of Leicester celebrates the 25th anniversary of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting (Thursday September 10) new findings from the world-renowned University of Leicester Department ...


Recurrent genetic deletion linked to autism

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created Jan 08, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Loss of a small portion of chromosome 16, known as 16p11.2, is significantly associated with autism report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Roswell ...


Researchers discover mechanism that prevents two species from reproducing

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Cornell researchers have discovered a genetic mechanism in fruit flies that prevents two closely related species from reproducing, a finding that offers clues to how species evolve.



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