News tagged with common genetic

Genetic regulation of metabolomic biomarkers -- paths to cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes

In a study to the genetic variance of human metabolism, researchers have identified thirty one regions of the genome that were associated with levels of circulating metabolites, i.e., small molecules that ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene research sheds light on timing of menopause

(Medical Xpress) -- An international team of researchers has discovered 13 new regions of the genome associated with the timing of menopause.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New international research defends genome-wide association studies

(Medical Xpress) -- Since 2005, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified thousands of genes responsible for common human diseases.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Analysis does not support genetic test before use of anti-clotting drug

Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that a certain type of genetic testing (for the genotype CYP2C19) be considered before prescribing the drug clopidogrel to identify individuals who may ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies genetic basis of human metabolic individuality

In what is so far the largest investigation of its kind, researchers uncovered a wide range of new insights about common diseases and how they are affected by differences between two persons' genes. The results from this ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Asthma treatment may be headed toward personalized medicine

Asthma patients could clearly benefit from personalized medicine, a new study suggests. However, the new discovery of a key gene, while exciting, does not mean that day is here quite yet.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Large meta-analysis finds new genes for type 1 diabetes

The largest-ever analysis of genetic data related to type 1 diabetes has uncovered new genes associated with the common metabolic disease, which affects 200 million people worldwide. The findings add to knowledge of gene ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fluid equilibrium in prehistoric organisms sheds light on a turning point in evolution

Maintaining fluid balance in the body is essential to survival, from the tiniest protozoa to the mightiest of mammals. By researching recent genomic data, Swiss researchers have found genetic evidence that links this intricate ...

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Genetics meets metabolomics

Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum Munich and LMU Munich, in cooperation with Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and King's College London (KCL), have identified several associations between genetic variants and specific metabolic ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New biochemical discoveries into developing disease

Researchers have undertaken the most comprehensive investigation of genetic variance in human metabolism and discovered new insights into a range of common diseases. Their work has revealed 37 new variants that are associated ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

King Tut and half of European men share DNA

According to a group of geneticists in Switzerland from iGENEA, the DNA genealogy center, as many as half of all European men and 70 percent of British men share the same DNA as the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (21) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

Genetic study sheds new light on auto-immune arthritis

The team of researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Queensland. Oxford, Texas and Toronto, used a technique called genome-wide association where millions of genetic markers are measured in thousands of people that have ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic testing for inherited cardiac conditions is 'patchy' in Europe

While genetic inheritance is known to play a role in the multifactorial development of most diseases of the heart, there are also a number of clearly diagnosed cardiac conditions which owe their development to quite specific ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers report progress using iPS cells to reverse blindness

Researchers have used cutting-edge stem cell technology to correct a genetic defect present in a rare blinding disorder, another step on a promising path that may one day lead to therapies to reverse blindness ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aurora A may contribute to kidney disease

The Aurora A kinase may contribute to polycystic kidney disease (PKD) by inactivating a key calcium channel in kidney cells, according to a study in the June 13 issue of The Journal of Cell Biology.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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