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In autism, gene findings may help explain biology, guide drug discovery

(Medical Xpress) -- Autism and related disorders that profoundly affect behavior and development are diagnosed more often today than ever before.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Twin study offers insight into antisocial behavior

(Medical Xpress) -- There is good reason students and faculty walking the halls of the Seeley G. Mudd building think they are seeing double — they are.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study of smoking twins points to growing influence of genetic factors

A new study of twins led by the University of Colorado Boulder shows that today's smokers are more strongly influenced by genetic factors than in the past and that the influence makes it more difficult for them to quit.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Of mice and men, a common cortical connection

A new study using magnetic resonance imaging data of 406 adult human twins affirms the long-standing idea that the genetic basis of human cortical regionalization – the organization of the outer brain ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Twin study finds occupational chemical exposure may be linked to Parkinson's risk

A new research report contributes to the increasing evidence that repeated occupational exposure to certain chemical solvents raises the risk for Parkinson's disease. Researchers analyzed the occupational histories of twins ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Good relationship with teacher can protect first graders from aggression

Children who have a good relationship with their teacher may be protected from expressing aggression and being the target of aggression at school. That's the key finding in a new study of Canadian first graders that appears ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How normal cells become brain cancers

Brain tumor specimens taken from neurosurgery cases at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center has given scientists a new window on the transformation that occurs as healthy brain ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Vanishing twin' explains increased risk of birth defects

Australian researchers have made the significant discovery that loss of a twin during very early pregnancy explains the increased risk of birth defects seen in multiple pregnancies after infertility treatment.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Balance tips toward environment as heritability ebbs in autism?

The largest and most rigorous twin study of its kind to date has found that shared environment influences susceptibility to autism more than previously thought.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

True love may wait -- but waiting won't make you a safer lover later on

Whether sex education focuses only on abstinence or teaches students about contraception and other topics as well, it all shares one main message: Wait. In abstinence-only, students are exhorted to wait for sex until they're ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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