News tagged with gene alterations


ADHD genes found, known to play roles in neurodevelopment

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Pediatric researchers have identified hundreds of gene variations that occur more frequently in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than in children without ADHD. Many of those genes were already ...


Gene alterations associated with response to anthracycline therapy for breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alterations in the topoisomerase II alpha (TOP2A) gene were associated with better patient outcomes following anthracycline-based therapy compared with non-anthracycline-based regimens, according to a study in the April ...





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Scientists develop technique to determine ethnic origin of stem cell lines

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 19 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An international team of scientists led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed a straightforward technique to determine the ethnic origin of stem cells.


UMass Amherst Chemists Discover How Cells Create Stability During Critical DNA-to-RNA Information Transfers

Chemists Discover How Cells Create Stability During Critical DNA-to-RNA Information Transfers

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of University of Massachusetts Amherst chemists believe they have for the first time explained how the main players in transcription -- RNA polymerase, RNA (red in illustration) and ...


Tracking Virus Resistance Genes in Watermelon Made Easier

Tracking Virus Resistance Genes in Watermelon Made Easier

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Finding watermelon genes that confer resistance to the devastating zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) has just been made easier, thanks to molecular markers developed by Agricultural Research ...


'Notch'ing up a role in the multisystem disease tuberous sclerosis complex

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two independent teams of researchers have identified a role for enhanced activation of the signaling protein Notch in tumors characterized by inactivation of either the TSC1 or the TSC2 protein. As indicated by Warren Pear, ...


Newly Discovered Gene Mutation Linked to Nerve Diseases

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have identified mutations in the gene for TRPV4 that cause two related degenerative motor nerve disorders, scapuloperoneal spinal muscular ...


Johns Hopkins scientists discover a controller of brain circuitry

Scientists discover a controller of brain circuitry

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 3

By combining a research technique that dates back 136 years with modern molecular genetics, a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist has been able to see how a mammal's brain shrewdly revisits and reuses the same molecular ...


Schizophrenia mouse model should improve understanding and treatment of the disorder

Schizophrenia mouse model should improve understanding and treatment of the disorder

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Scientists have created what appears to be a schizophrenic mouse by reducing the inhibition of brain cells involved in complex reasoning and decisions about appropriate social behavior.


New RNA interference technique can silence up to 5 genes

New RNA interference technique can silence up to five genes

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Researchers at MIT and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals report this week that they have successfully used RNA interference to turn off multiple genes in the livers of mice, an advance that could lead to new treatments ...


Genetic causes identified for disturbances in lipid metabolism

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Some of these common human gene variants are already known to be risk factors for diabetes mellitus. The pathomechanisms of diabetes have intrigued physicians and been the subject of much debate for many decades. These new ...


One step closer to closure: Neuroscientists discovery key to spinal cord defects

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Spinal cord disorders like spina bifida arise during early development when future spinal cord cells growing in a flat layer fail to roll up into a tube. In the Dec. 6 issue of Nature Cell Biology, researchers from the Jo ...



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