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Survey finds wide public support for nationwide study of genes, environment and lifestyle
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Four in five Americans support the idea of a nationwide study to investigate the interactions of genes, environment and lifestyle, and three in five say they would be willing to take part in such a study, according to a survey ...
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New genetic study sheds light on serious childhood disease
Jan 09, 2009 |
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Genetic variations that can predispose children to a serious disease that damages the heart have been identified in a genome-wide association study of Kawasaki Disease, published today in PLoS Genetics.
Genes for 9 health indicators
Dec 07, 2008 |
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A new genome-wide study examines genetic variants associated with nine metabolic traits and is the first to draw out novel variants from a population unselected for current disease. The traits are indicators for common disease ...
Genetic cause of innate resistance to HIV/AIDS
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 16, 2008 |
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Some people may be naturally resistant to infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The results of a study conducted by Dr. Nicole Bernard of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) bring ...
Genetic link found between anxiety, depression and insomnia
Jun 08, 2009 |
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The genes that play a role in adolescent insomnia are the same as those involved in depression and anxiety, according to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated ...
Fish protein link to controlling high blood pressure
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Medical scientists at the University of Leicester are investigating how a species of fish from the Pacific Ocean could help provide answers to tackling chronic conditions such as hereditary high blood pressure and kidney ...
Use folic acid to cut heart disease, say experts
Nov 27, 2006 |
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The scientific evidence is strong enough to justify using folic acid as a cheap and simple way of reducing heart disease and strokes, say researchers in this week’s BMJ.
Predicting the risk of a common fungal infection after stem cell transplantation
Jun 20, 2008 |
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In silico genetic analysis in mice has led to the discovery of a gene affecting susceptibility to a severe fungal infection in transplant recipients. In a study published June 20th in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, invest ...
Study examines challenges of diagnosing neurofibromatosis type 1-like syndrome
Nov 17, 2009 |
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An analysis of patients with a syndrome similar to the genetic disorder, neurofibromatosis type 1, indicates that diagnosis may be difficult because of shared clinical findings, such as certain pigmentary characteristics, ...
More gene mutations linked to autism risk
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More pieces in the complex autism inheritance puzzle are emerging in the latest study from a research team including geneticists from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the University ...
Postmortem genetic tests after sudden death may provide less expensive way to identify risk
Nov 15, 2009 |
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Targeted postmortem testing to identify genetic mutations associated with sudden unexplained death (SUD) is an effective and less expensive way to determine risk to relatives than comprehensive cardiac testing of first degree ...
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