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Of yeast and men: Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of Friedreich's ataxia
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Researchers in human genetics have long known that expansions of GAA repeats - resulting in this nucleotide triplet repeating hundreds or thousands of times - cause the most common hereditary neurological disorder known as ...
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Tiny differences in our genes help shed light on the big picture of human history
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By examining very small differences in people's genes, scientists from Cornell University have developed a new tool for identifying big events in human history and pinpointing the origins of specific gene ...
Modeling Genomic Erosion
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Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even though scientists have successfully sequenced the human genome, they still lack a clear picture of exactly how coding and non-coding DNA sequences function together, or how genomes evolve ...
Canine genome is studied in Britain
Jul 12, 2005 |
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Some dog breeds are more susceptible to particular diseases than others and British scientists want to identify their genetic predisposition.
Genetic link to heart failure
Dec 15, 2009 |
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A team of researchers, at Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, has identified a group of 12 genetic variants in the HSPB7 gene that is associated with heart failure in humans.
Researchers identify gene variant associated with both autism and gastrointestinal dysfunction
Mar 02, 2009 |
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A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) and Vanderbilt University have identified a specific gene variant that links increased genetic risk for autism with gastrointestinal (GI) conditions.
Reverse evolution in real-time
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Jan 11, 2009 |
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Evolutionary biology tells us that replaying life's tape will not not look at all like the original. The outcome of evolution is contingent on everything that came before. Now, scientists at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia ...
Study shows how glaciers affected deer evolution
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A 10-year study of mule and black-tailed deer has found unique subspecies created by the animals' responses to climate change thousands of years ago.
Y chromosome and surname study challenges infidelity 'myth'
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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Our surnames and genetic information are often strongly connected, according to a study funded by the Wellcome Trust. The research, published this week in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, may help genealogists create ...
Genetic testing for breast or ovarian cancer risk may be greatly underutilized
May 21, 2009 |
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Although a test for gene mutations known to significantly increase the risk of hereditary breast or ovarian cancer has been available for more than a decade, a new study finds that few women with family histories of these ...
Study finds health professionals, public unprepared for genomic medicine
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Although advances in genomic medicine for common adult chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer hold promise for improved prevention, diagnosis and treatment, health professionals and the public are not ...
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