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Gene variation predicts rate of age-related decline in mental performance
A tiny difference in the coding pattern of a single gene significantly affects the rate at which men's intellectual function drops with advancing age, investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Veterans ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Psychologists discover a gene's link to optimism, self-esteem
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA life scientists have identified for the first time a particlular gene's link to optimism, self-esteem and "mastery," the belief that one has control over one's own life -- three critical psychological ...
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Sep 14, 2011 |
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International study identifies new gene targets for hypertension treatment
A new international report from scientists around the world finds that common variants in 28 regions of DNA are associated with blood pressure in human patients. Of the identified regions, most were completely unsuspected, ...
Sep 11, 2011 |
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Five inherited genetic variants linked to the most lethal prostate cancers
An international team of researchers led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has identified five inherited genetic variants that are strongly associated with aggressive, lethal prostate cancer. The discovery ultimately ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Researchers develop risk assessment model for advanced age-related macular degeneration
A new risk assessment model may help predict development of advanced age-related macular degeneration, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Discovery of genetic mutations better diagnose myelodysplastic syndromes
For patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), choosing the appropriate treatment depends heavily on the prognosis. Those patients at the highest risk of dying from their disease are typically offered the most aggressive ...
Jun 30, 2011 |
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New genetic risk factors of lupus found in study of African-American women
Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found four new genetic variants in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) that confer a higher risk of systemic lupus erythemathosus ("lupus") in African ...
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Gene linked to severity of autism's social dysfunction
With the help of two sets of brothers with autism, Johns Hopkins scientists have identified a gene associated with autism that appears to be linked very specifically to the severity of social interaction deficits.
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Psychosocially hazardous neighborhoods associated with worse cognitive function in some older adults
Residing in a psychosocially hazardous neighborhood is associated with worse cognitive function in older age for persons with the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (an alternative form of the gene), according to a report in ...
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Mar 07, 2011 |
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100-year-old specimens help determine when avian pox hit Galapagos
A research team from across the United States and Ecuador has pinpointed 1898 as the year the avipoxvirus, or avian pox, hit the Galapagos Islands and started infecting its birds. This estimation is vital ...
Jan 13, 2011 |
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