News tagged with genotype score
Genetic screening no better than traditional risk factors for predicting type 2 diabetes
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Screening for a panel of gene variants associated with the risk for type 2 diabetes can identify adults at risk for the disorder but is not significantly better than assessment based on traditional risk factors such as weight, ...
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HBV genotype B/B3 and C/C1 are the major genotypes in Indonesia?
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Previous studies revealed that HBV genotypes as well as mutations in the core promoter, precore or HBx gene have been shown to have an association with the clinical outcome of liver disease, however, this is still controversial. ...
'Nature' and 'nurture' variables early predictors of AMD
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Like many diseases, causes for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can be categorized as either "nature" or "nurture". Researchers think these factors, when used in the proper model, can be strong predictors of the disease.
Genetic variation associated with poorer response, cardiovascular outcomes with use of clopidogrel
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Patients with a certain genetic variation who received the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel had a decreased platelet response to treatment and among those who had percutaneous coronary intervention (procedures such as balloon ...
New ways to predict violent behavior?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 25, 2009 |
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In the future, diagnosing severe personality disorders, evaluating the childhood environment, assessing alcohol consumption and the analysis of the MAOA genotype may provide more accurate means for assessing risk among violent ...
Warning over codeine use after tonsillectomy
Aug 19, 2009 |
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A report out of The University of Western Ontario, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, warns the use of codeine to treat pain following a tonsillectomy could prove fatal for some children. Dr. Gideon Koren, ...
Tracking levels of key biomarkers reflects disease activity and progression of rheumatoid arthritis
Jun 15, 2009 |
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New research has identified biomarkers associated with inflammation and progression in joint erosion in individuals with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to the results of a new study presented at EULAR 2009, the ...
Study verifies that cholesterol-associated gene variants can predict cardiovascular events
Mar 19, 2008 |
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A study appearing in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine confirms that a combination of gene variants previously associated with cholesterol levels does reflect patients’ cholesterol levels and can signify increased ...
Cooking with sound -- Score stove enters test stage
Jul 17, 2009 |
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A low-cost generator with the potential to transform lives in the world's poorest communities is now being tested across the UK and in Nepal. The Score project, led by The University of Nottingham, is developing a bio-mass ...
New test could help diagnose early dementia
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A new cognitive test for detecting Alzheimer's disease is quicker and more accurate than many current tests, and could help diagnose early dementia.
Big cattle -- the genes that determine carcass weight
Aug 04, 2009 |
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An area of chromosome 6 that affects cattle carcass weight has been identified using two different Japanese species. Knowledge of this four-gene region, described in the open access journal BMC Genetics, should be useful ...
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