News tagged with hereditary tendency
Probing question: What causes migraine?
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Imagine you are talking to a coworker when your vision blurs, and spots of light appear on the periphery. Feeling nauseated, you try to continue the conversation, but you’re having trouble remembering the words for things. ...
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New technique could eliminate inherited mitochondrial disease
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed an experimental technique with the potential to prevent a class of hereditary disorders passed on from mother to child. The technique, as yet conducted ...
Researcher offers hope for male diabetes sufferers
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Glasgow have made a significant discovery in the study of a rare form of diabetes which predominantly affects men.
Scientists discover gene mutation responsible for hereditary neuroendocrine tumor
Jul 23, 2009 |
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University of Utah researchers and their colleagues have identified the gene that is mutated in a hereditary form of a rare neuroendocrine tumor called paraganglioma (PGL). The gene, called hSDH5, is required for activation ...
Fruit fly steps in to fight human disease
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Belgian scientists have successfully introduced genes coding for a variant of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, into fruit flies. CMT is one of the most common hereditary disorders of the peripheral nervous system. VIB ...
Work in mice will contribute to the study of hereditary diseases that lead to blindness
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Researchers of the University of Granada (Spain) have used a technique consisting of the induction of neuronal degeneration neuronal for intense light exposure in the mouse's retina that will be helpful for ...
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus may not be associated with human prostate cancer
Oct 16, 2009 |
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The xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) which has previously been linked to prostate cancer has been found to have a dramatically lower prevalence among German prostate cancer patients, if any. Contrary ...
Survival of the healthiest: Selective eradication of malignant cells
Nov 05, 2009 |
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The ultimate goal in cancer research, a treatment that kills cancer cells whilst leaving healthy cells untouched, is brought nearer by the success of a new therapeutic approach. The potential therapy, published in BioMed ...
Herding leads to wrong decisions in the stock market
Sep 21, 2009 |
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One reason for extreme fluctuations in the stock market is herding.
Replication at DNA damage sites highlights Fanconi anemia and breast cancer proteins
Sep 10, 2009 |
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While Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare and dangerous disease, new laboratory research at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center shows it may lead researchers toward clues in more common diseases, including highly ...
What really prompts the dog's "guilty look"
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Jun 11, 2009 |
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What dog owner has not come home to a broken vase or other valuable items and a guilty-looking dog slouching around the house? By ingeniously setting up conditions where the owner was misinformed as to whether ...
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