News tagged with human molecular genetics


Genes: An extra hurdle to quitting smoking during pregnancy?

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Bristol, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children and the Exeter Family Study of Childhood Health, have identified a common genetic ...


Genetic sleuth solves glaucoma mystery

Genetic sleuth solves glaucoma mystery

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created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Dr. Michael Walter is one good gumshoe. The University of Alberta medical geneticist has cracked the case of WDR36, a gene linked to glaucoma.





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Prenatal molecular diagnosis for tuberous sclerosis complex

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Geneticists from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have reported the world's first series of cases of prenatal diagnosis for women at risk of having a child with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Earlier, the Center ...


Rethinking the Genetic Theory of Inheritance

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created Jan 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 2

Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have detected evidence that DNA may not be the only carrier of heritable information; a secondary molecular mechanism called epigenetics may also account for ...


A genetic basis for schizophrenia

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created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Schizophrenia is a severely debilitating psychiatric disease that is thought to have its roots in the development of the nervous system; however, major breakthroughs linking its genetics to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment ...


Irritable bowel syndrome can have genetic causes

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created Dec 10, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Irritations of the bowel can have genetic causes. Researchers at the Institute of Human Genetics at Heidelberg University Hospital have discovered this correlation. The causes of what is known as irritable bowel syndrome ...


Study Investigates DNA of Sleep

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created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study at the University of Leicester aims to investigate the DNA of sleep.


Genetic clues hold key to schizophrenia treatment

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created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers have taken a step forward in understanding the genetics of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.


Researchers identify gene that regulates tumors in neuroblastoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified a gene that may play a key role in regulating tumor progression in neuroblastoma, a form of cancer usually found in young children. Scientists hope the finding ...


Researchers find genes important to sleep

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created Feb 22, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

For many animals, sleep is a risk: foraging for food, mingling with mates and guarding against predators just aren't possible while snoozing.


Scientists identify gene for deadly inherited lung disease

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created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A rare, deadly developmental disorder of the lungs called alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV) that usually kills the infants born with it within the first month of life results from ...


Researchers identify role of gene in tumor development, growth and progression

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine researchers have identified a gene that may play a pivotal role in two processes that are essential for tumor development, growth ...



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