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HPV Test More Accurate Than Pap Test At Detecting Cervical Cancer, NEJM Studies Say

Categorie : Genetics
Human papillomavirus tests are more accurate than Pap tests in the detection of cervical cancer and precancerous changes in the cervix, according to two studies published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Wall Street Journal reports (Tomsho, Wall Street Journal, 10/18). For one ...

read more Human papillomavirus tests are more accurate than Pap tests in the detection of cervical cancer and precancerous changes in the cervix, according to two studies published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Wall Street Journal reports (Tomsho, Wall Street Journal, 10/18). For one read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

The Origin Of Several Neurodegenerative Diseases May Be Explained By The Accumulation Of Sugar In Neurons

Categorie : Genetics
A phenomenon considered healthy for cells, such as the accumulation of long chains of glucose (glycogen), which tissues store for energy purposes, is harmful for neurons. Published in the latest issue of Nature Neuroscience, this finding has been made by a team of Spanish researchers led by Joan J. ...

read more A phenomenon considered healthy for cells, such as the accumulation of long chains of glucose (glycogen), which tissues store for energy purposes, is harmful for neurons. Published in the latest issue of Nature Neuroscience, this finding has been made by a team of Spanish researchers led by Joan J. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Using Stem Cells To Treat Damaged Eyes And A Rare Skin Disorder

Categorie : Genetics
Doctors and scientists in Italy have shown how stem cells can be used to treat damaged eyes and, in combination with gene therapy, a rare and debilitating skin disease. [click link for full article] ...

read more Doctors and scientists in Italy have shown how stem cells can be used to treat damaged eyes and, in combination with gene therapy, a rare and debilitating skin disease. [click link for full article] read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Genetic Influence A Factor In Pace Of HIV/AIDS Progression

Categorie : Genetics
Viral load -- the amount of virus in the blood of an HIV-infected person -- has long been viewed as the chief indicator of how quickly someone infected with HIV infection progresses to AIDS. New data published in Nature Immunology builds on previous work that suggests that severa ...

read more Viral load -- the amount of virus in the blood of an HIV-infected person -- has long been viewed as the chief indicator of how quickly someone infected with HIV infection progresses to AIDS. New data published in Nature Immunology builds on previous work that suggests that severa read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Cilia And Sense Of Touch

Categorie : Genetics
Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues have found a previously unrecognized role for tiny hair-like cell structures known as cilia: They help form our sense of touch.Humans and genetically engineered mice lacking functional cilia respond more slowly to physical sensations such as exposure to h ...

read more Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues have found a previously unrecognized role for tiny hair-like cell structures known as cilia: They help form our sense of touch.Humans and genetically engineered mice lacking functional cilia respond more slowly to physical sensations such as exposure to h read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Alcohol-Psychotherapy Outcomes May Be Moderated By GABRA2 Genotype

Categorie : Genetics
While both environmental and genetic factors contribute to the risk of developing alcohol dependence, it is believed to be a largely heritable -- 52 to 64 percent -- disease. Previous research had found a significant association between risk for alcoholism and DNA sequence variations ...

read more While both environmental and genetic factors contribute to the risk of developing alcohol dependence, it is believed to be a largely heritable -- 52 to 64 percent -- disease. Previous research had found a significant association between risk for alcoholism and DNA sequence variations read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Effects Of Toxins On Embryo Development Decoded

Categorie : Genetics
Changes in gene expression patterns in zebrafish embryos resulting from exposure to environmental toxins can identify the individual toxins at work, according to research published in the online open access journal Genome Biology. The genetic response of zebrafish to each toxin can be read like a ba ...

read more Changes in gene expression patterns in zebrafish embryos resulting from exposure to environmental toxins can identify the individual toxins at work, according to research published in the online open access journal Genome Biology. The genetic response of zebrafish to each toxin can be read like a ba read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Insight Into Prognosis In Patients With Plasma Cell Malignancies Provided By New Test, Mayo Clinic Study Finds

Categorie : Genetics
A new Mayo Clinic study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics in San Diego this week shows that a chromosome test called "FISH" is better than conventional methods in identifying chromosomal genetic abnormalities associated with plasma cell malignancies. This impr ...

read more A new Mayo Clinic study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics in San Diego this week shows that a chromosome test called read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Important Tool In Understanding Differentiation In Human Embryonic Stem Cells Discovered By Researchers

Categorie : Genetics
Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Stem Cell Institute have described how an existing genetic tool can be used to study how human embryonic stem cells differentiate. The research appears in the November 2007 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine.Researchers know very little about how ...

read more Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Stem Cell Institute have described how an existing genetic tool can be used to study how human embryonic stem cells differentiate. The research appears in the November 2007 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine.Researchers know very little about how read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Fleet Of Roche Genome Sequencer FLX Systems Increased To 10 Instruments At Baylor College Of Medicine

Categorie : Genetics
The Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine boosted its sequencing capabilities with an agreement to acquire seven additional Genome Sequencer FLX Systems from 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company.With 10 Genome Sequencer FLX Systems, the Human Genome Sequencing Center will be in ...

read more The Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine boosted its sequencing capabilities with an agreement to acquire seven additional Genome Sequencer FLX Systems from 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company.With 10 Genome Sequencer FLX Systems, the Human Genome Sequencing Center will be in read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Therapeutic Gene Expression Can Be Sustainable For 1 Year

Categorie : Genetics
Researchers at the Board of Governors Gene Therapeutics Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have shown for the first time that it is possible to sustain therapeutic gene expression in the central nervous system for up to a year, even in the presence of an anti-viral immune resp ...

read more Researchers at the Board of Governors Gene Therapeutics Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have shown for the first time that it is possible to sustain therapeutic gene expression in the central nervous system for up to a year, even in the presence of an anti-viral immune resp read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

New Center For Ethical, Legal And Social Implications Research At Penn

Categorie : Genetics
A new Center for Excellence in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research has been established at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, a collaboration with the Schools of Nursing and Arts and Sciences, the Wharton School and the Annenberg School for Communication. [click li ...

read more A new Center for Excellence in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research has been established at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, a collaboration with the Schools of Nursing and Arts and Sciences, the Wharton School and the Annenberg School for Communication. [click li read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

'Personalized Medicine' Leaves The Public Confused

Categorie : Genetics
Ordinary people worry about the extra, and often burdensome, responsibilities which could come with scientists' promises of 'personalised medicine', according to evidence being presented at a major two-day showcase of groundbreaking social science research into the whole field of genomics, funde ...

read more Ordinary people worry about the extra, and often burdensome, responsibilities which could come with scientists' promises of 'personalised medicine', according to evidence being presented at a major two-day showcase of groundbreaking social science research into the whole field of genomics, funde read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Obesity Related Genes Found Hidden In Discarded Data

Categorie : Genetics
Previously hidden obesity-related genes have been uncovered from old experiments by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The finding suggests that useful information about many medical disorders may be languishing in mountains of disca ...

read more Previously hidden obesity-related genes have been uncovered from old experiments by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The finding suggests that useful information about many medical disorders may be languishing in mountains of disca read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

ESRC Genomics Forum Urges Wider Debate On Genes Discovery Announcement

Categorie : Genetics
The Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Genomics Policy and Research Forum1, based at the University of Edinburgh, is calling for wider debate about the implications of the recent genes discovery announcement.2 The Forum agrees that the study demonstrates the great potential for large-scal ...

read more The Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Genomics Policy and Research Forum1, based at the University of Edinburgh, is calling for wider debate about the implications of the recent genes discovery announcement.2 The Forum agrees that the study demonstrates the great potential for large-scal read more Mon Jun 2007 Mon Jun 2007

Scientists Have Discovered A Gene That Allows Plants To Grow Better In Low Nutrient Conditions

Categorie : Genetics
Scientists have discovered a gene that allows plants to grow better in low nutrient conditions and even enhance their growth through sodium uptake, according to a report published online this week in The EMBO Journal.Salty soil caused by irrigation practices in arid regions has become a major agricu ...

read more Scientists have discovered a gene that allows plants to grow better in low nutrient conditions and even enhance their growth through sodium uptake, according to a report published online this week in The EMBO Journal.Salty soil caused by irrigation practices in arid regions has become a major agricu read more Mon Jun 2007 Mon Jun 2007

GM/GMO/Biotech Crop Containment Strategy Solved By Rutgers

Categorie : Genetics
Plant geneticists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, may have solved one of the fundamental problems in genetically engineered or modified (GM or GMO) crop agriculture: genes leaking into the environment.In a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, ...

read more Plant geneticists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, may have solved one of the fundamental problems in genetically engineered or modified (GM or GMO) crop agriculture: genes leaking into the environment.In a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, read more Mon Jun 2007 Mon Jun 2007

Crucial Progress In Understanding Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein

Categorie : Genetics
Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine have identified a new regulatory target for the Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), laying the groundwork for possible new treatments for Fragile X syndrome(FXS), the leading inherited ...

read more Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine have identified a new regulatory target for the Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), laying the groundwork for possible new treatments for Fragile X syndrome(FXS), the leading inherited read more Sun Jun 2007 Sun Jun 2007

Insights Into Anti-Malarial Drug Resistance Offered By Largest Synthetic Gene Ever Built

Categorie : Genetics
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say they are moving closer to understanding why the most lethal form of human malaria has become resistant to drug treatment in the past three decades. They have been able to artificially construct, and then express in yeast, a protozoan gene that ...

read more Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say they are moving closer to understanding why the most lethal form of human malaria has become resistant to drug treatment in the past three decades. They have been able to artificially construct, and then express in yeast, a protozoan gene that read more Sun Jun 2007 Sun Jun 2007

Premature Aging In Animal Study Linked To Loss Of Stem Cells

Categorie : Genetics
Researchers at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute of the University of Pennsylvania have found that deleting a gene important in embryo development leads to premature aging and loss of stem cell reservoirs in adult mice. This gene, ATR, is essential for the body's response to damaged DNA, ...

read more Researchers at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute of the University of Pennsylvania have found that deleting a gene important in embryo development leads to premature aging and loss of stem cell reservoirs in adult mice. This gene, ATR, is essential for the body's response to damaged DNA, read more Sun Jun 2007 Sun Jun 2007

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