A new nationwide project aiming to improve the care and diagnosis of developmental disorders and understand their relation to the human genome is announced today. 22/03/2011
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The first results from the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 3 have revealed 15 new genomic regions affecting a person's risk of developing the chronic liver disease primary biliary cirrhosis. 18/03/2011
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An international collaboration has discovered a genetic link to peanut allergy. It has been known for some time that peanut allergy can be inherited, but this study marks the first robust evidence pinpointing a specific gene. 11/03/2011
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Researchers have discovered 17 new genetic variants linked with increased heart disease risk, more than doubling the known firm genetic links to coronary heart disease. 07/03/2011
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The Wellcome Trust - one of the key players in the Human Genome Project - reflects on challenges and opportunities in the field of human genetics. 03/03/2011
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New research from the University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories has revealed a rare genetic condition that prevents people from being able to produce fat cells correctly. 02/03/2011
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An international team of scientists has identified a gene mutation strongly linked to schizophrenia that may be an important target for the development of new drug therapies. 24/02/2011
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A gene that is mutated in one in three people with the most common form of kidney cancer has been identified, bringing new insights into the biology of the disease and revealing possible opportunities for treatment. 24/01/2011
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What does Britishness mean to a scientist? How does a person from Kent differ from one from the Hebrides? People of the British Isles is a project cataloguing the genetic basis of the entire UK. 08/12/2010
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A new study has provided the first direct evidence that over-activity of a gene called FTO leads to over-eating and obesity in mice. The findings suggest that the gene could be a promising target for developing anti-obesity drugs that decrease the gene's activity. 16/11/2010
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Despite the explosive growth in size and complexity of the human brain, the pace of evolutionary change among the thousands of genes expressed in brain tissue has actually slowed since the split, millions of years ago, between human and chimpanzee, an international research team reports in the December 26, 2006, issue of the journal, PLOS Biology. Science Daily 29/12/2007
OrphageniX Inc., a new biotechnology company founded by University of Delaware researchers, has been established in Wilmington to develop and commercialize UD-patented technologies for repairing genes that cause rare, hereditary diseases such as sickle cell anemia and spinal muscular atrophy. MedicoNews.com 30/04/2007
In the most comprehensive look at genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes to date, researchers from the University of Michigan, the National Human Genome Research Institute, the University of Southern California, the University of North Carolina, and Finland's National Health Institute, have identified at least four new genetic variants associated with
increased risk of diabetes and confirmed existence of another six. The findings are posted in the online edition of the journal Science. Medical News Today 29/04/2007
The House of Representatives passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2007 on Wednesday, April 25. GINA is expected to pass the Senate and be signed into law in the coming months. Medical News Today 28/04/2007
Genetic susceptibility markedly increases the risk of developing radiation-associated meningioma - a rare brain tumour - according to a study published in the May issue of THE LANCET ONCOLOGY. rBiotech 28/04/2007
Several teams of scientists report discovering more genes linked to Type 2 Diabetes and describe the achievement as bringing science closer to understanding the genetics of the origins and progress of this modern disease. The various papers are published in Science and Nature Genetics this week, 27/04/2007. Medical News
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Genetic studies are providing clues for scientists working on vaccines against HIV, malaria, and TB. But it is crucial, say Dave Chokshi (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford) and colleagues in a policy paper in PLoS Medicine, to ensure that those who choose to participate in such research have given their fully informed consent.
Medical News Today 27/04/2007
Findings tie together genetic associations, white-matter defects, dopamine abnormalities and disease symptoms. The findings, published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also demonstrate how two of the dozen or more genes previously linked with schizophrenia may contribute to the disease. Children’s Hospital Boston 23/04/2007
Researchers report the identification of a gene that may play a role in susceptibility to osteoporosis-the crippling disease that leads to bone fractures, especially of the hip and spine. Medical News Today 28/03/2007
More powerful computers are allowing scientists and engineers to conduct simulations that grow more realistic each year. While companies are using these tools to slash the costs of producing everything from airliners to antibiotics, researchers in Houston are using them to refine their search for the genetic causes of disease. Medical News Today 28/03/2007
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