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Delivering the promise of public health genomics
Can genomics help developing countries face their growing burden of disease?Since the completion of the human genome project in 2003, scientific activities that were unheard-of a decade ago, such as sequencing the genes of a newly emerging virus in days, the ability to screen for inherited diseases and the potential for personalised medicine have all become a part of public health landscape.Genomics is often associated with the detection of single gene disorders, such as thalassemia and sickle cell anaemia. Momentum is growing for developing countries to harness such technology, but the utility of genomic research is far w...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 3, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Blogposts Guardian Professional Genetics Malaria and infectious diseases Health Medical research Society Diabetes Global development professionals network Human Genome Project Science Source Type: news
New Genetic Links to Colorectal Cancer Identified
Using a large genome-wide study of more than 28,000 individuals, three new genetic links to colorectal cancer have been identified, holding the potential for new therapeutic targets.
Source: Cancer Network - January 3, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
New Light Shed On Mechanisms Of T-ALL, A Form Of Leukemia That Primarily Affects Children
Acute lymphatic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer in children under the age of 14 years. With optimum treatment, approximately 75 % of children are currently cured, but the treatment consists of severe chemotherapy with many side effects. In collaboration with international research teams, scientists at VIB, KU Leuven and UZ Leuven have identified new genetic mutations that lead to T-ALL, a variant of ALL. They have unmasked the ribosome - the molecular machine in the cell that is involved in the production of proteins - as a weak spot in leukemia cells...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Source Type: news
Three New Genetic Links To Colorectal Cancer
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have identified three new genetic "hotspots" linked to colorectal cancer. These variants, reported in an Advanced Online Publication in Nature Genetics, provide new insight into the biology of colorectal cancer - and could represent new therapeutic targets for the disease. Colorectal cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide - and rates are particularly high in the United States and other developed countries. Genetics plays an important role in both sporadic and familial (inherited) forms of the disease...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Colorectal Cancer Source Type: news
Genetic Insight Into 'Disease Of Kings' Offered By Gout Study
Scientists have shed light on why some people are more susceptible to gout than others. A study has identified 18 new genetic variations that increase levels of uric acid in the blood, which is the main cause of the disease. High levels of uric acid form small crystals in joints and tissues, causing pain and swelling - the main symptoms of the condition once known as the 'disease of kings'. Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, affecting up to two per cent of the world's population...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gout Source Type: news
Searching For Genetic Clues To Insulin Production
In this study, we've implicated new genes as playing a role in insulin processing and secretion...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news
Global View Of Mutability On Human Diseases Provided By The Findings Between DNMs And Autism
This study provides a global view of the landscape of mutability and its influence on genetic diversity and susceptibility in autism, and its implications on other human diseases. The work was a collaborative effort led by international teams comprised of the University of California, San Diego, BGI, and other institutes...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news
Overexpression Of MiR-205 In Transformed Cells Can Lead To Breast Cancer
Over the past couple of years research into miRNAs has become increasingly diversified and attracted a great number of research articles across genetics and medicine. This should hardly come as a surprise to any scientist in the field, especially since it has become clear that miRNAs, a recently discovered class of non-coding RNAS, are represented in nearly all cellular functions and molecular pathways. A growing list of reports demonstrates that microRNAs play a critical role in cancer initiation and progression, and that miRNA alterations are ubiquitous in human cancers...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news
Treatment And Survival In Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Could Improve With New Markers
In her PhD thesis, Elixabet Lopez, a researcher at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, presents various genetic markers to classify risk groups and predict treatment toxicity. Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, the most common paediatric cancer, has been the subject of study in the PhD thesis of Elixabet López. In the work entitled New genetic markers for treatment personalization in paediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, the UPV/EHU biologist has presented new genetic markers that could improve the classification of risk groups and predict treatment toxicity in the patient...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Source Type: news
An Old Problem With DNA Solved
In a recent publication, researchers achieved new accuracy in the ability to measure energy differences between states of molecules, thus predicting which states will be observed. It has been known since the seventies that excessive salt causes DNA to reverse its twist, from a right-handed spiral to a left-handed one. DNA in the Z form is treated by our natural repair enzymes as damaged, and is therefore usually deleted from the cell. Deletion of genetic material can lead to cancer or to other problems, so the B-Z transition is no mere curiosity...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news
New Delivery Method Makes Targeted Gene Silencing Drugs More Than 500 Times More Effective
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are a potent new drug class that can silence a disease-causing gene, but delivering them to a target cell can be challenging. An innovative delivery approach that dramatically increases the efficacy of an siRNA drug targeted to the liver and has made it possible to test the drug in non-human primates is described in an article in Nucleic Acid Therapeutics, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers. The article is available on the Nucleic Acid Therapeutics website...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news
Genetic Basis For Eczema Discovered Offering New Avenue To Therapies
Researchers at Oregon State University have announced the discovery of an underlying genetic cause of atopic dermatitis, a type of eczema most common in infancy that also affects millions of adults around the world with dry, itchy and inflamed skin lesions. The findings were published in PLoS ONE, a professional journal, and may set the stage for new therapeutic approaches to this frustrating syndrome, which is difficult to treat and has no known cure. Eczema is also related to, and can sometimes cause asthma, a potentially deadly immune dysfunction...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Eczema / Psoriasis Source Type: news
Baylor College of Medicine, Berry Genomics Co. seek to improve on prenatal genetic tests
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - January 3, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
New Research on Screening for Familial Ovarian Cancer
New research suggests "a ray of hope and a light to steer by" when searching for how to screen for familial ovarian cancer. In the most recent edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers in the UK published preliminary results from the United Kingdom Familial Ovarian Cancer Screen Study, a large trial testing the hypothesis that ovarian cancer screening may benefit women at familial risk. Results showed that annual screening did lead to diagnosis at an earlier stage, and (while not statistically significant) there were also trends toward improvement in optimal surgical cytoreduction and overall surviv...
Source: OCRF News - January 3, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
New rat model for muscle regeneration after trauma-related soft tissue injury
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Penetrating soft tissue injuries that may be caused by bullet wounds or motor vehicle accidents, or exposure to explosive devices in military settings, can cause muscle loss resulting in functional disability and cosmetic deformity.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Improving DNA amplification from problematic plants
(American Journal of Botany) The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a common technique used to amplify, or copy, pieces of DNA. Amplified DNA is then used in genetic analyses for everything from medicine to forensics. In plant research, PCR is a vital step in detecting and sequencing genes, and its applications are endless. However, compounds found in plants often inhibit PCR. Researchers at the University of Southern Mississippi discovered that the use of an additive allows PCR to successfully amplify DNA from once problematic plants.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 3, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Genetics Society of America announces Spring 2013 DeLill Nasser Travel Award recipients
(Genetics Society of America) The Genetics Society of America announces the selection of five graduate students and five postdoctoral researchers as recipients of a Spring 2013 DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics. The award is a $1,000 travel grant for each researcher to attend any national or international meeting, conference or laboratory course that will enhance his or her career.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 3, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news
GW professor discovers new information in the understanding of autism and genetics
(George Washington University) Research out of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals another piece of the puzzle in a genetic developmental disorder that causes behavioral diseases such as autism.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New understanding of nerve damage caused by spinal cord injury could improve treatment design
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A better understanding of the link between the neurologic damage caused by SCI, spontaneous motor function recovery, and long-term motor deficits would lead to better therapeutic approaches, as discussed in an article in Journal of Neurotrauma.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Inhaled antibiotics for pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis
Source: Cochrane
Area: Evidence > Drug Class Focused Reviews
Background
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder in which abnormal mucus in the lungs is associated with susceptibility to persistent infection. Pulmonary exacerbations are when symptoms of infection become more severe. Antibiotics are an essential part of treatment for exacerbations and inhaled antibiotics may be used alone or in conjunction with oral antibiotics for milder exacerbations or with intravenous antibiotics for more severe infections. Inhaled antibiotics do not cause the same adverse effects as intravenous antibiotics and may prove ...
Source: NeLM - Drug Class Focused Reviews - January 3, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Biologists Engineer Algae To Make Complex Anti-Cancer ‘Designer' Drug
Biologists at UC San Diego have succeeded in genetically engineering algae to produce a complex and expensive human therapeutic drug used to treat cancer.
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - January 2, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Principles of Capillary-Based Sequencing for Clinical Microbiologists
Abstract:
Chain termination cycle sequencing, or “first-generation” DNA sequencing, was developed 3 decades ago but remains one of the most commonly used procedures for diagnostic analyses. Automated capillary-gel electrophoresis genetic analyzers greatly improved the efficiency of sequencing DNA templates between 100 and approximately 1,300 nucleotides long. Cycle sequencing may be completed the same day by using fast protocols for the initial amplification and cycle-sequencing reactions and by utilization of commercial sequence interpretation and analysis software. These changes allowed sequencing to become a ro...
Source: Clinical Microbiology Newsletter - January 2, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: Deirdre L. Church Source Type: news
Beliefs About the Causes of Obesity
Beliefs about the cause of obesity can torpedo New Year's resolutions.read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - January 2, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Brent McFerran, Ph.D. Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Health Integrative Medicine beliefs body mass brent mcferran caloric intake calorie intake eating well exercise fact that people food food choice genetics healthy food hong kong university of science a Source Type: news
The genetic and environmental etiology of decision-making: A longitudinal twin study - Tuvblad C, Gao Y, Wang P, Raine A, Botwick T, Baker LA.
The present study examined the genetic and environmental etiology of decision-making (Iowa Gambling Task; Bechara, Damásio, Damásio, & Anderson, 1994), in a sample of twins at ages 11-13, 14-15, and 16-18 years. The variance across five 20-trial blocks c...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Quitting smoking 'reduces anxiety levels'
Conclusion
This study found that, overall, quitting smoking at six months was associated with a moderate reduction in anxiety levels, while failing to quit was associated with a small increase in anxiety.
However, the researchers did this by carrying out a secondary analysis of a trial which had recruited adults who wanted to quit smoking and randomised them to different nicotine replacement doses to help them quit.
As part of this trial various assessments were made, including measuring the participants' anxiety at the start of the study and during follow-up.
The current research used this data. However, it is likely ...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Mental health Source Type: news
New findings in the search for genetic clues to insulin production (EurekAlert, 23 December 2012)
A study published in Nature Genetics uses data from a sample of 8,229 Finnish males to identify three new gene variants that may play a role in insulin processing and secretion.
Full article
Source: Society for Endocrinology - January 2, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Genomic 'Hotspots' Offer Clues To Causes Of Autism, Other Disorders
An international team, led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has discovered that "random" mutations in the genome are not quite so random after all. Their study, published in the journal Cell on December 21, shows that the DNA sequence in some regions of the human genome is quite volatile and can mutate ten times more frequently than the rest of the genome. Genes that are linked to autism and a variety of other disorders have a particularly strong tendency to mutate...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news
Oscillation Of Gene Activity May Underlie How Embryos Grow In Proportion
From a single-cell egg to a fully functional body: as embryos develop and grow, they must form organs that are in proportion to the overall size of the embryo. The exact mechanism underlying this fundamental characteristic, called scaling, is still unclear. However, a team of researchers from EMBL Heidelberg is now one step closer to understanding it. They have discovered that scaling of the future vertebrae in a mouse embryo is controlled by how the expression of some specific genes oscillates, in a coordinated way, between neighbouring cells...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news
Game Changing Diagnostic & Prognostic Prostate Cancer Genetic Tests Revealed By Jefferson
Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson (KCC) have developed potentially game-changing diagnostic and prognostic genetic tests shown to better predict prostate cancer survival outcomes and distinguish clinically-relevant cancers. The team, led by Richard G. Pestell, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the KCC and the Chair of the Department of Cancer Biology at Thomas Jefferson University, report their preclinical findings from a blinded, retrospective analysis of over 350 patients and mouse study in a recent issue of the journal of Cancer Research...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Prostate / Prostate Cancer Source Type: news
Chromosome 'Anchors' Organize DNA During Cell Division
For humans to grow and to replace and heal damaged tissues, the body's cells must continually reproduce, a process known as "cell division," by which one cell becomes two, two become four, and so on. A key question of biomedical research is how chromosomes, which are duplicated during cell division so that each daughter cell receives an exact copy of a person's genome, are arranged during this process. Now, scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a new characteristic of human cell division that may help explain how our DNA is organized in the nucleus as cells reproduce...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news
Transplanted Genetically-Modified Adipose Cells Offer Potential Therapy For Liver Diseases
Using mesenchymal stromal cells derived from adipose (fat) tissues, genetically modified to express a bioluminescent marker, researchers in Italy have tracked cells after transplantation. The cells were followed from their injection into the spleen of mice modeling liver disease, to their characterization as "hepatic precursors," and to their subsequent migration through the spleen before engrafting at regenerating sites in the liver by bioluminescent imaging. Their study is described in Cell Transplantation (21:9), freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplants / Organ Donations Source Type: news
Scientists Develop Scientific Technique To Help Prevent Inheritance Of Mitochondrial Diseases In Humans
A joint team of scientists from The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory and Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has developed a technique that may prevent the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases in children. The study was published online in Nature. Dieter Egli, PhD, and Daniel Paull, PhD, of the NYSCF Laboratory with Mark Sauer, MD, and Michio Hirano, MD, of CUMC demonstrated how the nucleus of a cell can be successfully transferred between human egg cells...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news
Top Natural News health stories of 2012 - an interview with the Health Ranger
On Friday, I sat down with David Ortiz of InfoWars Nightly News to talk about the biggest health stories of 2012. The video, below, shows the full conversation which covers:
• The FDA's approval of GM salmon and the issue of genetic pollution
• Big Pharma...
Source: NaturalNews.com - January 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Medicine: the appliance of science
A cure for HIV? A new approach to obesity? Tailor-made therapies for cancer? Medical science surges aheadMore than once last year, researchers described leaps in medical science that were so breathtaking, and held so much potential for patients, that they immediately joined the list of fields to watch in the year ahead. In most cases, the work was, and is, at an early stage and its future success far from certain. Such is the nature of science. Most of today's breakthroughs will be tomorrow's failures. But some may go down in history for transforming how medicine is done.Often, medical science surges ahead when different a...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 1, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Tags: The Guardian Genetics Biology Medical research Microbiology Society Features Cancer Aids and HIV Chemistry Biochemistry and molecular biology Science Source Type: news
Microdissection and Culture of Murine Pancreatic Ductal Epithelial Cells
Given the complexity of morphological presentation and variability in clinical outcomes observed in epithelial cancers, it is important to understand how genomic perturbations and resultant molecular aberrations lead to acquisition of tumorigenic phenotypes. Complex 3D epithelial culture systems provide investigators with the ability to propagate and manipulate primary cells in an appropriate physical setting in order to deconstruct the contribution of a given genetic lesion(s) to the process of cellular transformation. Pancreatic ductal epithelial cells (PDEC) can give rise to pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia&mda...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Cancer Research - January 1, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Development of Orthotopic Pancreatic Tumor Mouse Models
Genetically engineered mouse models of pancreatic cancer that recapitulate human pancreatic tumorigenesis have been established. However, the cost associated with generating and housing these mice can be prohibitive. Tumor latency and progression to invasive diseases in these models are also highly variable. Xenograft mouse models of human pancreatic cancer including heterotopic and orthotopic have been widely used in preclinical studies for their comparatively low cost and rapid, predictable tumor growth. Of the two, orthotopic tumor mouse models are preferred because they offer tissue site-specific pathology, allow ...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Cancer Research - January 1, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
The Prevention and Genetics of Pancreatic Cancer: A Programmatic Approach
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is typically a fatal disease due to its rapid growth and the lack of early diagnostic techniques. Because approximately 10% of PCs are attributable to a hereditary susceptibility, identifying and studying patients with a family history of PC or known genetic predisposition to PC can improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of PC. A skilled team of study investigators, physicians, genetic counselors, and data managers must work with patients and families to confidentially store and organize data from PC patients and high-risk patients. This data, collected in conjunction with patients&rsq...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Cancer Research - January 1, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Arrayed Primer Extension Microarray for the Analysis of Genes Associated with Congenital Stationary Night Blindness
Arrayed primer extension (APEX) is a microarray-based genotyping method that enables to simultaneously analyze hundreds of known mutations in the genome. APEX-based microarrays are successfully used for molecular diagnostics of various genetic disorders.
Source: Springer protocols feed by Protein Science - January 1, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: news
Live Cell Imaging
My friends at Essen Bioscience are taking live cell imaging to new heights. I previously posted their neurite outgrowth solutions (hippcampal neurons).In this posting, I would like share highlights from the December 2012 issue of "Genetic and Biotechnology News": Essen BioScience’s IncuCyte ZOOM™(live cell imaging in your incubator) and CellPlayer™ reagents enable you to overcome the limitations of static cell based assays. The solutions enable the acquisition, analysis, and quantification of images from living cells that remain unperturbed by the detection method, allowing for repeated measures of cell biology ...
Source: Neuromics - December 31, 2012 Category: Neuroscience Tags: live cell imaging Cell based assays. live content screening Neurite outgrowth Cancer cell migration Essen Bioscience Hippocampal Neurons Source Type: news
Essay: In Pursuit of Answers One May Not Want to Know
If you carry a gene mutation that greatly increases your risk of cancer, when does knowing about it become too much to handle?
Source: NYT Health - December 31, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By EMMA PIERSON Tags: Genetics and Heredity DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Body Cancer Voices Breast Cancer Featured Source Type: news
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: December 31, 2012
Solubility-based genetic screen identifies RING finger protein 126 as an E3 ligase for activation-induced cytidine deaminase Rebecca K. Delker, Yanjiao Zhou, Alexandros Strikoudis, C. Erec Stebbins and F. … More »
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - December 31, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: pubaff Tags: Research Update Source Type: news
CYP2D6 Has Impact on Effectiveness of TamoxifenCYP2D6 Has Impact on Effectiveness of Tamoxifen
A new study shows that genetic alterations in CYP2D6 negatively affect outcomes in breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Adult Height and the Risk of Death and Vascular MorbidityAdult Height and the Risk of Death and Vascular Morbidity
To what extent is adult height, a biomarker that reflects the interplay of genetics and early-life experiences, related to risk of chronic diseases in adulthood? International Journal of Epidemiology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
New Technique Catalogs Lymphoma-Linked Genetic Variations
As anyone familiar with the X-Men knows, mutants can be either very good or very bad -- or somewhere in between. The same appears true within cancer cells, which may harbor hundreds of mutations that set them apart from other cells in the body; the scientific challenge has been to figure out which mutations are culprits and which are innocent bystanders...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 31, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Biology / Biochemistry Source Type: news
Genetic Defect That Causes Fragile X-Related Disorders More Common Than Thought
A single genetic defect on the X chromosome that can result in a wide array of conditions - from learning and emotional difficulties to primary ovarian insufficiency in women and tremors in middle-aged men - occurs at a much greater frequency than previously thought, research led by the UC Davis MIND Institute has found...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 31, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news
Researchers Uncover Major Source Of Evolutionary Differences Among Species
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine researchers have uncovered a genetic basis for fundamental differences between humans and other vertebrates that could also help explain why humans are susceptible to diseases not found in other species. Scientists have wondered why vertebrate species, which look and behave very differently from one another, nevertheless share very similar repertoires of genes. For example, despite obvious physical differences, humans and chimpanzees share a nearly identical set of genes...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 31, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news
High-Throughput Sequencing Shows Potentially Hundreds Of Gene Mutations Related To Autism
Genomic technology has revolutionized gene discovery and disease understanding in autism, according to an article published in the December 20 issue of the journal Neuron. The paper highlights the impact of a genomic technology called high-throughput sequencing (HTS) in discovering numerous new genes that are associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). "These new discoveries using HTS confirm that the genetic origins of autism are far more complex than previously believed," said Joseph D...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 31, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news
Chinese Firm Is Cleared to Buy American DNA Sequencing Company
The controversial purchase of a Silicon Valley-based DNA sequencing company by a Chinese firm has raised concerns about American competitiveness in a field that is becoming a big business.
Source: NYT Health - December 30, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ANDREW POLLACK Tags: Genetics and Heredity BGI-Shenzhen DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Illumina Inc ILMN NASDAQ Complete Genomics Inc Coca-Cola Company KO NYSE Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Source Type: news
Science Weekly podcast: 2012 the year of discoveries and exploration
Alok Jha is joined by Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample and Observer science editor Robin McKie to discuss the most significant science stories of 2012. They talk about the discovery of a Higgs-like particle, the successful landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, the creation of a mutant strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus, Arctic ice-cap melt and the Encode project mapping our genome. Also find out what to expect in 2013, beginning with the genome editing project wrapping up clinical trials in the US in January and how it may redefine our ability to fight diseases.Alok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJason Phipps
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 30, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha, Ian Sample, Robin McKie, Jason Phipps Tags: Curiosity rover Genetics Nasa Astronomy Particle physics guardian.co.uk Mars Higgs boson Editorial Science Space Source Type: news
Rare genetic faults identified in families with bowel cancer
Rare DNA faults in two genes have been strongly linked to bowel cancer by researchers, who sequenced the genomes of people from families with a strong history of developing the disease.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 30, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news
