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UK joins world treaty to share vital plant resources
Vital food crops will be protected worldwide under a new international agreement which comes into force today. The UK is one of more than 50 countries committed to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which aims to improve food security and promote sustainable farming. The treaty aims to ensure that plant... view more... (2004-06-29)
Researchers lift a corner of the veil of depression
About 1 in 10 Europeans has to contend with some form of depression during his or her life. But how people become depressed is still largely a mystery. view more (2006-03-16)
Variations in 5 genes raise risk for most common brain tumors
Common genetic variations spread across five genes raise a person's risk of developing the most frequent type of brain tumor, an international research team reports online in Nature Genetics. view more (2009-07-06)
Cystic fibrosis testing -- next steps
Three reports describing advances in cystic fibrosis genetic testing appear in the May 2009 issue of The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. view more (2009-04-28)
The Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC begins search for causes of autism
Dr. Eric Fombonne, from the Research Institute of the MUHC at the Montreal Children's Hospital, is involved in a multi-site consortium to gather DNA samples from 2,000 autism patients and their families over the next three years. view more (2008-05-08)
Smoking, low levels of education and glucose tolerance increase risk of rheumatoid arthritis
New data presented today at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain, sheds light on the role of environmental and genetic risk factors in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). view more (2007-06-18)
Genetic faults in heart enzyme increase risk of heart attack and stroke
Genetic faults, which produce an excess of a powerful enzyme, increase the risk of coronary artery disease and consequently, a heart attack, shows research in Heart. But the faulty genes do not speed up artery narrowing, the cause of acute coronary artery disease, the research shows. Over 850 men with stable coronary artery disease in their 50s... view more... (2001-03-13)
Genetic tests could define us all as patients
Genetic science could drive a new wave of medicalisation if genetics tests are accepted without appropriate evaluation, warn researchers in this week’s BMJ. view more (2002-04-10)
First whole-genome scan for links to OCD reveals evidence for genetic susceptibility
A federally funded team of researchers including several from Johns Hopkins have identified six regions of the human genome that might play a role in susceptibility to obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD. view more (2006-06-08)
New study shows how genes control blood proteins important to health
A new study shows how genes control levels of many blood proteins implicated in disease. The findings are the result of an international collaboration between scientists at the University of Exeter, the National Institute on Aging, and the Tuscany and Florence Health Agencies. view more (2008-05-09)
Children's sleep difficulties: Reports differ from children to parents
Elementary-school-aged children commonly experience sleep problems, but little research has addressed the reasons behind this phenomenon. A new study finds that children of this age say they have sleep difficulties much more often than their parents report such problems. view more (2006-11-14)
As medicine targets personal DNA profiles, York researchers examine ethics and patient experiences
Researchers at the University of York are beginning a major study into the ethical and personal issues raised by a potential revolution in healthcare, which could incorporate individualised medical care - pharmacogenetics - into clinical practice. The use of genetic testing as a routine part of medical treatment opens exciting horizons, but brings... view more... (2004-08-04)
New study rebuts claims about Icelandic genetic heterogeneity
There has been some controversy in the media and within the scientific research community concerning whether Icelanders are genetically homogenous or heterogeneous relative to other European populations. Following an article published in Annals of Human Genetics in January 2003 by E. 'rnason, who concluded that Icelanders were one of the most... view more... (2003-08-19)
Airborne asthma allergens
A survey of airborne fungi and fungal spores found in Eastern Puerto Rico suggests that certain species may be a major cause of the high incidence of childhood asthma in this part of the world. view more (2009-03-02)
Who owns genetic information?
Who owns genetic information? view more (2002-05-24)
Molecular alliance that sustains embryonic stem cell state
One of the four ingredients in the genetic recipe that scientists in Japan and the U.S. followed last year to persuade human skin cells to revert to an embryonic stem cell state, is dispensable in ES cells, thanks to the presence of a molecular alliance between a specific group of key proteins known as transcription factors. view more (2008-03-05)
Swedes in favor of genetic engineering but against spread of genetic information
Swedes are becoming more and more favorably inclined toward genetic engineering. Two out of three Swedes now accept genetic engineering. This makes Swedes the people with the most favorable views in the EU. This has been demonstrated in a European research project in which three researchers from Mid Sweden University have participated, based on... view more... (2003-08-26)
Caltech and UNC research finds further evidence for genetic contribution to autism
Some parents of children with autism evaluate facial expressions differently than the rest of us--and in a way that is strikingly similar to autistic patients themselves, according to new research by neuroscientist Ralph Adolphs of the California Institute of Technology and psychiatrist Joe Piven at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. view more (2008-07-16)
Dartmouth researchers get personal with genetics
Two recent studies by Dartmouth researchers use individual genetic data to reveal the powers and limits of our current understanding of how the genome influences human health and what genes can reveal about the ancestry of the people of New Hampshire. view more (2009-09-16)
Environmental effects on genetic adaptation and population dynamics
It seems intuitive that genes are affected by selection as a result of environment. In fact there is little evidence thus far that such genetic effects impact year-to-year population dynamics. view more (2006-04-25)
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