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Solexa Announces Progress in its Single Molecule Array Technology at BioArrays Europe Conference
Speaking at BioArrays Europe (Cambridge, UK, 30 Sept-1 Oct), Dr Tony Smith, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Solexa, presented data on the progress of the Company`s proprietary Single Molecule Array™ technology for human genetic variation applications, highlighting significant progress in the massively parallel detection of single molecules... view more... (2002-10-01)
PROSTATE CANCER SERIES (p 859)
A four-week series about prostate cancer-the third most common cancer in men worldwide, and the leading male cancer in Europe and North America-begins in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The first article, by Henrik Grönberg of Umea University, Sweden, assesses the epidemiology of prostate cancer, and examines the impact of genetic and... view more... (2003-03-05)
Common variation in gene linked to structural changes in the brain
An international group of researchers is the first to show that common variations in a gene - previously shown to be associated with Retts Syndrome, autism, and mental retardation - are associated with differences in brain structure in both healthy individuals and patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders. view more (2009-08-18)
Study Finds Gender Differences In Renal And Other Genes
Many common diseases exhibit gender bias and gender differences have been observed in the development of high blood pressure (hypertension) and heart (cardiovascular) disease. view more (2007-08-09)
Deprived areas show greatest increase in teenage pregnancies
From the 1980s to the 1990s rates of teenage pregnancy in Scotland increased more rapidly in areas of greater socioeconomic deprivation, finds a study in this week's BMJ. This finding has implications for allocating resources to achieve government targets in reducing pregnancy rates by 2010. Research carried out at Glasgow University investigated... view more... (2001-07-25)
Scientists link genetic glitches to common childhood cancer
A multicenter team of childhood cancer researchers has discovered two genetic variations linked to an increased risk for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL, the most common childhood cancer in the United States. view more (2009-08-18)
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)
International team analyzes human genetic variation in key immune region
An international group of researchers today unveiled a detailed map of human genetic variation within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), the most important region of the human genome encoding the human response to infection, autoimmune disease and organ transplantation. view more (2006-09-26)
Nearly a quarter of children are especially susceptible to respiratory illness if they are exposed to second-hand smoke
Children with a certain genetic makeup are at heightened risk of chest infections and other respiratory illnesses due to second-hand smoke exposure, according to researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. view more (2005-12-16)
Success or failure of antidepressant citalopram predicted by gene variation
A variation in a gene called GRIK4 appears to make people with depression more likely to respond to the medication citalopram (Celexa) than are people without the variation, a study by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, has found. view more (2007-08-01)
New methods offer insight into regulatory DNA
Through the Human Genome Project, the HapMap Project and other efforts, we are beginning to identify genes that are modified in some diseases. More difficult to measure and identify are the regulatory regions in DNA - the 'managers' of genes - that control gene activity and might be important in causing disease. view more (2005-12-16)
Genetic variant mimics effect of heart failure medications
A genetic variation, found predominantly in African Americans, protects some people with heart failure, enabling them to live longer than expected. view more (2008-04-21)
The Value of Variation: Ecologists Consider the Causes and Consequences
Consider the case of the three-spine stickleback. These tiny fish that thrive in oceans and in fresh water might appear to be the same, yet ecologists are finding that they are actually a diverse collection of very specialized individuals. view more (2009-07-23)
Researchers shed light on genetic factors behind UK's biggest killer
Researchers investigating the biochemical characteristics behind several everyday diseases have discovered a new chromosomal region to be strongly associated with the bad cholesterol, low density lipoprotein, (LDL). view more (2008-01-11)
Launch of new Report, Pharmacogenetics: ethical issues
Pharmacogenetics - the study of how genetic variation affects our response to medicines - could promise safe and more effective treatments in the future according to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. But in a Report, Pharmacogenetics: ethical issues, published today (Tuesday 23 September), the Nuffield Council argues that it will be necessary to... view more... (2003-09-19)
Largest study of its kind implicates gene abnormalities in bipolar disorder
The largest genetic analysis of its kind to date for bipolar disorder has implicated machinery involved in the balance of sodium and calcium in brain cells. view more (2008-08-18)
U-M, Israeli scientists report major advance in search for genes associated with colon cancer
A 10-year study involving thousands of Israeli Jews and Arabs, led by researchers from American and Israeli institutions, has yielded important new information in the search for the genes that make a person more likely to develop colon cancer. view more (2007-07-09)
Female Antarctic seals give cold shoulder to local males
Female Antarctic fur seals will travel across a colony to actively seek males which are genetically diverse and unrelated, rather than mate with local dominant males. view more (2007-02-08)
New findings on immune system in amphibians
Krakow/Halle. Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes produce proteins that are crucial in fighting pathogen assault. Researchers from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) characterized genetic variation and detected more than one MHC class II locus in a tailed amphibian. view more (2008-06-20)
Study reveals specific gene in adolescent men with delinquent peers
Birds of a feather flock together, according to the old adage, and adolescent males who possess a certain type of variation in a specific gene are more likely to flock to delinquent peers. view more (2008-10-02)
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