Gene News and Research

Latest Gene News and Research

Gene finding could lead to new pathways for development of Alzheimer's therapeutics

Scientists have known for more than a decade that individuals with a certain gene are at higher risk for developing Alzheimer's disease.

11 Apr 2007

Fragile X and Down syndrome appear to share common genetic cause

The two most prevalent forms of genetic mental retardation, Fragile X and Down syndromes, may share a common cause, according to researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine.

11 Apr 2007

Calories from fat, carbohydrate, and protein may interact with genes

We observed an interaction between APOA5 and dietary fat intake, but we did not see an interaction between APOA5 and carbohydrate or protein intake for any genetic variants of APOA5,” says Ordovas, who is corresponding author of the study.

10 Apr 2007

Associations between smoking, caffeine and NSAID use and Parkinson's disease

Individuals with Parkinson's disease are less likely to smoke or consume high doses of caffeine than their family members who do not have the disease, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

10 Apr 2007

Male births on the decline in the U.S. and Japan

A study published in this week's online edition of Environmental Health Perspectives reports that during the past thirty years, the number of male births has decreased each year in the U.S. and Japan.

10 Apr 2007

New insights into renal cell cancer

A new mouse model is providing valuable insight into the biochemical pathways that are associated with development of renal cysts and renal cell cancer.

10 Apr 2007

Scientists identify protein key to breast cancer spread

(PHILADELPHIA) Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have identified a protein that they say is key to helping a quarter of all breast cancers spread.

10 Apr 2007

China Medicine's ADTZ product highlighted at American Chemical Society's National Meeting

China Medicine Corporation has announced that the Company's proprietary ADTZ product was discussed as a viable means to reduce aflatoxins in the creation of ethanol based products from corn feed at the recent American Chemical Society, 233rd National Meeting Agricultural Biomass, Biobased Products, & Biofuels Symposium, which was held in Chicago, Illinois on March 25th through the 29th.

10 Apr 2007

Smoking and drinking lots of coffee may protect against Parkinson's disease

In what must be a rare example of smoking supposedly providing some benefit, researchers in the U.S. say in families with a history of Parkinson's disease, those who smoke cigarettes and drink lots of coffee appear to reduce their risk of developing the disease.

9 Apr 2007

Researchers discover how cells fine-tune oxygen use

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered how cells fine-tune their oxygen use to make do with whatever amount is available at the moment.

7 Apr 2007

Potential target for the development of a drug to treat memory loss

A mind-altering mutation in mice results in an enhanced long-term memory, researchers report in the April 6, 2007 issue of the journal Cell, published by Cell Press.

7 Apr 2007

Behavior influenced by our genes

A new study in Journal of Personality shows that selfless and social behavior is not purely a product of environment, specifically religious environment.

7 Apr 2007

New methods for creating and detecting specific proteins

In their native form, the thousands of assorted proteins in our body are virtually indistinguishable.

5 Apr 2007

Severe reduction of Treg cells may be involved in development of pemphigus vulgaris

Several T cell subsets with immunosuppressive functions have been reported to demonstrate their suppressive capabilities to the acquired immune system in animal autoimmune disease models.

5 Apr 2007

Newly identified 28-gene signature pattern predicts cancer recurrence and spreading

Recently, there have been several advances in treatment and therapy for breast cancer.

5 Apr 2007

Almac announces study on colorectal pre-malignancies

Almac Diagnostics has announced a major study analysing colorectal polyp tissue samples using its novel Colorectal Cancer DSA microarray.

5 Apr 2007

Stanford technique directly controls brain cell activity with light

Every thought, feeling and action originates from the electrical signals emitted by diverse brain cells enmeshed in a tangle of circuits.

5 Apr 2007

New understanding of the motivations that underlie acts of altruism

Beyond the lineage of primates, according to scientific gospel, social behavior is dictated primarily by competition for resources such as food, territory and reproduction.

4 Apr 2007

Researchers identify 221 genes possibly related to addiction vulnerability

Scientists supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, have for the first time identified genes that might increase a person's ability to abstain from smoking.

4 Apr 2007

Mutation in gene HNF4A linked to increeased birthweight and macrosomia

Macrosomia (birthweight more than 4000g) is associated with complications for both mothers and babies; one cause of macrosomia is diabetes in the mother.

4 Apr 2007