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Buried for 100,000 years at Xujiayao in the Nihewan Basin of northern China, the recovered skull pieces of an early human exhibit a now-rare congenital deformation that indicates inbreeding might well have been common among our ancestors, new research from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Washington University in St. Louis suggests. http://phys.org/news282829032.html Other Sciences Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:00:03 EST news282829032 Using the technique that created Dolly the sheep, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan have identified a way to produce healthy mouse clones that live a normal lifespan and can be sequentially cloned indefinitely. http://phys.org/news281883704.html Biology Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:01:55 EST news281883704 The health risks of marrying a cousin have been grossly overstated, says a new book. http://phys.org/news254583776.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:43:08 EST news254583776 The University of Michigan's first human embryonic stem cell line will be placed on the U.S. National Institutes of Health's registry, making the cells available for federally-funded research. It is the first of the stem cell lines derived at the University of Michigan to be placed on the registry. http://phys.org/news248447763.html Biology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:16:20 EST news248447763 Medical scientists know this about glioblastoma multiforme: the malignant brain tumor is aggressive, it is elusive, and it appears in different permutations. http://phys.org/news221132503.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:41:56 EST news221132503 Dr. Andras Nagy's laboratory at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital and Dr. Timo Otonkoski's laboratory at Biomedicum Stem Cell Center (University of Helsinki), as well as collaborators in Europe and Canada have identified genetic abnormalities associated with reprogramming adult cells to induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The findings give researchers new insights into the reprogramming process, and will help make future applications of stem cell creation and subsequent use safer. http://phys.org/news218295234.html Biology Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:34:07 EST news218295234 Cancer scientists led by Dr. John Dick at the Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI) and collaborators at St Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis) have found that defective genes and the individual leukemia cells that carry them are organized in a more complex way than previously thought. http://phys.org/news214665916.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:25:34 EST news214665916 Targeted therapies tailored to the unique biology of brain tumors may offer renewed hope to children diagnosed with the number one cause of cancer death, according to faculty at UCSF Children’s Hospital. http://phys.org/news193505171.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 May 2010 17:00:06 EST news193505171 Patients who encounter serious lung diseases in middle age, despite an absence of family history or other predisposing factors, may still have their genes to blame, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health. http://phys.org/news193311764.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 May 2010 10:43:04 EST news193311764 High doses of antioxidant nutritional supplements, such as vitamins C and E, can increase genetic abnormalities in cells, which may predispose supplement-takers to developing cancer, according to a new study from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. http://phys.org/news192211308.html Medicine & Health Tue, 04 May 2010 17:02:01 EST news192211308 An international team of researchers has created a genome-scale map of 26 different cancers, revealing more than 100 genomic sites where DNA from tumors is either missing or abnormally duplicated compared to normal tissues. The study, the largest of its kind, finds that most of these genetic abnormalities are not unique to one form of cancer, but are shared across multiple cancers. The work appears in the February 18 issue of the journal Nature. http://phys.org/news185632829.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:00:05 EST news185632829 Cleft palate has been linked to dozens of genes. During their investigation of one of these genes, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis were surprised to find that cleft palate occurs both when the gene is more active and when it is less active than normal. http://phys.org/news184338559.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:00:03 EST news184338559 The largest and longest running study of children born after preimplantation genetic diagnosis and screening has shown that embryo biopsy does not adversely affect the health of babies born as the result of a subsequent singleton pregnancy. http://phys.org/news180707797.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:00:04 EST news180707797 A statewide team of researchers led by a Michigan State University epidemiologist are hoping Michigan's archive of newborn blood spots will help them uncover the causes of cerebral palsy, the most common disabling motor disorder in children with annual health costs of $12 billion. http://phys.org/news171044315.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:30:01 EST news171044315 Janet Davison Rowley, MD, a pioneer in demonstrating that cancer is a genetic disease, will receive the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom the White House announced Thursday. President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Rowley and 15 others at a ceremony Wednesday, August 12. http://phys.org/news168187760.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:00:02 EST news168187760 Your immune system plays an important function in your health—it protects you against viruses, bacteria, and other toxins that can cause disease. In autoinflammatory diseases, however, the immune system goes awry, causing unprovoked and dangerous inflammation. Now, researchers from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, and other institutions have discovered a new autoinflammatory syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects children around the time of birth. The findings appear in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. http://phys.org/news163333960.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:33:26 EST news163333960 A team of neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has demonstrated the mechanism by which a signaling protein found throughout the brain controls the maturation and strength of excitatory synapses, the tiny gaps across which the majority of neurons communicate. http://phys.org/news163077382.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:16:54 EST news163077382