News tagged with chromosome 22

Powerful new method allows scientists to probe gene activation

NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have developed a powerful new method to investigate the discrete steps necessary to turn on individual genes and examine how the process goes wrong in cancer and other diseases. The ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Additional genes associated with age-related macular degeneration identified

A large genetic study of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has identified three new genes associated with this blinding eye disease—two involved in the cholesterol pathway. Results of this large-scale collaborative study, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast