News tagged with genetic predispositions
Genetic analysis reveals Otzi Iceman predisposed to cardiovascular disease
Scientific magazine Nature Communications publishes new findings about physiognomy, ethnic origin and predisposition towards illness of the world’s oldest glacier mummy.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 28, 2012 |
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New scientific model tracks form of ovarian cancer to origins in fallopian tube
High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), the fifth-deadliest cancer among American women, is thought by many scientists to often be a fallopian tube malignancy masquerading as an ovarian one. While most of the evidence linking ...
Apr 18, 2011 |
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ATS issues joint statement on the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
The American Thoracic Society has released new official clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The statement replaces ATS guidelines published in 2000, and reviews current ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Antibiotic use in infancy may increase risk of childhood asthma
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children who receive antibiotics within the first six months of life are at a significantly increased risk of developing asthma and allergies by 6 years of age, even without a genetic predisposition, new ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 05, 2011 |
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The heritability of Crohn's disease better understood
A University of Liege GIGA-Research Unit team has discovered new particular genetic mutations which influence hereditary predisposition to Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the bowel. The rare variants discovered ...
Dec 17, 2010 |
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30 new gene variants linked to Crohn's disease
An international team of scientists, including researchers from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, have found 30 new gene variants associated with the risk of Crohns disease. The results of the study provide valuable insight ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Fearless children show less empathy, more aggression
"The results of this study show that fearless behavior in children can be identified and is related to neurological and genetic predisposition. This type of behavior has less correlation – at least in infancy – ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Insulin-creating cell research may lead to better diabetes treatment
Beta cells, which make insulin in the human body, do not replicate after the age of 30, indicating that clinicians may be closer to better treating diabetes.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Researchers find a 'liberal gene'
Liberals may owe their political outlook partly to their genetic make-up, according to new research from the University of California, San Diego, and Harvard University. Ideology is affected not just by social factors, but ...
Oct 27, 2010 |
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Genetic test to predict early menopause
The first research from the Breakthrough Generations Study could lead to a test to predict a woman's reproductive lifespan.
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Physical activity can reduce the genetic predisposition to obesity by 40 percent
Although the whole population can benefit from a physically active lifestyle, in part through reduced obesity risk, a new study shows that individuals with a genetic predisposition to obesity can benefit even more. The research, ...
Aug 31, 2010 |
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Survey says: Genetics affect whether we're willing to take surveys
A new study from North Carolina State University shows that genetics play a key factor in whether someone is willing to take a survey.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Why are drug trials in Alzheimer's disease failing?
An Editorial in this week's Lancet discusses the poor record of drug trials in Alzheimer's disease, following the dumping of semagacestat on the phase 3 scrapheap of other failed disease-modifying drugs for the condition.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Hair color, socioeconomic status among risk factors for recurring basal cell carcinoma
Patients who receive a diagnosis of the skin cancer basal cell carcinoma at a younger age—along with those who have red hair, a higher socioeconomic status and a cancerous lesion on their upper extremities—appear to be at ...
Aug 16, 2010 |
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Study finds early predictors of metabolic syndrome in healthy 7-9 year-olds
Melinda Sothern, PhD, CEP, Professor of Public Health and Director of Health Promotion at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, will present evidence that supports relationships seen in adolescents between insulin sensitivity ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 12, 2010 |
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