News tagged with genetic profiles

A new glimpse into ancient human history

Analyzing DNA from four ancient skeletons and comparing it with thousands of genetic samples from living humans, a group of Scandinavian scientists reported that agriculture initially spread through Europe because farmers ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1

lobSTR algorithm rolls DNA fingerprinting into 21st century

As any crime show buff can tell you, DNA evidence identifies a victim's remains, fingers the guilty, and sets the innocent free. But in reality, the processing of forensic DNA evidence takes much longer than a 60-minute primetime ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aging human bodies and aging human oocytes run on different clocks

Reproductive and somatic aging use different molecular mechanisms that show little overlap between the types of genes required to keep oocytes healthy and the genes that generally extend life span, according to Coleen Murphy, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Plant genomes may help next generation respond to climate change

In the face of climate change, animals have an advantage over plants: They can move. But a new study led by Brown University researchers shows that plants may have some tricks of their own.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Google-backed 23andMe hits major milestone: 100,000 users in DNA database

Mountain View, Calif., genomics startup 23andMe just hit a milestone: As of Wednesday, 100,000 people have uploaded their genetic code to the 4-year-old company's database.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The future looks bright for HCV patients who have failed to respond to current treatments

Berlin, Germany, Friday 1st April 2011: Highly anticipated data from a number of clinical trials presented for the first time at the International Liver CongressTM confirmed that a range of new proteases inhibitors will help ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Talking the language of genes

(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of hospital cases of Clostridium difficile at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford are not caused by transmission of the bug within the hospital, so early results of a new project suggest.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic profile guides search for the right blood pressure drug

We are swimming in a sea of options when it comes to treating high blood pressure; there are currently more than half a dozen different classes of drugs on the market for the condition. Yet there is little rationale for giving ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

DNA reveals Neolithic farmers' near Eastern affinities

During an international research project, scientists from the Institute of Anthropology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the University of Adelaide worked with a number of additional partners to research the ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists make cancer breakthrough in the way anti-cancer drugs are tested

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have made an important breakthrough in the way anti-cancer drugs are tested.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Personal genetic profiling services lack evidence for claims

Direct-to-consumer personal genetic profiling services that claim to predict people's health risks by analysing their DNA are often inconclusive and companies that sell them should provide better information about the evidence ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Superbug genetics key to fight staph infections: experts

Infectious disease experts need to decode the genetic skeleton of multi-drug resistant bacteria MRSA to unlock the secrets of the superbug that is behind a growing wave of staph infections.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Effects of lifestyle and exposures are mirrored in blood gene expression

A study by Norwegian and French researchers hopes to provide new understanding of how blood cells adjust gene expression in response to various clinical, biochemical and pathological conditions. The Norwegian Woman and Cancer ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists develop technique to determine ethnic origin of stem cell lines

An international team of scientists led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed a straightforward technique to determine the ethnic origin of stem cells.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study identifies genetic predeterminants for diabetes in African-Americans

For years, scientists have tried to determine the basis for discrepancies between race and the predisposition for development of diseases such as type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Could factors ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0