Most children inherit both their postal code and their genetic code from their parents. But if genetic factors influence where families are able to live and children's health and educational success, improving neighborhoods ...
Social Sciences
Apr 8, 2019
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The microbes living in your food can affect your risk of cancer. While some help your body fight cancer, others help tumors evolve and grow.
Evolution
Jan 31, 2023
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Bone cancer in dogs is affected by a variety of genetic risk factors. Researchers from Uppsala University, Sweden, and the Broad Institute show this in a new study published in Genome Biology.
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2013
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A team of scientists led by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and University of California, Santa Cruz has discovered that animals' genomic information can help predict which mammal species are more likely to face extinction.
Ecology
Apr 27, 2023
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The autoimmune condition, Celiac disease, afflicts roughly one in 133 Americans. It is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Now a team of investigators from Spain shows that the level of genetic risk ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 16, 2011
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Researchers from Johns Hopkins and Northwestern universities have discovered how to control the shape of nanoparticles that move DNA through the body and have shown that the shapes of these carriers may make a big difference ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 12, 2012
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Polygenic scores—estimates of an individual's predisposition for complex traits and diseases—hold promise for identifying patients at risk of disease and guiding early, personalized treatments, but UCLA experts found ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 19, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have developed a transgenic mouse that carries a human gene known to increase risk of Alzheimer's 15-fold. This new mouse mimics the genetics of the ...
Biochemistry
Nov 8, 2012
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Like mother, like daughter; like father, like son. Evolutionary biologists at the universities in Bielefeld and Uppsala (Sweden) have now shown that this proverb also applies to inheriting a long life – at least for fruit ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2013
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Population-level changes in the genetic make-up of one of the world's deadliest animals could provide a key in the fight against malaria, proponents of a radical new technology argue.
Ecology
Jun 8, 2023
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