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Researchers unlock 30 new genes responsible for early onset puberty

University of Minnesota School of Public Health researcher Ellen Demerath, Ph.D., is among an international group of researchers that has identified 30 new genes responsible for determining the age of sexual maturation in ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Studies validate use of family health history as gold standard in disease risk assessment

Thousands of the world's top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field will convene to present their latest research findings at the American Society of Human Genetics 60th Annual Meeting, which will be held November ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Protein made by breast cancer gene purified

A key step in understanding the origins of familial breast cancer has been made by two teams of scientists at the University of California, Davis. The researchers have purified, for the first time, the protein produced by ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Popping Bubbles Hold Promise in Cellular Drug Injection

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique that harnesses the power of mighty microscopic bubbles, developed by Duke engineers, can open for a blink of the eye nanometer-sized entries into individual cells.

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New drug reduces tumor size in women with advanced hereditary ovarian or breast cancer

Understanding the underlying genetic weakness of certain types of cancer may lead to targeted therapy and provide the key to effective treatment, a new study suggests. An international consortium of researchers has shown ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study links African ancestry to high-risk breast cancer

A new study finds that African ancestry is linked to triple-negative breast cancer, a more aggressive type of cancer that has fewer treatment options.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover new genetic marker of ovarian cancer risk

A team of Yale researchers have identified a genetic marker that can help predict the risk of developing ovarian cancer, a hard to detect and often deadly form of cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Revolutionary therapy slows tumor growth in advanced breast cancer

The new drug olaparib has antitumour activity in carriers of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations who have advanced ovarian or breast cancer, according to the findings of two proof-of-concept trials. Together with previous findings, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene mutation increases thromboembolism risk in women taking tamoxifen

Women taking tamoxifen for early-stage breast cancer who developed blood clots were more likely to carry a gene mutation for clotting than women taking tamoxifen who did not develop blood clots, according to an online study ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Off-the-shelf genetics tests to hit US pharmacies

Want to find out what diseases await you in the future, your chances of developing Alzheimer's? Or whether you will pass something on to your child? Then a trip to the pharmacy may reveal all.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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