News tagged with suicide gene
Researchers discover how a common virus cheats death
(PhysOrg.com) -- Findings could arm medical scientists with the ability to shut down many viruses at an earlier stage.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Biological changes in suicidal patients
Depressed and suicidal individuals have low levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their blood and saliva. They also have substances in their spinal fluid that suggest there is increased inflammation in the brain. These ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 29, 2010 |
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A mother's suicide, more than a father's, predicts her offspring's likelihood of attempting suicide
In the life of a child or adolescent, a parent's sudden death is an event so psychologically devastating, it's hard to imagine it could get any worse. But when that sudden death is self-inflicted, the psychological fallout ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2010 |
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Mutations on 3 genes could predispose people to suicidal behaviour
Three genes that have barely been studied to date have now provided fresh knowledge about patients with suicidal backgrounds. This is the result of a study by a team of Spanish researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital ...
Jun 15, 2010 |
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Gene increases effectiveness of drugs used to fight cancer and allows reduction in dosage
Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, have found a suicide gene, called 'gene E', which leads to the death of tumour cells derived from breast, lung and colon cancer, and prevents their growth. ...
Nov 24, 2009 |
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