Tag Archives: Genetics
Obesity in dads may be associated with offspring’s increased risk of disease
Feb. 5, 2013 A father’s obesity is one factor that may influence his children’s health and potentially raise their risk for diseases like cancer, according to new research from Duke Medicine.
Researcher uncovers potential cause, biomarker for autism and proposes study to investigate theory
Jan. 31, 2013 A New York-based physician-researcher from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, best known for his research into fertility and twinning, has uncovered a potential connection between autism and a specific growth protein that could eventually be used as a way to predict an infant’s propensity to later develop the disease.
Neuroscientists pinpoint location of fear memory in amygdala
Jan. 27, 2013 A rustle of undergrowth in the outback: it’s a sound that might make an animal or person stop sharply and be still, in the anticipation of a predator.
Chemical defects ‘last generations’
25 January 2013 Last updated at 20:24 ET Scientists believe they have shown exposure to certain chemicals in the womb can cause changes that are passed through generations. There is no firm evidence of this in humans, but Washington State University research showed a clear effect in rats
Scientists discover how epigenetic information could be inherited: Mechanism of epigenetic reprogramming revealed
Jan. 24, 2013 New research reveals a potential way for how parents’ experiences could be passed to their offspring’s genes. The research was published January, 25 in the journal Science
Scientists discover how epigenetic information could be inherited: Mechanism of epigenetic reprogramming revealed
Jan. 24, 2013 New research reveals a potential way for how parents’ experiences could be passed to their offspring’s genes
Chance finding reveals new control on blood vessels in developing brain
Jan. 24, 2013 Zhen Huang freely admits he was not interested in blood vessels four years ago when he was studying brain development in a fetal mouse. Instead, he wanted to see how changing a particular gene in brain cells called glia would affect the growth of neurons
Viral reactivation a likely link between stress and heart disease
Jan. 22, 2013 A new study could provide the link that scientists have been looking for to confirm that reactivation of a latent herpes virus is a cause of some heart problems. Looking at blood samples from 299 heart patients, researchers at Ohio State University found that those who had suffered a heart attack were the most likely to have inflammatory proteins circulating in their blood compared to patients with less acute symptoms
DNA chip to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?
Jan. 21, 2013 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common childhood neuropsychiatric disorder. Yet there is currently no tool that will confirm the diagnosis of ADHD
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