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Researchers Identify Sipa 1 Gene, Responsible For Cancer Metastasis

...d the presence of a putative metastasis efficiency locus on mouse chromosome 19. This chromosome region, which is orthologous to human 11q12-13, harbors a known metastasis suppressor gene Brms1. However, this gene has no obvious polymorphisms that influence metastasis. Authors used a multiple cross mappi...

Genes Affect Drinking Behavior Of Smokers

...re affected by two loci on chromosome four and one locus on chromosome two, which precede alcoholism. As many as 200 genes are involved in chromosome four, some of which play a role in alcohol metabolism. It is as yet not known as to which genes play a deciding role in this behavioral pattern. Based on thi...

WHO Rules Out Human Transmission Of Bird Flu In 4 Cases

...t Asia in December 2003. Indonesia is currently a locus of the disease with 49 cases, second only to Vietnam with 93 cases. (Source:PTI News)...

Rural Poor are Better off Than Slum Dwellers: UN Report

...w UN-HABITAT report released Saturday //. As the locus of poverty shifts from rural areas to urban centres, UN-HABITAT's "State of the World's Cities" report provides concrete data to reveal that the world's one billion slum dwellers are more likely to die earlier, experience more hunger and disease, att...

Research Reveal A New Angle On Neural Circuits.

...targeting exclusively excitatory networks, a major locus of plasticity lies within the inhibitory networks. Our data show that inhibitory networks within the cortex are highly plastic, and that some pathological states arise through inappropriate activation of inhibitory plasticity.” Sourc: EurekAlert....

Researchers Uncover Gene That Raises Risk for Type 1 Diabetes

...on of type 1 diabetes with a major unknown genetic locus and suggests that future research should concentrate on defining the additional genes in the HLA region that cause diabetes.” The research also brings to light a possibility to prevent childhood diabetes in the future. The authors indicate that “in...

Proteins in lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis

...epithelium clone) gene to chromosome 20. A genetic locus in this region directs the production of a family of at least 10 proteins. Some of the proteins are short, referred to as "SPLUNCs," while others are long, referred to as "LPLUNCs." Researchers have found that these proteins locate in specific plac...

Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene may Protect from Developing Alcoholism

...DH1B and ADH1C.// The three alleles at the ADH1B locus have previously been linked with protection from a...story. Each participant was genotyped at the ADH1B locus through a blood sample, and also provided a number of other health measures. "As predicted, we fo...

Childhood Abuse Increases the Risk of Alcoholism

...ople with the low activity variant at the MAOA-LPR locus have hyperactivation of the hippocampus when retrieving negative emotional information....