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‘Inflammation Gene’ identified by scientit

A gene on chromosome 15 regulates inflammation according to scientists. Inflammation has a role to play in a wide range of disorders, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s besides infections//. John Blangero, Ph.D. and senior author o...

Gene Fusion Test to screen children’s with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemi

...traditional method of cytogenetics, which looks at chromosome numbers and structure.”As a result of our work, doctors now use these three gene fusion tests as standard and will treat their patient accordingly,” said Dr. Mooran....

Genetical Screening Can Detect Early Signs Of Multiple Sclerosis

...al Association in San Diego, a cluster of genes on chromosome six is the only one that plays a significant role in multiple sclerosis (MS). The major histo-compatibility complex (MHC) is a cluster of genes that play a critical role in the recognition of cells in the body as belonging to the body, i.e., not in...

Down syndrome simulated in animal model after successful chromosome transplantation

...een the successful attempts of transplanting human chromosome into animal models, more specifically, chromosome 21 into mice. The presence of an extra copy of the 21st chromosome is responsible for Down syndrom...

Occupational Exposure To Radiation Causes Chromosome Aberrations

...iomarkers for easy detection and identification of chromosome aberrations. The study is also aimed at finding a link between complex chromosome aberrations and disease condition which would be helpful in establishing diagnosis and better treatm...

New Infertility test to be offered by Reliance

... low grade gonadal mosaicism, which is a low-grade chromosome defect in the ovary. This test is particularly use...mples of follicular fluid and found 44 of them had chromosome abnormalities in the follicular fluid. Research showed that the ovaries had genetic abnormalities. O...

Gene That Might Be Responsible For Aging

...een spouses. Thus, the inheritance of a parental X chromosome (from mothers to sons and from both parents to daughters) was strongly correlated with similar telomere length between parents and children. Results also confirm telomere length is longer in women than in men. Previous studies show the relative len...

Gene Activity connected to Schizophrenia

...ues identified two genes/// located in a region of chromosome 22--a section of DNA that has previously been link...a in any given person. The researchers honed in on chromosome 22 because people who have deletions or damage in this portion of DNA are known to have a 30-fold gr...

Disease chromosomes identified

...ry human trait from hair colour to sexuality. Each chromosome carries thousands of genes that act as instruction...iated with Alzheimer's and prostate ailments while chromosome 6 is linked to intelligence. But it is the X chromosome that causes disease including a wide range...

Testicular cancer identified

...GCT1, was located in a particular section of the X chromosome called Xq27. It is inherited by the patient's mother, who in turn inherits it from either her mother or father.// Researchers found that men who carry the gene are more susceptible to testicular germ cell tumours (TGCT) which make up 95 per cent of ...

Disease chromosomes identified

...ry human trait from hair colour to sexuality. Each chromosome carries thousands of genes that act as instruction...iated with Alzheimer's and prostate ailments while chromosome 6 is linked to intelligence. But it is the X chromosome that causes disease including a wide range...

Inflammatory bowel disease linked to genetic abnormality

...st 25% when a person happens to have a mutation on chromosome 16. The study was led by a group of researchers from France and USA. The complete data will appear in the May 31st issue of journal Nature. The gene in question is called Nod2. If this gene is damaged, researchers say,// the immune sys...

Learning Just How Different We Are

...ia on Genetics: Out of 23 chromosomes, the fourth chromosome is responsible for sense of sweet taste and Identical twins have identical DNA but not identical fingerprints. Links from medindia: http://www.medindia.net/know_ur_body/ genetics.asp http://www.medindia.net/dietandnutrition /nutrition.asp...

Genes responsible for social behavior of us

...onditions results from the loss of 21 genes on the chromosome 7 and makes people behave in a highly social and empathetic way, even in situations that may cause stress to healthy normal people. The people who suffer from this disease often feel anxiety or phobia about some non-social issue that may cause them t...

Language development linked to Foxp2 gene

... that Foxp2 gene is found in one of the regions of chromosome 7 and is linked to speech disorders, autism, and specific language impairment that can cause communication difficulties. In the research where scientists have engineered mice with Foxp2 gene mutations, results demonstrate that infant mice with the ...

Prenatal exposure to air pollution causes chromosomal damage

... etc can penetrate the placenta enough to harm the chromosome of the fetus. The research conducted by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US, had studied 60 newborns of the New York City to assess the damage caused by the pollution. The portable air monitors the pregnant women had worn during...

Test for prenatal chromosomal abnormalities using cervical swab

...e help of DNA identification. The abnormalities of chromosome may be giving rise to Down’s syndrome etc. early identification of which is essential. This test will be the first of its kind, being noninvasive test for chromosomal abnormalities, and may be used for both low risk and high risk pregnancies. The me...

Environmental Factors Found To Have An Impact On The Sex of A Child

...ight increase in the number of sperm bearing the Y chromosome in men exposed to pollutants. Researchers looked ... enable them to determine if the increase in the Y chromosome sperm would lead to more boys being born. Thus researchers say that much larger studies need to be d...

Environmental Factors Found To Have An Impact On The Sex of A Child

...ight increase in the number of sperm bearing the Y chromosome in men exposed to pollutants. Researchers looked ... enable them to determine if the increase in the Y chromosome sperm would lead to more boys being born. Thus researchers say that much larger studies need to be d...

Pollutants may affect male fertility

...fect the fertility of males. The Y part of the X-Y chromosome gets affected by the pollutants that increase the y factor and may lead to higher chances of males children being born to the people affected by the pollutants. However, researchers did not say that whether actually there were more male children born...

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