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Tag: "genetic" at medical news

X-ray Mammography Aids in Breast Cancer Detection

...about 50 percent of breast cancers associated with genetic risk factors are linked to a mutation of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. Women with multiple relatives who developed breast or ovarian cancer at a young age, and those who are found to carry BRCA mutations face a decision about whether to have prophylac...

NASA Gets Ready To Address Tough Questions

...uired to bank sperm or eggs because of the risk of genetic mutations from radiation exposure during long trips. Already, NASA is considering genetic screening in choosing crews on the long-duration missions. At present, it is prohibited.'Genetic scr...

DBT And IAVI Forge Partnership To Develop Next Generation Vaccine Candidates

...k-worm genome analysis, molecular biology of human genetic disorders, brain research, plant genome research, development, validation and commercialisation of diagnostic kits and vaccines for communicable diseases, food biotechnology, biodiversity conservation and bioprospecting, setting up of micropropagatio...

Gene Responsible for Ageing Process Discovered and Calorie Restriction Could Help

...ing how calorie restriction works, we finally have genetic evidence to unravel the underlying molecular progr...cientists believe that the findings could unlock a genetic treasure-chest of potential pharmacological targets for developing drugs that can extend the human l...

New Virus Test Technology Experimented

...n or antibody test, the new technology is based on genetic substances of the viruses, namely DNA or RNA, to confirm epidemic diseases such as hepatitis or AIDS, said Charlie Xiang, chief scientist of the Microarray Centre of US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Xiang was speaking at a forum on industria...

Legalization of Therapeutic Abortion in UAE on the Cards

... as part of the country's prevention programme of genetic disorders. "We are studying it from two ways: on... it will be legal to terminate fetuses with severe genetic disorders such as thalassemia. Abortion is currently prohibited in the UAE unless it is to save th...

Malfunction of Gene Causes Schizophrenia, Depression

...depression, which have been proven to share common genetic mechanisms by the researchers. In their experime...polar disorder share, at least in part, the common genetic etiologies and thus underlying molecular mechanisms"....

Gene Mutations Leave Caucasians Prone To Heart Diseases And Diabetes

...."DeCODE plans to bundle this discovery with other genetic variants it has linked to risk of heart attack into a DNA-based test for gauging inherited risk of (heart attack)," the company was quoted....

American Cancer Society Launches Major New Study

...ion research in the United States to discover the genetic and environmental factors that cause and prevent c...understanding of the lifestyle, environmental, and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer. It is the latest in a series of important large-scale American...

The DNA That Spells Double Risk of Heart Attack

...Icelandic scientists drew a comparison between the genetic make-up of 1,600 men and women who had suffered he...ces the risk of suffering a heart attack. The genetic sequences are formed in pairs, one taken from the mother and other from the father, And those who ca...

70-year-old, Three Sons Seek Mercy Death

...staffa, 30, are stated to be suffering from a rare genetic disease - that weakens the limbs - since they were 15 years old. They have no money to seek treatment. "Doctors at the district headquarters hospital couldn't cure the disease. I have already spent all my money for their treatment. I don't have the...

Spouse may "drive You to Drink" but also can Protect You from Alcohol

... risk." Alcohol dependence is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Genetic influences expl...lthough non-random mating means that a person with genetic risks for alcohol problems will tend to marry another with a propensity toward alcohol dependence, i...

New Clues for Treatment of Disease That Causes Accelerated Aging

There is renewed hope for treatment of a rare genetic condition that causes rapidly accelerated aging and leads to an average life expectancy of 13 years. Scientists studying the genes of two infants who died of mysterious illnesses found the infants had mutations in LMNA, the same gene altered in pa...

Now Sex Determination of Fetuses in Six Weeks in UK

...oasts "One of the most exciting outcomes of recent genetic research, allows gender testing and is the discovery that there is fetal DNA in an expectant mothers blood as soon as six weeks gestation all the way through to delivery of the child. During pregnancy, small amounts of the babys DNA pass into the mot...

Master Regulatory Gene of Epithelial Stem Cells Identified

... we dont understand," says McKeon. "Dissecting the genetic programs controlled by these regulators will tell us much about how stem cells function and how they go awry in cancer."...

Disabled Orissa Brothers Lives Saved by Timely Intervention

...staffa, 30, are stated to be suffering from a rare genetic disease - that weakens the limbs - since they were 15-years-old. They have no money to seek treatment. "Doctors at the district headquarters hospital couldn't cure the disease. I have already spent all my money for their treatment. I don't have the...

Genetic Variation is Linked to Substantial Risk in Heart Attack

A common genetic variation on chromosome 9p21 is linked to a substa...iduals of European descent carry two copies of the genetic variation (one from each parent), found on chromosome 9p21. The research project was led by the I...

Babies Cot Dead - Why?

...reason for cot death. There is a need to look into genetic and environmental factors which could be related with the syndrome....

Study Reveals Little-known Cell Networks Vital to Circadian Rhythm

...ors throughout the body. By examining effects of genetic mutations at the level of single cells and tissues...s but also to provide a robust response to various genetic mutations. In fact, the network interactions unique to the SCN can compensate for some genetic defec...

Study to Investigate Gene's Effect on Bone Loss in Breast Cancer Patients

... example of how physicians hope to use a patient's genetic code to create personalized treatment. "As more...for CYP19 variants to investigate any link between genetic profile and bone loss....

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