Researchers Identify Gene Connected To Bipolar Disorder
...1,200 patients from Australia, the UK and Bulgaria implicates a gene called Fat on chromosome four. This gene plays a role in cell adhesion in the brain. People with the newly identified polymorphism, or form of this gene, appear to be at twice the risk of developing bipolar disorder, though it is not yet clear...A New Focus For The Mechanism Of Nerve Growth
...ed assembly of actin filament networks. This study implicates the molecular motor, myosin II, as a key part of the process of recycling the actin networks and ultimately sensing and directing nerve growth. Proteins in the Myosin family function as molecular motors; the most familiar myosins power contraction ...Arsenic in Drinking Water Predisposes Children To Lung Cancer in Later Life
...also the strongest evidence I know of to date that implicates not just arsenic, but any environmental exposure in utero or in early childhood to any adverse health effect in adults."The details of the study will appear in the July print issue of Environmental Health Perspectives and will be posted on its Web si...Chronic binge drinking can hasten HIV development
...ile infected." Bagby noted that although his study implicates alcohol abuse as a cofactor in accelerating SIV disease progression and, by extrapolation, HIV disease – the exact mechanisms by which this occurs remain unclear. "Each episode of alcohol intoxication can suppress multiple elements of immune functi...A Single Biological Mechanism Behind Several Autoimmune Disorders
... lymphocyte activation and expansion. This further implicates IGF-1R in the pathogenesis of patients with Graves’ disease. Graves' disease, the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, can lead to severe swelling around the eye sockets. It is part of a class of autoimmune disorders in which cellular defense mech...Risk of Dementia Increased With Secondhand Smoke
...encing these results, but this finding potentially implicates lifetime exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke as a risk factor for dementia in older adults," said study author Thaddeus Haight of UC Berkeley. The study also found that exposure to secondhand smoke resulted in a greater occurrence of dementia for ......encing these results, but this finding potentially implicates lifetime exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke as a risk factor for dementia in older adults," said study author Thaddeus Haight of UC Berkeley. The study also found that exposure to secondhand smoke resulted in a greater occurrence of dementia for ...