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Genetic Factors linked with Drug Dependence and Abuse

...o be strongly associated with the person’s genetic makeup – researchers report. In the July issue of the journal Psychological Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University researchers, in collaboration with researchers from Norwegian Institute of Public Health and University of Oslo in Norway, reported the ...

Effect of Prolonged Stay in Space Studied Using Fruit Flies

...o that goal because certain aspects of the genetic makeup of their immune systems and humans' are similar. Also, a 12-day stay in space qualifies as prolonged for fruit flies because they only live for about four to six weeks. Kimbrell sought von Kalm's help because of his experience working with fruit fl...

Gene Variations Raise the Risk of Childhood Cancer Survivors

...l patients. Thus, knowledge of a patient’s genetic makeup may allow physicians to select a more personalized, less toxic treatment. 'Further study needs to be done, using larger numbers of patients, to determine if these results hold up,' said Dr. Aplenc, a pediatric oncologist at The Children’s Hospital ...

Scotland Faces Shortage Of GPs

...tors and attract more men into the profession// to makeup the shortfall. Most strugglers were the remote and rural area peoples. Report says ‘Population increase, rise in female part-time GPs, more workloads and immence retirement of a large number of doctors are the result of such hardest shortage’. D...

Anemia from Malaria Linked to a Protein MIF

...nt of evidence that an individual's unique genetic makeup can affect the prevalence and outcome of diseases, in this case the individual risk of malarial anemia. A number of human proteins, including MIF (which stands for migration inhibitory factor), were long suspected to cause malarial anemia because t...

Dialing On Cell Phones Or Applying Make-Up Increase Crash Risk

...ays that people who talk on cell phones //or apply makeup while they drive are thrice as likely to crash as compared to those whop focus on driving. Researchers studied 241 drivers in 100 sensor-equipped vehicles, which were involved in 82 crashes and 761 near-crashes, according to CNN. The research found...

Genetic Experts of Hopkins Assists In Identifying Hurricane Katrina Victims

... In DNA-marker testing, a person's unique genetic makeup is matched against other previously known samples or, if none exist, samples taken from family members, looking for unique genetic traits or markers specific to the individual or family. The results from the DNA analysis can be used alone or combined...

Passive Smoking Makes Kids Prone To Respiratory Illness

...nia has found that children with a certain genetic makeup are at an increased risk of chest infections// and other respiratory illnesses if they are exposed to passive smoking. According to the study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, children who have a variation in...

U.S. launching cancer gene-mapping pilot

...00 million US pilot project to unravel the genetic makeup of cancer, with the idea of speeding the discovery of gene culprits and treatments that are today more a matter of luck. Dr. Francis Collins, the National Institutes of Health's genetics chief who announced the Cancer Genome project, said it is an ...

Now,Swine-Flu!

...l Infectious Diseases, describes that the physical makeup of the pigs allows them to contract and spread influenza viruses to and from other species, such as humans and birds. Due to their susceptibility to influenza virus infections from other species, pigs can also serve as 'mixing vessel hosts' that ca...

Researchers finding link between malaria susceptibility and genetic makeup

... infection and their link to difference in genetic makeup between different individuals//. Rather than focusing on specific genes, Mackinnon and colleagues were interested in the relative contributions of host genetics and other factors to the risk of malaria. To estimate the overall contribution of genet...

Perfect babies boon or a bane?

...ure generations. Such techniques alter the genetic makeup of the reproductive cells, thereby promising to eliminate the inheritance of some genetically based diseases. IGM techniquesOne form of IGM would be to treat the reproductive cells that develop into the egg or sperm, in males, during spermatogenesis...

Innovative yeast genome may handle Cancer Clues

... of Cancer Research UK, said comparing the genetic makeup of different species would improve the understanding of the basic biology behind cancer. "Cells are the basic blocks upon which life is built, and by understanding how they grow and develop, we will be able to develop new treatments to fight cancer...

Three Tropical Parasites Genetic Code Unravelled

Scientists have now cracked the genetic makeup three fatal diseases –sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis //and Chagas disease that are caused by Trypanosoma brucei, Leishmania major and Trypanosoma cruzi. The three diseases have mostly been to affect people in tropical countries. It is estimated tha...

Genetics linked to leukemia treatment success rate in children

...ys that personalized medicine based on the genetic makeup of children may yield better results in treating childhood leukemia. Researchers had looked into the records of 246 children suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The patients were divided into a high-risk group and a low risk group to ...

Stress and mood fatigue may affect the diet in pregnancy

... certain nutrients. Finding out more of the mental makeup of the pregnant women and prescribing diets accordingly will work in favor of good health of the unborn fetus and the newborn child....

SARS research confirms link to animals

Chinese scientists compared the genetic makeup of viral particles isolated from humans with SARS with a virus found in wild animals recently captured //and being held in a retail food market. The animals were found to have a corona virus that was 99.8 percent genetically identical to a virus tha...

Blood pressure control with ACE inhibitor or diuretic?

...ould have been due to the difference in the ethnic makeup of the two trials. He explained that thirty percent of the ALLHAT subjects were black Americans, who are known not to respond to ACE inhibitors, while the Australian study comprised mostly of whites. However, he also added that for most patients the...

Marijuana 'gateway' theory strengthened by study of twins

...ets of identical twins who shared the same genetic makeup and all the participants were 30 years of age, on an average, when they were asked about their teenage drug use. The researchers found that those who were early marijuana smokers// were five times more likely than their twins to move on to harder dru...

Advantages of Red Wine

...nanswered questions. Researchers say the molecular makeup of the HDL was different in wine drinkers, but yet to find the actual reason. In addition to studying drinking habits, doctors reviewed nutrition data, smoking history, blood pressure, and physical activity levels. More studies will be done to furth...

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