Procedure is no longer limited to just screening for life-threatening conditions Both the number of families checking embryos for genetic defects and the conditions being tested for are growing rapidly. But figuring out the ethical and regulatory guidelines for such screening is proving difficu ...

Scientists from Cambridge University have discovered four rare mutations of a gene associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) that reduce the risk of developing the disease. Their findings published today in the journal Science Express suggest a link between T1D and the enterovirus (a common virus t ...

More than 15000 secondary school students in Bahrain will be screened for genetic blood diseases Gulf Daily News has reported. The screening is part of the campaign being carried out by the Bahrain National Hereditary Anaemia Society.

( University of Gothenburg ) There may be greater genetic variation between different yeasts of the same species than between humans and chimpanzees. This is one of the findings of a study from the University of Gothenburg that is being published in the scientific journal Nature. This study her ...

( American Academy of Sleep Medicine ) A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal Sleep was the first to use twin data to examine the longitudinal link between sleep problems and depression. Results of this study demonstrate that sleep problems predict later depression; the converse association ...

More than 100 small genetic variations affect a child's response to treatment for the most common type of childhood cancer a finding that might lead to better treatments U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Scientists at the MUHC and McGill University have identified a gene essential for the uptake of vitamin B12 in human cells. The discovery of this gene finally completes a 24 year-old hunt for the cause of an incredibly rare genetic disorder called cblF combined homocystinuria and methylmalonic ...

Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine led by Margaret A. Pericak-Vance Ph.D. and Jonathan L. Haines Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have identified nine genes that may increase susceptibility for Alzheimer's disease and confirmed a region on chromosome 1 ...

Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes and celiac disease appear to share a common genetic origin scientists at the University of Cambridge and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry have confirmed. Their findings which are reported in this week's edition of the New England Journal of Medici ...

Screening for a panel of gene variants associated with the risk for type 2 diabetes can identify adults at risk for the disorder but is not significantly better than assessment based on traditional risk factors such as weight blood pressure and blood sugar levels.

No matter the species from flies to humans we all start the same: a single-cell fertilized egg that embarks on an incredible journey. The specifics of this journey are being uncovered at Rutgers University-Camden where a biologist is researching how from one cell a jumble of many are able to or ...

Common genetic polymorphisms induce major differentiations in the metabolic make-up of the human population according to a paper published November 28 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics. An international team of researchers led by Karsten Suhre has conducted a genome-wide association stud ...

Science finally may be getting a leg up on clubfoot with the discovery of the first genetic link to the common birth defect at Washington University in St. Louis.

A tale of two sisters has helped researchers solve a medical mystery and discover a familial genetic mutation that causes an inherited form of the lung disease Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP). Reporting their results in the Nov.

A tale of two sisters has helped researchers solve a medical mystery and discover a familial genetic mutation that causes an inherited form of the lung disease pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. The researchers also point to the possibility of an inhaled therapy to overcome a chain of molecular ev ...

Science finally may be getting a leg up on clubfoot with the discovery of the first genetic link to the common birth defect at Washington University in St. Louis.

( Mary Ann Liebert Inc./Genetic Engineering News ) Biotech scientists increasingly are applying genomics technologies to toxicology research to better understand the effects of novel drug candidates on a variety of organ systems. They are especially interested in figuring out a new compound's m ...

Hopkins's first International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) team won a bronze medal at the annual competition.

Screening for a panel of gene variants associated with the risk for type 2 diabetes can identify adults at risk for the disorder but is not significantly better than assessment based on traditional risk factors such as weight blood pressure and blood sugar levels.

WEDNESDAY Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Testing for 18 different gene variations associated with type 2 diabetes was no better at predicting a person's risk for the blood sugar disease than a doctor's assessment researchers report.

For determining risk of Type 2 diabetes current genetic screening tests add little to traditional methods such as family history two new studies suggest.