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NHS to get a long term overhaul with a 10 year plan

As part of the plans for a long term development of the NHS, large funding strategies are being devised that would focus on General Practitioners as well as community care and mental health services.

6 Jan 2019

Extensive genetic tests do not cause undue worry for women with breast cancer

As genetic testing for breast cancer has become more complex, evaluating a panel of multiple genes, it introduces more uncertainty about the results. But a new study finds that newer, more extensive tests are not causing patients to worry more about their cancer risk.

5 Jan 2019

Scientists fix flawed plant genes, make plants grow 40% larger

Researchers in the US have genetically engineered a way of shortcutting photosynthesis to increase the size of tobacco plants by up to 40%.

4 Jan 2019

Research reveals factors at play in genetic incompatibility of different species

Most evolutionary biologists distinguish one species from another based on reproductivity: members of different species either won't or can't mate with one another, or, if they do, the resulting offspring are often sterile, unviable, or suffer some other sort of reduced fitness.

4 Jan 2019

Research illuminates abilities of ADAR1 to ‘hyper-mutate’ tumor suppressor RNAs in leukemia

Writing in the January 3 issue of Cancer Cell, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that detection of "copy editing" by a stem cell enzyme called ADAR1, which is active in more than 20 tumor types, may provide a kind of molecular radar for early detection of malignancies and represent a new therapeutic target for preventing cancer cell resistance to chemotherapy and radiation.

3 Jan 2019

Researchers shed new light on the body's largest cell receptor

A giant toadstool that swallow up vitamins and nutrients. This is how the receptor, which e.g. absorbs B12 vitamin, looks. For the first time, researchers have an insight into a biology which has survived millions of years.

3 Jan 2019

Researchers develop new method of analysis to map cellular locations of proteins

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and SciLifeLab have developed a new method of analysis that maps the location of proteins in the cell. The information has been compiled in a database that is accessible to researchers around the world.

3 Jan 2019

Bulldogs' screw tails linked to rare inherited syndrome in humans

With their small size, stubby faces and wide-set eyes, bulldogs, French bulldogs and Boston terriers are among the most popular of domestic dog breeds. Now researchers at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine have found the genetic basis for these dogs' appearance, and linked it to a rare inherited syndrome in humans.

3 Jan 2019

Fruit fly study sheds light on the evolution of metabolism

Diet choice of animal species is highly variable. Some are specialists feeding only on one food source, such as a sugar-rich fruit or protein-rich meat. Other species, like humans, are generalists that can feed on different kinds of food sources.

3 Jan 2019

Alterations in brain networks contribute to cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders

Psychiatric disorders share common alterations of functional connectivity between three core brain networks involved in cognition, according to a meta-analysis published in Biological Psychiatry.

3 Jan 2019

Researchers reveal cause of possible genetic problems in mitochondria

A group of researchers from the Andalusian Centre for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine has revealed the importance of eliminating any excess of defective products that might have accumulated in the mitochondria, as its presence generates mitochondrial instability and information loss on the mitochondrial genome.

3 Jan 2019

Study follows children into adolescence to more accurately assess type 1 diabetes risk

Scientists are narrowing in on checklists of both errant genes and the environmental factors that could trigger those genes to more accurately assess type 1 diabetes risk and help children and their families avoid it.

3 Jan 2019

Study: Mice lacking PARL protein display specific problems in the nervous system reminiscent of Leigh syndrome

Leuven researchers led by professor Bart De Strooper (VIB-KU Leuven) have identified a new role for PARL, a protein that has been linked to Parkinson's disease.

3 Jan 2019

Researchers identify genes that drive male-female brain differences, trigger initiation of puberty

Researchers have identified a group of genes that induces differences in the developing brains of male and female roundworms and triggers the initiation of puberty, a genetic pathway that may have the same function in controlling the timing of sual maturation in humans.

3 Jan 2019

New book series on anti-obesity treatment strategies

Obesity is a complex health problem, caused by a number of factors such as excessive food intake, lack of physical activity, genetic predisposition, endocrine disorders, medications and psychiatric illnesses.

2 Jan 2019

Scientists cast new light on function of long-mysterious PCSK9 mutation

High levels of low-density lipoproteins, parcels of lipids and protein that carry cholesterol, are a leading risk factor for heart disease. Many cholesterol medications lower LDL, some of them by targeting the protein PCSK9. In the January issue of the Journal of Lipid Research, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, report on an investigation into why experiments on PCSK9 give different results in a test tube and in liver cells.

2 Jan 2019

Study provides new insights into how genes are activated

In a study in Nature, researchers at Karolinska Institutet present a new method for analyzing how instructions in the genome control how our genes are activated in individual cells.

2 Jan 2019

Rockefeller scientists uncover genetic mutation responsible for tuberculosis vulnerability

If you live in the United States, you are unlikely to come into contact with the microbe that causes tuberculosis. Your odds of encountering the microbe are so low, in fact, that risk factors for the disease can easily go unnoticed: If you happened to carry a gene that predisposed you to tuberculosis, you likely wouldn't know.

2 Jan 2019

Hyperactive immune system implicated in aging brain disorders

In a study of fruit flies, NIH scientists suggested that the body's immune system may play a critical role in the damage caused by aging brain disorders. The results are based on experiments in which the researchers altered the activity of Cdk5, a gene that preclinical studies have suggested is important for early brain development and may be involved in neurodegenerative diseases, such as ALS, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

2 Jan 2019

Scientists solve mystery of Yemen cholera epidemic

The most likely source of the cholera epidemic in Yemen has been discovered by scientists. Through the use of genomic sequencing, scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Institut Pasteur estimate the strain of cholera causing the current outbreak in Yemen - the worst cholera outbreak in recorded history - came from Eastern Africa and entered Yemen with the migration of people in and out of the region.

2 Jan 2019

Genetic News and Research

NHS to get a long term overhaul with a 10 year plan

Extensive genetic tests do not cause undue worry for women with breast cancer

Scientists fix flawed plant genes, make plants grow 40% larger

Research reveals factors at play in genetic incompatibility of different species

Research illuminates abilities of ADAR1 to ‘hyper-mutate’ tumor suppressor RNAs in leukemia

Researchers shed new light on the body's largest cell receptor

Researchers develop new method of analysis to map cellular locations of proteins

Bulldogs' screw tails linked to rare inherited syndrome in humans

Fruit fly study sheds light on the evolution of metabolism

Alterations in brain networks contribute to cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders

Researchers reveal cause of possible genetic problems in mitochondria

Study follows children into adolescence to more accurately assess type 1 diabetes risk

Study: Mice lacking PARL protein display specific problems in the nervous system reminiscent of Leigh syndrome

Researchers identify genes that drive male-female brain differences, trigger initiation of puberty

New book series on anti-obesity treatment strategies

Scientists cast new light on function of long-mysterious PCSK9 mutation

Study provides new insights into how genes are activated

Rockefeller scientists uncover genetic mutation responsible for tuberculosis vulnerability

Hyperactive immune system implicated in aging brain disorders

Scientists solve mystery of Yemen cholera epidemic

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