Genetics News and Research

Latest Genetics News and Research

UTHealth researchers find cause for rare type of bleeding disorder

Fifteen years ago, a hematologist came to Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D., with a puzzle: Multiple generations of an East Texas family suffered from a moderately severe bleeding disorder, but it wasn't hemophilia.

28 Aug 2013

Dr. Cecilia Lindgren receives the first Leena Peltonen Prize for Excellence in Human Genetics

The first Leena Peltonen Prize for Excellence in Human Genetics was awarded to Dr. Cecilia Lindgren for her work on applying genetics and genomics to dissect the etiology of type 2 diabetes, obesity and fat distribution.

28 Aug 2013

Genetic variant linked with increased risk of CHD in type 2 diabetic patients

Joslin scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and Italian research institutes, have identified a previously unknown genetic variant associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in type 2 diabetic patients.

28 Aug 2013

Certain Hodgkin lymphoma treatments put patients at increased risk for stomach cancer

Hodgkin lymphoma survivors who received certain radiation and chemotherapy regimens were at increased risk of subsequently developing stomach cancer, according to a study by scientists at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.

28 Aug 2013

New compound offers way to treat migraine and other disorders of central nervous system

For many migraine sufferers, bright lights are a surefire way to exacerbate their headaches. And for some night-shift workers, just a stroll through a brightly lit parking lot during the morning commute home can be enough to throw off their body's daily rhythms and make daytime sleep nearly impossible. But a new molecule that selectively blocks specialized light-sensitive receptors in the eyes could help both these groups of people, without affecting normal vision.

28 Aug 2013

Haplogen, Cemm Offer Huge Collection Of Mutant Cell Lines

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27 Aug 2013

Vanderbilt adds genetic screening for drug tacrolimus to PREDICT program

Vanderbilt has added genetic screening for the drug tacrolimus to its personalize medicine pharmacogenomics program PREDICT. The new drug screening protocol was added following data that shows a single genetic variation largely impacts different dose requirements for patients.

27 Aug 2013

University of Utah started construction on Ray and Tye Noorda Oral Health Education Building

The University of Utah on Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, broke ground on the $36.4 million Ray and Tye Noorda Oral Health Education Building, which when completed in December 2014 will house the University's new School of Dentistry.

27 Aug 2013

ASO may correct striatal transcriptional abnormalities and improve behavioral problems in HD mice

Findings from postmortem studies of the brains of Huntington's Disease (HD) patients suggest that transcriptional dysregulation may be an early step in the pathogenesis of HD before symptoms appear. Other studies report transcriptional alterations in the brains of some mouse models of HD.

27 Aug 2013

Cannabis affects addiction processes in adolescent brain

The nature of the teenage brain makes users of cannabis amongst this population particularly at risk of developing addictive behaviors and suffering other long-term negative effects, according to researchers at the University of Montreal and New York's Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

27 Aug 2013

New bioinformatics software tool to identify genetic mutations responsible for cancers

Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) have developed a new bioinformatics software tool designed to more easily identify genetic mutations responsible for cancers. The tool, called DrGaP, is the subject of a new paper published in the American Journal of Human Genetics.

27 Aug 2013

Study: Structural defect in skin cells can contribute to allergy development

In a new study published in Nature Genetics, Northwestern Medicine and Tel Aviv University scientists have found that a structural defect in skin cells can contribute to allergy development, including skin and food allergies, traditionally thought primarily to be a dysfunction of the immune system.

27 Aug 2013

Two Genomic Pathways Tagged For Roles In Schizophrenia

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26 Aug 2013

Researchers discover additional cystic fibrosis-causing mutations

Of the over 1,900 errors already reported in the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis, it is unclear how many of them actually contribute to the inherited disease. Now a team of researchers reports significant headway in figuring out which mutations are benign and which are deleterious. In so doing, they have increased the number of known CF-causing mutations from 22 to 127, accounting for 95 percent of the variations found in patients with CF.

26 Aug 2013

Study identifies 22 locations in the human genome that cause schizophrenia

A new genome-wide association study estimates the number of different places in the human genome that are involved in schizophrenia.

26 Aug 2013

Model including dozens of mutations helps clarify genetic factors involved in Crohn's disease

A statistical model accounting for dozens of different genes in combination-and the interactions between them-is an important step forward in understanding the genetic factors affecting the risk of Crohn's disease (CD), reports a study in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, official journal of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

26 Aug 2013

Glutathione peroxidase activity protects against symptoms of Huntington's disease

Leicester geneticists have discovered a potential defence against Huntington's disease - a fatal neurodegenerative disorder which currently has no cure.

26 Aug 2013

DeNovoGear software uses statistical probabilities to help identify genetic mutations

Concealed within the vastness of the human genome, (comprised of some 3 billion base pairs), mutations are commonplace. While the majority of these appear to have neutral effect on human health, many others are associated with diseases and disease susceptibility.

26 Aug 2013

Challenges of studying health and mortality risks of obesity

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine point out that the body mass index, based on the weight and height, is not an accurate measure of body fat content and does not account for critical factors that contribute to health or mortality, such as fat distribution, proportion of muscle to fat, and the sex and racial differences in body composition.

23 Aug 2013

Understanding genetic factors that affect Crohn's disease risk

A statistical model accounting for dozens of different genes in combination—and the interactions between them—is an important step forward in understanding the genetic factors affecting the risk of Crohn's disease, reports a study in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, official journal of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.

23 Aug 2013

Genetics News and Research

Latest Genetics News and Research

UTHealth researchers find cause for rare type of bleeding disorder

Dr. Cecilia Lindgren receives the first Leena Peltonen Prize for Excellence in Human Genetics

Genetic variant linked with increased risk of CHD in type 2 diabetic patients

Certain Hodgkin lymphoma treatments put patients at increased risk for stomach cancer

New compound offers way to treat migraine and other disorders of central nervous system

Haplogen, Cemm Offer Huge Collection Of Mutant Cell Lines

Vanderbilt adds genetic screening for drug tacrolimus to PREDICT program

University of Utah started construction on Ray and Tye Noorda Oral Health Education Building

ASO may correct striatal transcriptional abnormalities and improve behavioral problems in HD mice

Cannabis affects addiction processes in adolescent brain

New bioinformatics software tool to identify genetic mutations responsible for cancers

Study: Structural defect in skin cells can contribute to allergy development

Two Genomic Pathways Tagged For Roles In Schizophrenia

Researchers discover additional cystic fibrosis-causing mutations

Study identifies 22 locations in the human genome that cause schizophrenia

Model including dozens of mutations helps clarify genetic factors involved in Crohn's disease

Glutathione peroxidase activity protects against symptoms of Huntington's disease

DeNovoGear software uses statistical probabilities to help identify genetic mutations

Challenges of studying health and mortality risks of obesity

Understanding genetic factors that affect Crohn's disease risk

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