Genetics News and Research

Latest Genetics News and Research

Patients with Phenylketonuria face increased risk of developing severe neurological complications

Genetic researchers at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, are aggressively identifying adult patients who suffer from the genetic disorder, Phenylketonuria (PKU), and are presenting those findings at the 11th International Congress of Inborn Errors of Metabolism in San Diego, August 29 through September 2.

26 Aug 2009

Mutations of gene regulators can result in growth disorders

A specific gene is particularly frequently involved in the development of short stature. Researchers in Heidelberg have now discovered that sequences of genetic material on the X and Y chromosome that regulate this gene are also crucial for growth in children.

26 Aug 2009

Genome BC's research projects to determine efficient methods of liberating fermentable sugars from dead pine

In order to reduce the Province's greenhouse gas emissions, the BC Bioenergy Strategy is calling for greatly increased production of renewable biofuels such as ethanol, from biomass grown in BC. Two new research projects, largely funded by Genome BC, will help to answer these questions and unlock the valuable green energy found within BC's forests.

25 Aug 2009

Seattle Genetics completes enrollment of its pivotal clinical trial of brentuximab vedotin

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced that it has completed enrollment of its pivotal clinical trial of brentuximab vedotin (SGN-35) for relapsed and refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Brentuximab vedotin is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeted to CD30 utilizing the company’s proprietary ADC technology.

25 Aug 2009

Field and DNA studies reveal that marine reserves aid in shark conservation measures

A long-term field and DNA study by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, University of Miami, Field Museum of Chicago and others has shown that young lemon sharks born at the Bimini islands, Bahamas, tend to stay near their coastal birthplace for many years.

25 Aug 2009

NIAID to establish a human immune profiling research consortium in 2010; invites grant applications

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health, is accepting grant applications for a new initiative to establish a consortium of human immune profiling research centers.

25 Aug 2009

Impact Fusion International to commence filming of Anti-Steroids and Anti-Drug Campaign

Impact Fusion International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: IFUS) announced that it will begin filming of its Anti-Steroids and Anti-Drug Campaign with retired NFL star Kenneth Davidson. This campaign will be centered around the Intact Sports Nutrition products Intact Endurance and Intact Protein+ that will be sold as a system called Intact Complete.

25 Aug 2009

New technique developed to identify gene copy number variations

A research team led by Associate Professor Jonathan Sebat, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has developed a sensitive and accurate way of identifying gene copy number variations (CNVs).

25 Aug 2009

Researchers shed light on critical neurological process and mental retardation

With more than 1,500 eyes, not much escapes the fruit fly's sight. Now, a new research report in the journal GENETICS (http://www.genetics.org), describes how researchers from the United States and Ireland used those eyes to "see" new proteins necessary for memory.

25 Aug 2009

New research results reveal that two Parkinson genes can maintain the mitochondrial functions

Parkinson's disease is caused by the degeneration of neurons in the midbrain. The mechanisms leading to the loss of these neurons, however, are largely unknown. Recent research revealed that about ten per cent of cases are caused by defects in so-called Parkinson-associated genes. Furthermore, mitochondria, the cellular powerhouses, seem to play a major role. New results from researchers at the LMU Munich under the lead of associate professor Dr. Konstanze Winklhofer and Professor Christian Haass connect both phenomena, showing that two Parkinson genes maintain the function of mitochondria.

24 Aug 2009

Complete Genomics raises $45 million in private equity financing

Complete Genomics Inc., a third-generation human genome sequencing company, announced that it has raised $45 million in private equity financing and closed its Series D funding round with two new investors — Essex Woodlands Health Ventures and OrbiMed Advisors, LLC.

24 Aug 2009

High serum insulin levels linked with increased risk of prostate cancer

Demetrius Albanes, M.D., of the Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues investigated the relationship of the level of serum insulin and glucose, as well as surrogate indices of insulin resistance, to the development of prostate cancer.

24 Aug 2009

Microbiologists discover new therapies for human respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A virus

A cellular molecule that not only can sense two common respiratory viruses but also can direct cells to mount a defense has been identified by microbiologists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

24 Aug 2009

Gene discovery unveils a new protein that protects against hearing loss

Discovery of a deafness-causing gene defect in mice has helped identify a new protein that protects sensory cells in the ear, according to a study by University of Iowa and Kansas State University researchers. The findings appear in the August 21 issue of the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.

24 Aug 2009

The Gerontologist discusses perceptions of different groups about cognitive health

A new special issue of The Gerontologist has identified for the first time how ethnically, culturally, linguistically, and geographically diverse groups think about aging and brain health.

21 Aug 2009

More evidence that genes increase a smokers' risk of lung cancer

Cancer Research UK funded scientists have confirmed that inherited changes in certain regions of the genome can increase a smokers' risk of developing lung cancer lung cancer, and determine the type of lung cancer that develops. Their results were published in this week's edition of the journal Cancer Research*.

21 Aug 2009

Role of HPRT genes detected in Lesch Nyan X-linked inherited disorders

A study from the Center for Molecular Genetics at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows that a gene called HPRT plays an important role in setting the program by which primitive or precursor cells decide to become normal nerve cells in the human brain. This unconventional view of metabolic genes known as "housekeeping" genes is now online at the journal Molecular Therapy.

21 Aug 2009

Study finds long-term exposure to progesterone may lead to growth of tumors

Scientists at Michigan State University have found exposure to the hormone progesterone activates genes that trigger inflammation in the mammary gland.

20 Aug 2009

Steroid hormones found to affect gene activity

Intermittent signaling by steroid hormones can affect the way genes are expressed in rodents, according to research by scientists at the University of Bristol and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA. This work has major implications for understanding how steroids work and opens novel avenues for new therapies.

19 Aug 2009

New "micropatterning" method useful in gene expression studies

Like oil and water, two water-based liquids can mingle without mixing in a new University of Michigan technology developed for biological experiments.

19 Aug 2009

Genetics News and Research

Latest Genetics News and Research

Patients with Phenylketonuria face increased risk of developing severe neurological complications

Mutations of gene regulators can result in growth disorders

Genome BC's research projects to determine efficient methods of liberating fermentable sugars from dead pine

Seattle Genetics completes enrollment of its pivotal clinical trial of brentuximab vedotin

Field and DNA studies reveal that marine reserves aid in shark conservation measures

NIAID to establish a human immune profiling research consortium in 2010; invites grant applications

Impact Fusion International to commence filming of Anti-Steroids and Anti-Drug Campaign

New technique developed to identify gene copy number variations

Researchers shed light on critical neurological process and mental retardation

New research results reveal that two Parkinson genes can maintain the mitochondrial functions

Complete Genomics raises $45 million in private equity financing

High serum insulin levels linked with increased risk of prostate cancer

Microbiologists discover new therapies for human respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A virus

Gene discovery unveils a new protein that protects against hearing loss

The Gerontologist discusses perceptions of different groups about cognitive health

More evidence that genes increase a smokers' risk of lung cancer

Role of HPRT genes detected in Lesch Nyan X-linked inherited disorders

Study finds long-term exposure to progesterone may lead to growth of tumors

Steroid hormones found to affect gene activity

New "micropatterning" method useful in gene expression studies

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