Genetics News

The workings of our internal body clock appear to be directly connected to our risk of diabetes, researchers claim.

An international research team that screened the genes of more than 40,000 people has identified 11 more regions that govern levels of blood fats such as LDL cholesterol and triglycerides.

Punchstock Fresh evidence suggests that melatonin, a hormone that regulates the body's biological clock, is associated with type 2 diabetes.

A new study presages a real aim of genetics: to look at whole populations to in order determine the significance of individual genetic variants for individual health.

The traits are indicators for common disease such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, blood pressure, inflammation and lipid levels.

Diabetes and high levels of blood sugar may be linked to abnormalities in a person's body clock and sleep patterns, according to a genome-wide association study published today in the journal Nature Genetics .

New research suggests that relatively recent events had a substantial impact on patterns of genetic diversity in the southwest region of Europe.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Genetics Article Date: 05 Dec 2008 - 0:00 PST To decipher how cancer develops, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators say researchers must take a ...

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today reported data from a phase II single-agent clinical trial of dacetuzumab demonstrating objective responses at well-tolerated doses in heavily pre-treated patients with diffuse large ...

Abstract BACKGROUND: Many cases of hereditary breast cancer are due to mutations in either the BRCA1 or the BRCA2 gene.

From the 15th century on, Spain's Jews were mostly expelled or forced to convert, but today some 20 percent of Spanish men tested have Sephardic Jewish ancestry, and 11 percent can be traced to North Africa, a ...

The researchers have opened a new window on the assembly and activity of a ring of actin and myosin filaments that contract to pinch a cell at just the right time.

Canadian researchers announce the discovery of MEDNIK Syndrome, a debilitating genetic syndrome.

Researchers have identified a novel genetic disorder that affects a small number of Quebec families and pinpointed the mutated gene that can cause the disabling disease in their children.

Compared to straight men, gay men are more likely to be left-handed, to be the younger siblings of older brothers, and to have hair that whorls in a counterclockwise direction.

In fact, defective astrocytes can lay waste to motor neurons and are the main suspects in the muscle-wasting disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis .

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Genetics ; Immune System / Vaccines ; Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 02 Dec 2008 - 0:00 PST Vical Incorporated announced the receipt of a ...

New research suggests different types of language disorders may be genetically linked.

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research have shown in both fruit flies and humans that genes involved in embryonic heart development are also integral to adult heart function.

Work on a 58m state-of-the-art research centre which will accommodate 500 scientists has started in Midlothian.