Does the desire to consume alcohol and tobacco come from our genetic makeup?
...he research, We have found evidence of linkage and association for several genomic regions harboring genes with potential pathophysiological functions relating to alcohol and smoking. Our sex specific findings may also play a role in the sex differences related to alcohol and tobacco use. ...No evidence that widely prescribed statins protect against prostate cancer
...ther associated compounds. There was a significant association between statin use and level of total testosterone in the blood, but that association vanished when researchers considered the patients age, body weight, and history of cardiovascular di...Study finds gender differences in renal and other genes contributing to blood pressure
...ions. Although gender is usually accounted for in association studies, newer research has focused on identifying autosomal (not on the X or Y chromosomes) genes that contribute differentially to complex traits (blood pressure) or diseases (hypertension). In a new study, researchers examined the differential co...Genetic analysis finds greater threat in frog-killing fungus
...diverse genotypes resulting from a long history of association that provides enough time for isolates to diverge through mutation and genetic recombination. If the fungus is endemic to a region, the animals in the area would normally be resistant to its destructive effects because they would have co-evolved to...ASM's new media campaigns take the gold
...ards recognize innovative ideas and achievement in association communication campaigns and will be presented at special ceremony during ASAEs annual meeting on August 11 in Chicago. MicrobeWorld Radio, which won the Podcast category, is a daily 90 second audio series designed to increase public understanding o......Bs." Costes recognized that one way to test the association was to calculate how energy was deposited by different kinds of radiation. A high-energy particle, for example, moves through the nucleus in a straight line and may strike DNA at any point along the way; the pattern of hits along the track should be ...Research teams uncover risk genes for multiple sclerosis
...ium paper is among a series of recent whole-genome association studies that have begun to uncover the genetic basis of complex diseases like diabetes, schizophrenia, and coronary artery disease. Unlike diseases caused by a mutation in a single gene, these conditions seem to arise from a combination of genetic, b...After a decades-long search, scientists identify new genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis
...ne and Nature Genetics, the studies demonstrate an association between MS and SNPs in two genes that encode inter...rences in human populations. In the genome-wide association study, the first of its kind in MS, the researchers used gene chip technology to scan more than 500,...Risk genes for multiple sclerosis uncovered
...est paper is among a series of recent whole-genome association studies that have begun to uncover the genetic basis of complex diseases like diabetes, schizophrenia, and coronary artery disease. Unlike diseases caused by a mutation in a single gene, these conditions seem to arise from a combination of genetic, b...Other highlights in the July 24 JNCI
...te cancer. Several studies have demonstrated an association between eating vegetables and a reduced risk of pr...been consistent and many have not investigated the association among patients with aggressive prostate cancer. Victoria Kirsh, Ph.D., of Cancer Care Ontario in ...Identified main genetic variants involved in response to HIV
...f the infection. This type of comparison, known as association study, permitted to deduct main genetic variations playing a central role in the control of viral infection. Results point to two gene variants related to the immune system. More precisely, these variations are in a genetic region responsible for t...Awards celebrating women and biotech brilliance
...fits Smart State Initiative. It is an incorporated association of Queensland based, life sciences researchorganisations and related entities. QCTN itself does not conduct any form of clinical research; rather, QCTN is anumbrella organisation. As a visible point of contact for domestic and international organis...First genome-wide study of infectious disease opens new avenues for HIV treatment, vaccines
The first genome-wide association study of an infectious disease, conducted by an in...r of such collective investigations. Genome-wide association studies aim to identify genetic variations among people that can be tied to variations in disease su...Obesity found to be a risk factor for multiple myeloma
... a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese. The association between BMI and multiple myeloma was strongest among men with a BMI of 30 or more. When compared with leaner men (those with a BMI below 22), obese men, the researchers said, were over twice as likely to develop multiple myeloma. The effect was less ...Restless legs genetics on the move
...frequent variants also referred to as genome-wide association study is one of the highlights of genome research this year. Groups of scientists from Germany, Austria and Canada were involved. In all more than 1500 RLS patients and 2500 test subjects from the KORA Study of the GSF, which is conducted by Profess...Gene identified for Crohn's disease in children
... (a Crohns patient and both parents) also found an association between the ATG16L1 gene variant and disease sympt...he pediatric case-control study. The genome-wide association study, which used highly automated analytic equipment to scan each patients DNA for more than half a...Researchers discover gene responsible for Restless Legs Syndrome
...chip technology was applied along with genome wide association methods. This approach allowed Drs. Rye and Stefansson to probe more than 300,000 small regions (single nucleotides) distributed across the entire genome for differences more common to RLS sufferers as compared to population-based controls. Accor...Malaria -- Effective insecticide-repellent synergy against mosquito vectors
...ysing effects on the mosquitoes. However, only the association between the insecticide and the standard repellent produced a synergistic effect that inhibited the mosquito from taking its blood feed. A synergistic effect was also observed with regard to the treatments residual efficacy which is several months lo...A new plant-bacterial symbiotic mechanism promising
...f this constraint thanks to its ability to live in association with soil bacteria of the Rhizobium, genus, capabl...dition, cultivation of legumes living in symbiotic association with bacteria can contribute to vegetation regeneration schemes on soils depleted in nitrogen owing ...Major breakthrough in understanding how HIV interferes with infected cell division
...eir degradation. The researchers demonstrated that association of Vpr with this ubiquitinating complex, also called an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, is essential for the defect in cell division induced by Vpr. Further characterization of this protein complex as well as the elucidation of the mechanism by which i...