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RSSFinally, researchers have come with a gene that plays, if not a major role but at least a significant role in determining person’s IQ. The name of this gene is CHRM2. According to researchers, this is not a gene for intelligence. However, it is involved...
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Women are going for breast cancer gene testing in record numbers, forcing more parents to face a tough question: Should we test the kids?
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CHICAGO (AP _ Maybe you CAN blame being fat on your genes. But there’s a way to overcome that family history _ just get three to four hours of moderate activity a...
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A “divorce gene” linked to an increased risk of relationship breakdown has been discovered by scientists.
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Although athletes at the Beijing Olympics have been subjected to some of the most aggressive testing ever for performance-enhancing drugs, no case of so-called gene...
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When watching the “Exorcist” did you scream in terror at scenes of spinning heads or did you laugh it off? Depends on which version of the anxiety gene you...
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Research published recently in BioMed Central’s open access journal ‘Genome Biology’ suggests that schizophrenia is a costly by-product of human brain...
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Children carrying the first gene that has been clearly linked to obesity find it harder than others to tell when they are full, London-based researchers say.
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Researchers plan to create a library of human genetics, with entries on the workings of individual genes, and make it available for anyone in Wikipedia rather than in...
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Scientists have identified a gene that may raise the risk of getting the most common kind of Alzheimer’s disease by about 45 percent in people who inherit a...
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Dr. Francis Collins, who became the public face for a watershed science project _ unraveling the human genetic code _ is resigning as the government’s gene...
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Everyone’s genes spell out a risk for some disease, and a coming anti-discrimination law is about to give genetic testing a boost.But discrimination is just one...
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An international research team has pinpointed a genetic mutation that can raise a healthy person’s blood sugar to harmful levels, putting them at higher risk of...
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A rare genetic variation dramatically raises the risk of developing autism, a large study showed, opening new research targets for better understanding the disorder and...
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A gene therapy study halted after an arthritis patient died will resume with one main change: participants won’t get injections if they have signs of infections,...
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A virus used in a gene therapy experiment likely didn’t cause the death of an Illinois woman suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, although it can’t be...
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A study published online in the Journal Molecular Psychiatry does not claim to explain the science of sexual desire, or why levels of sexual desire vary. But the...
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The gene, called Atp5a1 may play an important role in fighting colon cancer. Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center, in Philadelphia came to this conclusion after...
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Perhaps your upbringing doesn’t play as significant role in chiseling out your behavior as a particular gene does play. Actually, in a major breakthrough...
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It seems, to some extent, researchers have unriddled the brain-obesity puzzle, which has been confounding people all round the world. Actually, during the course of...
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In this fast moving world, memory loss is emerging as a common problem. Therefore, question arises that what should be done to hold back memory loss. So here are some...
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A new study by the researchers has found that those containing a specific type of gene CETP are more likely to have sharp and alert brain, even when you turn old....
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