NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Human Vaccines Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p092575/Global-Human-Vaccines-Industry.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Drug_and_ This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Prophylatic Human Vaccines in US$ Million by the following Product Segments: Pediatric Prophylactic Vaccines and Adult Prophylactic Vaccines. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Latin America. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2009 through 2017. Continue reading
Category Archives: Human Genetics
Myriad Genetics Announces Presentation of Lung Cancer Study at American Society for Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
SALT LAKE CITY, May 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Myriad Genetics, Inc. Continue reading
Human genes transplanted into zebrafish: Helps identify genes related to autism, schizophrenia and obesity
ScienceDaily (May 16, 2012) What can a fish tell us about human brain development? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then used it to identify genes responsible for head size at birth Continue reading
Seattle Genetics to Present ADCETRIS® and ASG-5ME Data at ASCO Annual Meeting
BOTHELL, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Seattle Genetics, Inc. Continue reading
Lineagen Completes 9000-Person Study Focused on Genetic Variants in Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum …
SALT LAKE CITY, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Lineagen today announced the Company completed the testing portion of a 9,000-person research study designed to confirm novel copy number genetic variants and novel next-generation sequence variants associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These variants were discovered by Hakon Hakonarson, M.D., Ph.D., and his team at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)’s Center for Applied Genomics and by Mark F. Leppert, Ph.D., and his team at the University of Utah’s Department of Human Genetics Continue reading
Applied Genetics Signs Agreement With The National University Of Mexico (UNAM)
WESTMINSTER, Colo., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — GeneThera, Inc. (GTHR.PK) announced today that Applied Genetics, GeneThera’s majority owned subsidiary, signed a research and test validation agreement with Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) Continue reading
Career moves
The American Society of Human Genetics recently elected Dr. Jeffrey C. Continue reading
Ancient Diseases of Human Ancestors
Ive written before about ancient diseases of the ice age, but this time Im going even further back in time, to diseases that were present in the first human-like hominids. Although many human infections only developed after human settlements and animal domistication, early human ancestors would still have been fighting off bacteria and other nasty diseases. Some of these diseases are still around today Continue reading
Genes may influence body's bacteria
Certain DNA variants associated with microbial types Web edition : Friday, May 11th, 2012 COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. Continue reading
Intergenerational Challenges
08-05-2012 15:27 The several generations alive today have had and will continue to have divergent experiences regarding human genetic and reproductive technologies. What are the key generational differences regarding encounters with and perspectives on these technologies – and technology in general? How do these differences inform ideas about families, identities, privacy and regulation Continue reading
Interview with Bill McKibben: Talking Biopolitics – Video
08-05-2012 18:14 Environmental activist and author Bill McKibben talks about why he wrote Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age (2003), how it was received, and what this experience might tell us about communicating and organizing in support of practices and policies addressing human biotechnology, both domestically and internationally. Bill also shares his thoughts about ways in which the issues of climate change and human biotech can be understood as facets of a single dynamic involving the technological manipulation and transformation of the natural world, including plants, animals, humans and ecosystems. Continue reading
Teva Appoints Michael Hayden as President of Global Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer
JERUSALEM–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Continue reading
Teva appoints Canadian genetics expert to head R&D
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) CEO Dr. Jeremy Levin, who took up his post today, has wasted no time in making a top appointment. Continue reading
Tilghman reflects on DNA study
President Shirley Tilghman and biology professor David Botstein recounted tales of their involvement as young scientists in the Human Genome Project and gave their opinions on hot topics in molecular biology in a talk Tuesday afternoon. The talk, titled Speaking of Genetics .. Continue reading
Ancient migrations tracked through DNA
HUDDERSFIELD, England, May 8 (UPI) — DNA analysis has provided new insights into how human beings repopulated Europe as the Ice Age relaxed its grip and retreated, researchers say. Writing in the American Journal of Human Genetics, scientists said research shows the Near East was a major source of replenishment when huge areas of European territory became habitable again about 19,000 years ago. Continue reading
Refugees from the Ice Age: How was Europe repopulated?
ScienceDaily (May 8, 2012) Scientists have used DNA analysis to gain important new insights into how human beings repopulated Europe as the Ice Age relaxed its grip. Dr Maria Pala, who is based at the University of Huddersfield — now a key centre for archaeo-genetics research — is the lead author of an article in the latest issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics which shows how the Near East was a major source of replenishment when huge areas of European territory became habitable again, up to 19,000 years ago. Continue reading
Body-Altering Mutations In Humans and Flies
I became a science writer, circa 1980, because I didnt think flies with legs growing out of their heads my PhD research had much to do with human health or biology. So when I spied the words A Human Homeotic Transformation way down on the Table of Contents in the May issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, I was as riveted as a normal person would be getting a copy of People with a celebrity on the cover. Continue reading
Naturally blond hair in Solomon Islanders rooted in native gene
ScienceDaily (May 3, 2012) The common occurrence of blond hair among the dark-skinned indigenous people of the Solomon Islands is due to a homegrown genetic variant distinct from the gene that leads to blond hair in Europeans, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine. “This is one of the most beautiful examples to date of the mapping of a simple genetic trait in humans,” said David Reich, PhD, a professor of genetics at Harvard University, who was not involved in the study. The study identifying the gene responsible for blond hair in the Solomon Islands, a nation in the South Pacific, represents a rare case of simple genetics determining human appearance, and shows the importance of including understudied populations in gene mapping studies, said co-senior author Carlos D Continue reading
'Blond Genes' May Vary Around the World
THURSDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) — All blonds are not alike, according to a new study that finds different genes dictate flaxen locks in different areas of the globe. Continue reading
Genetics may explain some people's dislike of meat
Do you pass when it comes to pork? If you do, the reason you dont like the taste of bacon or ham may lie in your genes Continue reading