Researchers have discovered three uncommon genetic variants that influence the production of insulin. The finding, published in the journal Nature Genetics, could help uncover the genetic factors that cause diabetes. Diabetes is a disease which occurs when someone has very high blood sugar levels due to the pancreas not producing enough insulin or the bodies cells not responding to insulin … Continue reading
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Genetic defect plays role in hearing loss too
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People's Geographic Origins Traceable With New Genetic Method
Featured Article Academic Journal Main Category: Genetics Also Included In: IT / Internet / E-mail;Medical Devices / Diagnostics Article Date: 29 May 2012 – 11:00 PDT Current ratings for: ‘People’s Geographic Origins Traceable With New Genetic Method’ 5 (1 votes) The team, from the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Tel Aviv University, write about their work in a paper published online in Nature Genetics on 20 May. The researchers hope their method, which they call “spatial ancestry analysis” or SPA, will increase understanding of genetic diversity among populations, which in turn helps us better understand human disease and evolution. Research areas that may benefit from the new method include finding links between genetic variants and disease and locating parts of genomes that have been subject to positive selection Continue reading
World's Largest Release Of Comprehensive Human Cancer Genome Data Helps Researchers Everywhere Speed Discoveries
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — To speed progress against cancer and other diseases, the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project today announced the largest-ever release of comprehensive human cancer genome data for free access by the global scientific community 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