"Older fathers appear to raise risks of genetic disorders" 
(Feb 28) The International Herald Tribune reports, "When it comes to fertility and the prospect of having normal babies, it has always been assumed that men have no biological clock — that unlike women, they can have it all, at any age."
"Uniform language for describing genes of pathogenic and beneficial microbes"
(Feb 28) EurekAlert! reports, "An international group of scientists has announced a major expansion of a lingua franca used to describe the activities of genes in living organisms."
“Estrogen Gene Affects Risk Of Breast Cancer, But Not CVD”
(Feb 28) Science Daily reports, "A large Danish study rebuts the accepted idea that differences in an estrogen gene (ESR1) affect the risk of heart attack and stroke in response to hormone replacement therapy.”
"Gene plus mom's smoking boosts child's asthma risk"
(Feb 27) Reuters Health reports, "Smoking during pregnancy is known to raise a child's future asthma risk, but children with a particular gene variation may be especially vulnerable, a study published Tuesday suggests.”
"Black men and prostate cancer: a clue"
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(Feb 27) Startribune.com reports, "Compared with white men, African American men are 50 percent more likely to develop prostate cancer, and twice as likely to die from it. They also tend to develop it at younger ages."
"Genetics might engineer path to successful aging"
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(Feb 27) MedIndia reports, "Rapid advances in using human genes to diagnose, prevent and treat diseases are bringing closer the time when many people can achieve their genetic potential to live 100 years or longer, said Dr. Pascal Goldschmidt, dean of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine."
“Gene therapy shows promise as treatment for diseased lower limbs at risk for amputation"
(Feb 27) News-Medical.Net reports, "New research suggests that gene therapy is a safe treatment method to explore in patients whose lower limbs are at risk for amputation because of poor circulation caused by blocked blood vessels."
"Gene Variant Keeps Blood Triglyceride Levels Low"
(Feb 26) Healthfinder.gov reports, "About 3 percent of Americans of European descent have lucked out, genetically speaking, when it comes to keeping blood fats called triglycerides at bay."
"BU prof studies illness' genetics Physical signs tied to schizophrenia"
(Feb 26) pressconnects.com reports, "An individual with a poor attention span and the inability to track smoothly moving objects with his eyes is likely to be genetically susceptible to schizophrenia, according to a new study published by Binghamton University Professor Mark F. Lenzenweger."
"Schizophrenia linked to genes"
(Feb 26) Los Angeles Times reports, "Scientists have identified genetic mutations that may predispose people to schizophrenia, a brain disorder with symptoms including delusions."
"Weizmann Institute scientists discover genes that can slow cell division and may fight cancer"
(Feb 26) EurekAlert! reports, "Cancer cells differ from normal cells in, among other things, the way they divide."
"The Prognostic Role Of A Gene Signature From Tumorigenic Breast-Cancer Cells"
(Feb 26) Medical News Today reports, "A gene expression profile in human breast tumors correlates with metastasis-free survival and overall survival for several tumor types to include prostate cancer (CaP), according to a report in the January 18, 2007 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Liu and colleagues from the University of Michigan, Stanford University and Oncomed published the work."
"Irregular heartbeat linked to genetic mutation"
(Feb 26) News-Medical.Net reports, "Every day for 10 years, a seemingly heart-healthy 53-year-old woman experienced rapid and irregular heartbeats."
"2,000 Influenza Virus Genomes Now Completed And Publicly Accessible"
(Feb 25) mediLexicon reports, "The Influenza Genome Sequencing Project, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced that it has achieved a major milestone."
“Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Hand Overuse vs. Genetics"
(Feb 25) About reports, "Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful progressive condition that occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist."
"Leaders Meet To Discuss Emergency Preparedness For Newborn Screening And Genetic
Services"
(Feb 24) Medical News Today reports, "Newborn Screening (NBS) saves lives, but what happens in the case of a natural or manmade disaster?"
"microRNAs undergo molecular editing with significant physiological consequences"
(Feb 22) News-Medical.Net reports, "Tiny molecules called microRNAs, only 19 to 21 nucleotides in length, are able to effectively silence sometimes large sets of genes."
"MicroRNA helps prevent tumors"
(Feb 22) EurekAlert! reports, "A microRNA directly regulates a gene implicated in human cancers, researchers from Whitehead Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology report in the February 22nd online issue of Science."
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