“Mount Sinai School of Medicine launches a phase II clinical trial for new gene transfer drug study” 
(February 2) EurekAlert! reports, “As many as 8-10 million Americans have Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), by age 70, roughly 20 percent of the population has it, and people with PAD face a six-to-seven times higher risk of heart attack or stroke.”
“Study Finds 60 New Genes Controlled By DNA Snippet”
(February 2) Medical News Today reports, “Researchers worldwide are seeking to define ancient sections of our genetic code that may soon be as important to medical science as genes.”
“Scientists more likely to have autistic children”
(January 31) News Medical.net reports, “According to an expert in the UK, highly analytical couples such as scientists, engineers, physicists and mathematicians, are more likely to produce children with autism.”
“Scientists find genetic pathway that could lead to drugs for kidney disease”
(January 31) EurekAlert! reports, “Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have reported a discovery at the cellular level that suggests possibilities for drug therapy for kidney disease.”
“Discovery of new gene for rare nerve disease may help doctors understand more common illnesses”
(January 31) EurekAlert! reports, “A multi-national research team that includes a Saint Louis University neurologist has discovered a gene mutation that causes a rare form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, an inherited progressive nerve disorder.”
“8 million children born every year with serious birth defects”
(January 31) News Medical.net reports, “According to a new report, every year an estimated 8 million children are born with a serious birth defect of genetic or partially genetic origin.”
“Gene tests from shops and internet 'waste of money'”
(January 30) Guardian Unlimited reports, “A range of genetic tests sold in health shops and over the internet have been been branded a waste of money by leading scientists, because there is no evidence they work.”
“Genetic link found for gooey earwax”
(January 30) ABC News Online reports, “Geneticists say they know why people from some parts of the world have wet, gooey earwax and others have the dry, flaky stuff.”
“World's Largest Genetic Resource Chooses The Automation Partnership To Supply Its Automated - 80?C Biological Sample Archive”
(January 29) Medical News Today reports, “The Automation Partnership (TAP) a world leading manufacturer of innovative industrial automation for life science applications, is delighted to announce that it has been asked to design and implement the -80?C automated sample management system for the prestigious UK Biobank project.”
“Gene variant may create a taste for alcoholism”
(January 27) Washington University in St, Louis reports, “Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine recently published their findings of an association between increased risk for alcoholism and certain taste buds.”
“First large-scale bird flu genome study”
(January 26) News Medical.net reports, “Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have completed the first large-scale study of bird flu virus genomes, thereby doubling the amount of genetic information available on the genes and proteins of these viruses.”
“Researchers map of genetic variations implicated in disease”
(January 26) EurekAlert! reports, “Sequence differences in less than 0.2% of the 3-billion-base human genome play a vital role in a bewildering variety of human disease.”
“Genes, not smoking habits, may be behind lung cancers”
(January 26) The Globe and mail.com reports, “For years, scientists have argued about whether genes or smoking habits are responsible for the disparities in lung cancer rates among smokers of different ethnic backgrounds.”
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