“Insurers still banned from genetic tests” 
(March 9) National Nine News reports, “The consumer watchdog has extended a ban on life insurance companies requiring customers to be genetically tested.”
“New treatment for kidney disease?”
(March 8) myDNA reports, “A study by scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), suggests that drug therapy may be a new option for patients with kidney disease.”
“Invitrogen enters into chemical genetics collaboration”
(March 8) Datamonitor reports, “Invitrogen has entered into a collaboration with the US National Institutes for Health's Chemical Genomics Center.”
“Mispairs In Genetic Material Make Protein Synthesis More Efficient”
(March 8) Medical News Today reports, “The wealth of information contained in a strand of genetic material boils down to sequences of matched pairs of nucleotides that cellular machinery decodes to construct proteins.”
“Coffee good or bad for you? It depends on your genes!”
(March 8) News Medical.Net reports, “According to a new study, depending on your genes, the caffeine in coffee is either good for you or bad for you.”
“Pesticides effect on newborns”
(March 7) myDNA reports, “A new study finds that certain newborns are much more susceptible to pesticide exposure than other newborns and adults.”
“Genomics and Proteomics Sequencing as Well as Characterisation of Expressed Human Genes Create New Opportunities in the Asia Pacific Drug Discovery Market”
(March 7) Bols@mania reports, “In an environment where costs are under constant pressure, the pharmaceutical industry is under increasing strain to develop drugs that add real value.”
“Anorexia nervosa primarily a genetic disease”
(March 7) Reuters Health reports, “Genetic factors account for 56 percent of the risk of developing anorexia nervosa, according to a report in the Archives of General Psychiatry.”
“Genetic perversity: Smoking & gene avert Parkinson's”
(March 6) EurekAlert! reports, “It has long been known that smoking offers some protection against developing Parkinson's disease and now a Queensland University of Technology PhD researcher has found out part of the reason why.”
“Blood Pressure Controlling Genes Change As Children Transform Into Adults”
(March 6) Medical News Today reports, “As children transform into adults some of the genes involved in controlling their blood pressure change as well, according to a study of more than 500 pairs of twins.”
“Missing Copies Of Important Genes May Increase Risk Of Developing Diseases”
(March 6) Medical News Today reports, “New research has found that each person may be missing hundreds of thousands of base pairs or "letters" of the genetic code which can make them more at risk of different diseases.”
“Genetic background to ravages of obesity”
(March 6) News Medical.Net reports, “Why do some overweight people stay healthy (apart from possible musculo-skeletal disorders) while obesity in other individuals leads to complications like diabetes and cardiovascular disease?”
“Children compile genetic profile”
(March 5) BBC News reports, “Schoolchildren are being asked to help compile a genetic profile of the north east of England.”
“Tay-Sachs tests limits of genetic screening”
(March 5) Fort Wayne reports, “The cherry-red spots on the baby boy’s retina told a tale of genetic catastrophe: Conner Hopf, 11 months old, almost surely will not live to see his 5th birthday.”
“New genetic discovery explains 74 percent cases of age-related macular degeneration”
(March 5) EurekAlert! reports, “A new study, led by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center, pinpoints the role that two genes – Factor H and Factor B – play in the development of nearly three out of four cases of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a devastating eye disease that affects more than 10 million people in the United States.”
“Court Allows Suits Over Genetic Screenings”
(March 4) Red Orbit reports, “Parents can sue a doctor if a genetic screening misses a severe or fatal condition that would have caused them to seek an abortion, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Friday.”
“Health Department Will Screen Infants for Genetic Disorders”
(March 3) Red Orbit reports, “The Virginia Department of Health will screen newborns for more genetic disorders.”
“Investigating A Genetic Disorder Called Microcephaly”
(March 2) Medical News Today reports, “Determining how the brain develops and functions is one of the greatest questions facing scientists today.”
“Combined, Genes And Environment Affect Health More Than They Do Alone”
(March 2) Science Daily reports, “Both nature and nurture -- genetic makeup and the environment experienced through life -- combine to influence health and well-being, Duke University Medical Center researchers and their colleagues have determined in four new studies.”
“Mapping offers cancer hope”
(March 2) myDNA reports, “Researchers recently identified the genes that predispose some individuals to prostate cancer, marking a scientific breakthrough that could help reduce the number of future deaths.”
“Studies indicate cancer is not genetic”
(March 2) WNDU News Center reports, “We’ve all heard the laundry list of what we should and shouldn't do to prevent cancer.”
“Spanish-Speaking Americans Urged to Know Their Family Health History”
(March 2) Kansas City Info Zine reports, “Calling on all Spanish-speaking Americans to "know their family history," U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., announced the availability of an updated version of a free, computerized tool in Spanish, designed to help Spanish-speaking families gather their health information.”
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