“In utero exposure to smoking by mother can increase risk of ADHD” 
(May 23) EurekAlert! reports, “Women smokers who become pregnant have long been encouraged to reduce or eliminate their nicotine intake.”
“2007 American Society Of Gene Therapy Meeting”
(May 22) Medical News Today reports, “The American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT) is pleased to invite members of the press to a media only event designed to highlight some of the latest and most promising developments in gene therapy products and related technologies.”
“Genes add up risk of autoimmune disease”
(May 22) News-Medical.Net reports, “Geneticists have identified a link between the number of copies of a specific gene an individual has and their susceptibility to autoimmune diseases like lupus.”
“Chemotherapy drug shrinks brain tumors”
(May 21) EurekAlert! reports, “Cancerous brain tumors appear to respond favorably to the drug temozolomide when used as primary chemotherapy after surgery, and the treatment appears to work best in people missing a certain gene, according to a study published in the May 22, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.”
“Decoding gene expression in cancer tumors using noninvasive imaging”
(May 21) EurekAlert! reports, “By correlating images of cancerous liver tissue with gene expression patterns, a research team led by a radiologist at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has developed tools that may some day allow physicians to view a CT image of a cancer tumor and discern its genetic activity.”
“Genes underlie both hyperactivity and poor grades”
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(May 21) Reuters Health reports, “Hyperactive behavior and difficulty in school share the same genetic roots, conclude the authors of a new study of twins.”
“Examining gene expression, drug compounds and liver transplantation”
(May 20) Medical News Today reports, “Hepatitis C not only affects more than 3.9 million Americans, but continues to impact and influence the occurrence of related inflammatory conditions.”
“Genetic marker linked to aggressive prostate cancer”
(May 20) News-Medical.Net reports, “Northwestern University researchers have discovered that a recently identified genetic marker for prostate cancer is linked to a highly aggressive form of the disease.”
“New findings on microRNAs”
(May 20) News-Medical.Net reports, “Over 30% of our genes are under the control of small molecules called microRNAs.”
“Suicide gene therapy kills bowel cancer cells”
(May 20) News-Medical.Net reports, “An innovative type of gene therapy has for the first time succeeded in making bowel cancer cells commit suicide, according to a report in Cancer Research.”
“Targeted nanoparticles incorporating siRNA offer promise for cancer treatment”
(May 20) EurekAlert! reports, “The use of targeted nanoparticles offers promising techniques for cancer treatment.”
“Genetic markers in surrounding tissues linked to breast cancer tumor grade, presence of metastases”
(May 19) Medical News Today reports, “Researchers have identified genetic markers on several chromosomes in the tissue surrounding tumor cells that are associated with breast cancer tumor grade and the presence of lymph node metastases, according to a study in the May 16 issue of JAMA.”
“Genetics and alcohol consumption”
(May 19) Medical News Today reports, “Specialists from the Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (Tomsk), have found that some variants of the genes responsible for ethanol metabolism impact on blood pressure and lipidic exchange, and raise the risk of coronary atherosclerosis in studies of the Russian population of Western Siberia.”
“A gene to cure blindness”
(May 18) Time reports, “It took 15 years to get the right gene, to neutralize a virus that could carry it, and to prove — first in test tubes and then in live animals — that the procedure was safe enough for humans.”
“New web resource for accessing information on genetic diseases”
(May 18) Medical News Today reports, “NLM's National Center for Biotechnology Information has collaborated with the Genetic Alliance to launch a new Web site feature designed to help patients, care givers, health professionals, and others easily locate and navigate the vast array of information on genetic disorders that is available from the NLM.”
“Growing nerve cells in 3-d dramatically affects gene expression”
(May 17) Science Daily reports, “Nerve cells grown in three-dimensional environments deploy hundreds of different genes compared with cells grown in standard two-dimensional petri dishes, according to a new Brown University study.”
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