“Proteus Mirabilis Will Give Up Its Genetic Secrets At ASM Meeting”
(May 25) Medical News Today reports, “Scientists now have inside information to use in the fight against Proteus mirabilis - a nasty bacterium that can cause kidney stones, as well as hard-to-treat urinary tract infections.”
“A Gene Predisposing To Pituitary Tumors Identified”
(May 25) Medical News Today reports, “A recent Finnish study identifies a low-penetrance gene defect which predisposes carriers to intracranial tumors called pituitary adenomas.”
“Genes Discovered That Allow Gum Disease Bacterium To Invade Arteries”
(May 25) Medical News Today reports, “Researchers have identified the genes in gum-disease bacteria that allow them to invade and infect human arterial cells, offering one possible explanation for a perceived connection between gum disease and heart disease.”
“Toward a less expensive, more convenient treatment of Gaucher's disease”
(May 24) EurekAlert! reports, “Prospects for eventual development of a less costly and more convenient treatment for Gaucher's disease have brightened with new research findings reported in the May issue of ACS Chemical Biology.”
“Immune Signals Of Variations Of A Single Gene Linked To More Severe Crohn's Disease”
(May 24) Medical News Today reports, “Building on previous evidence supporting the theory that the pathophysiology of Crohn's Disease is altered by genetic variation, recent studies have found that the combination of immune signals given by three variants of a single candidate gene affects the severity of the disease, particularly among Ashkenazi Jews.”
“New Genetic Test For Breast Cancer”
(May 24) Medical News Today reports, “Researchers at Montefiore Medical Center are leading a nationwide clinical trial to determine whether a new genetic test can be used to personalize treatment for early-stage breast cancer.”
“Gene Expression Becomes Heterogeneous With Age In Humans And Rats”
(May 24) Medical News Today reports, “In a study of the effects of aging on gene expression, researchers have found that variation in gene expression among individuals tends to increase with age.”
“MRI cost-effective for some women at high-risk of breast cancer”
(May 23) News-Medical.Net reports, “A computer model simulation suggests that adding breast MRI screening may be cost-effective for women of certain ages who carry BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, according to a study in the May 24/31 issue of JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association.”
“New technique to deliver insulin genes to pancreas”
(May 23) News-Medical.Net reports, “Researchers at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and the Baylor Research Institute have developed a novel technique to deliver insulin genes to the pancreas, the organ that produces the body's insulin.”
“USPTO Genetic Sequence Database, USGENE, Available On STN International”
(May 22) Medical News Today reports, “SequenceBase Corporation and FIZ Karlsruhe are pleased to announce that a preview of The USPTO Genetic Sequence Database, USGENE will be shown for the first time to attendees at the Patent Information Users Group Meeting (PIUG) in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 21, 2006.”
“Genetic Basis For Premature Ovarian Failure Identified”
(May 22) Medical News Today reports, “Researchers have successfully identified several genes associated with Premature Ovarian Failure (POF) or premature menopause, enabling carriers to make informed choices with regards to family planning.”
“Vegan diet lowers odds of having twins”
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(May 22) Reuters Health via Peoples's Daily
Online reports, “Women who eat a vegan diet -- a strict vegetarian diet that excludes all animal products including milk -- are one fifth as likely as other women to have twins, a U.S. researcher reported on Saturday.”
“Researchers Find Genetic Link in Bone Cancer”
(May 21) Yahoo! News reports, “The discovery of a gene called MET may explain the development of osteosarcoma, a bone cancer found mainly in adolescents, according to a team of Italian scientists. The gene will also provide a target for researchers looking for treatments or a cure for this disease.”
“MDCH Recognizes May 14-20 As National Women?s Health Week”
(May 19) Michigan.gov reports, “As National Women’s Health Week comes to a close, the Michigan Department of Community Health is asking minority women to increase their use of available health services to combat health disparities.”
“Is There A Risk Of Transmitting Genetic Disorders To Babies Conceived Through Fertility Procedures?”
(May 19) Medical News Today reports, “As medical technology continues to advance, fertility procedures such as in-vitro fertilization and donor insemination are becoming more commonplace.”
“H5N1 human cluster raises questions about genetics”
(May 19) CTV.ca reports, “A large cluster of human cases of H5N1 avian flu in Indonesia is raising questions about whether genetic susceptibility explains why some people exposed to the dangerous virus become infected while many more do not.”
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