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NewsRX Aug 2 2008 4:42PM GMT ... Source: www.moldova.org --- 4 days ago
The National Center of Reproductive Health and Medical Genetics will receive Medical equipment offered under a US$285,600 grant by the Government of China. The equipment is provided under an agreement of cooperation signed by the Governments of Moldova and China on June 20, 2005. According to the Ministry of Health, the equipment includes technical-Medical devices, furniture and laboratory apparatus (centrifuges, microscopes, laparoscopic equipment and other Medical instruments). The National Center of Reproductive Health and Medical Genetics was founded in 2003. It conducts research in the area and promotes and coordinates activities in the implementation of the Reproductive Health Strategy.//REPORTER. ... Source: www.geneticsinmedicine.org --- 9 days ago
Page: 553 DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181804bb2 Authors: Ferguson-Smith, Malcolm A. MBChB, FRCPath, FRS ... Source: www.theage.com.au --- 16 days ago
Victor McKusick, the physician-scientist considered the founding father of Medical Genetics, has died of cancer at his home in Towson, Maryland, in the United States. He was 86. ... Source: www.thestreet.com --- 16 days ago
PepsiAmericas, Alkermes, American Medical Systems Holdings and Myriad Genetics upgraded; Akamai Technologies downgraded. ... Source: www.pbs.org --- 19 days ago
In this podcast, NOVA scienceNOW correspondent David Duncan talks to Dr. Jeffrey Friedman of Rockefeller University about the connection between Genetics and obesity. Audio editing by David Levin. Produced by Dean Irwin. Interview conducted by David Duncan. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and public television viewers. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0229297. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. For more fun science stories, visit our Web site at http://www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow ... Source: www.physorg.com --- 14 days ago
Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute and The Children's Hospital in Denver have conducted the largest study to date describing the Medical and psychological characteristics of a rare genetic disorder in which males have two "X" and two "Y" chromosomes, rather than the normal one of each. The study, published in the June 15, 2008, issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, also offers treatment recommendations for men and boys with the disorder. ... Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com --- 23 days ago
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) have shown how broken sections of chromosomes can recombine to change genomes and spawn new species. "People have discovered high levels of repeated sequences in the genomes of most higher species and spun theories about why there are so many repeats," said Lucas Argueso, Ph.D., a research scholar in Duke's Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. ... Source: www.valuemd.com --- 1 day ago
ANATOMY: Langman's Medical Embryology (10th edition) $15 Atlas of Human Anatomy (4th edition) $30 MCB: New Clinical Genetics (Reed and Donnai) $25 Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry (4th edition) $50 HISTOLOGY: Histology: A Text and Atlas (Fifth edition) $25 ... Source: forums.studentdoctor.net --- 11 days ago
So I took my third and final DAT today.. Since taking my 2nd test last year I took Genetics, biochemistry, and undergrad physiology and then took Medical physiology at Georgetown this summer. Then I studied for the last month at least 8-10 hrs a day... ... Source: www.ireport.com --- 23 days ago
Hello! I just want to talk to American readers what Russian people from Ekaterinburg (Russia) think about war in Georgia. Some blocks of article "Our view of the war in Osetia" of "Nasha gazeta" ("Our paper", www.ngzt.ru), a free city paper: Alexei: "I cannot get off a strange and paradox sence in me. Someone may say "A war is impossible in the century of such technologies!". Genetics, electronics, sattelites, all the world is in the cell phone. But I watch TV and see tanks, bombs, attacks, military iniform and so on. Houses are destroyed cause of blows, Medical help service is under the tents. People give some bread and water for people in Tshinvali. Water is in the bottles. It's only sign of XXI century. And I sense that the world is turned inside out, there is a loop of times. The bombs fast hide thin coating of civilization." Anonimous: "My friends working as a military men turn off their cell phones cause they're afraid of they might be located and transfered to Osetia. I saw this fact with my eyes and cause I'm an intelligent man, I ignored this fact and said nothing to this military man. What I think? I think each single man choose himself way what to do. I may not to condemn someone, but I don't agree with them. I think if I was a military man, I would like to go to Osetia." Vika: "I'll be a grandmother soon. I cry in my soul, cause I don't belive that our childs make their childs for the war! It's sad and tragical. And there i ... Source: www.jobs.ac.uk --- 9 days ago
The Inherited Disorder Tuberous Sclerosis / School of Medicine - Cardiff University / Date of entry: 28/08/08 ... Source: www.jobs.ac.uk --- 55 days ago
Institute of Human Genetics / Medical Sciences - Newcastle University / Date of entry: 12/07/08 ... Source: www.24-7pressrelease.com --- 7 days ago
She has published numerous articles on Genetics, parasytology and immunology in various Polish Medical journals. ... Source: www.YU.edu --- 54 days ago
Einstein Appoints Dr. Jan Vijg, Expert in DNA and Longevity, to Chair of Genetics ... Source: www.fiercebioresearcher.com --- 31 days ago
Stem Cell Research A certain set of adult stem cells in mice can be coaxed to turn into myelin-making cells by changing a single gene, say researchers. And that could repair the damage to myelin which occurs in multiple sclerosis. Report Disgraced Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk has been barred from resuming work involving embryonic stem cells. The researcher faces possible jail time for misusing funds that were used in faked ESC studies. Story Some scientists say the time has come to start paying women for human eggs in order to overcome a shortage of the eggs needed in research programs. Report Research Money Researchers in Liverpool have won £5 million to establish a new biomedical research facility. Story The National Institute of General Medical Sciences provided a $9.2 million grant to researchers at the University of Georgia to support their work determining how embryonic stem cells differentiate. Report The University of Wisconsin gained almost $9 million from the NIGMS. Story Genetics Researchers have identified a gene that lessens the risk of migraine with aura in women, but also note that when the gene is present in women with that condition it elevates the risk of a stroke. Report Structural changes in DNA apparently increase the risk of schizophrenia. Story The FDA has approved a new test that can identify the type of cancer cells present in a tumor. Report Cancer Research A genetic mutation linked to an elevated risk o ... Source: www.obbec.com --- 23 days ago
Santa Clara, CA (OBBeC) - Affymetrix has announced that researchers around the world have used the Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP Arrays 5.0 and 6.0 to uncover important links between copy number variations (CNVs) and schizophrenia. Researchers from the United States, Europe and Asia published their findings in recent issues of Nature and Nature Genetics. The first study was conducted by a team of scientists from the Columbia University Medical Centre. According to the announcement, The Affymetrix SNP Array 5.0 was used to uncover a clear link between rare de novo copy number variations and sporadic schizophrenia in an African population. The team discovered 17 de novo CNVs in patients with schizophrenia and showed that rare de novo CNVs are approximately eight times more likely to appear in sporadic cases with schizophrenia than in unaffected individuals. A number of genes harboured within these detected gains and losses are members of pathways previously associated with neural development and RNA binding and processing. "This is the first high-resolution, family-based study which examined in a systematic manner whether rare copy number mutations contribute to sporadic schizophrenia," said Dr Maria Karayiorgou, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Centre. "The Affymetrix technology made it possible for us to discover that de novo copy number mutations account for at least 10 percent of the non-familial cases ... Source: TheState.com --- 10 days ago
Government regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for broader use of a blood test that can spare heart transplant patients the ordeal of repeated biopsies to check if their bodies are rejecting the new organ. The Food and Drug Administration said the test, called AlloMap, is an example of how the science of Genetics is changing the practice of medicine. The test analyzes certain kinds of genetic information contained in white blood cells. These are the cells that help the body fight off infections - but can also turn against a donated organ with devastating effects. After a patient's blood sample is checked in the lab, it is assigned a score that tells doctors what the odds are that the body is rejecting a transplanted heart. "It is noninvasive," said Dr. James Yee, chief Medical officer of XDx, Inc., the California company that devised the test. "It requires only a simple blood sample." The test is especially useful in detecting a "silent rejection"- one in which there are no evident symptoms, he added. The test costs $2,950. Heart transplant patients are closely followed for signs of organ rejection, and must visit their doctors frequently. Before the test, doctors relied on a biopsy to check for signs of rejection. A minuscule probe threaded through a vein would be used to snip off a tiny amount of heart tissue, which would then be analyzed by a pathologist. The estimated cost of a such a biopsy ranges from $3,000 to $4,000. ...
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In an effort to create "personalized drugs" that work for specific, targeted groups of people, many Medical researchers have suggested the adoption of "race-based" medicine. Race-based meds like BiDil, aimed at African Americans with heart disease, are already on the market. But in a fascinating commentary in today's issue of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics , infamous genomics maverick Craig Venter contributes to an article which proves that race-based medicine is doomed to fail. Why? Because "race" as most people understand it has almost nothing to do with Genetics — and therefore makes a bad target for tailored medicines. Venter and the other authors of the study say that sometimes people of the same race share genetic similarities, but not often enough to base drug targeting on racial groups. The researchers prove their point by examining the two most-studied human genomes in the world: Those of white guys Craig Venter and James Watson. Turns out that the men's genomes are dissimilar enough that they would likely respond quite differently to common antidepressants — despite the fact that both identify as white. (This is particularly amusing for those who have followed Watson's career, since he was recently suspended from his job for racist comments about the genetic inferiority of blacks.) Write the authors: [Venter and Watson's] genetic differences underscore the importance of personalized genomics over a race-based appr ...
tags: bpr3.org/?p=52 , premature hair graying , autosomal dominant trait , Genetics , horses , hair color , syntaxin-17 , melanocortin-1 receptor , cis-acting regulatory mutation , melanoma , evolution This horse is in the process of losing its pigment. It will end up being all white by the time it is eight years old. Image: Horse Wallpaper [ larger view ]. Even though I have always been a fan of black horses, my heart did leap at the sight of the noble Shadowfax racing towards Gandalf in response to his call in the Lord of the Rings . White horses have symbolized purity throughout most ages and cultures, so political leaders have often been portrayed astride a white horse. Interestingly, these so-called white horses are actually Gray. White horses have pink skin and blue eyes. Gray horses are typically born black, bay or chestnut in color but rapidly lose all hair pigmentation as they age, ending up completely white by the time they are eight years old. Meanwhile, their skin remains black and their eyes are typically dark, giving a silvery or grey cast to their seeming snowy-whiteness. This popular coat color results from an autosomal dominant mutation to a gene that was just identified by a research team at Uppsala University in Sweden. Unfortunately, this coat color is also linked to an increased risk of developing a specific form of cancer: melanoma. Thus, this finding has important implications for human Medical research. Rea ...