University of Northern Iowa
Posted in Human Genome on Mar 4th, 2008
Happiness in life is as much down to having the right genetic mix as it is to personal circumstances according to a recent study.
Psychologists at the University of Edinburgh working with researchers at Queensland Institute for Medical Research in Australia found that happiness is partly determined by personality traits and that both personality and happiness [...]
Posted in Human Genome on Mar 4th, 2008
Mutations in genes governing an important cell-signaling pathway influence human longevity, scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found. Their research is described in the March 4 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Posted in Human Genome on Feb 26th, 2008
A Columbia University Medical Center research team has discovered a new gene involved in determining hair texture in humans. The team’s genetic analysis demonstrated that mutations in a gene, known as P2RY5, cause hereditary “woolly hair” — hair that is coarse, dry, tightly curled and sparse.
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Posted in Human Genome on Jan 20th, 2008
You know that organisms develop, grow, and function in part because genes code for proteins that form the building blocks of life or that function as working bioactive molecules (like enzymes). You also know that most DNA is junk, only a couple percent actually coding for anything useful. Most importantly, however, you know that everything [...]
Posted in Human Genome on Jan 2nd, 2008
The deeper we look into the genetic code, the more surprises we find. The first complete maps of the human genome turned up far fewer genes than expected (30,000 versus the anticipated 80,000 to 140,000). Then scientists found that so-called junk DNA—stretches of genetic material that don’t code for any protein—is not junk at all [...]
Posted in Human Genome on Jul 30th, 2007
The first new genes for three decades linked to multiple sclerosis have been identified by UK and US researchers.
BBC News
Posted in Human Genome on Jul 27th, 2007
New techniques allow researchers to peer into the dark corners of the genome looking for links to disease.
Sciencefriday
Posted in Human Genome on Jul 18th, 2007
A U.S. company has begun to trickle out information on a unique DNA study it calls “Project Jim”, a crash effort to sequence the entire genome of a single individual: James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s structure.
Sciene
Posted in Human Genome on Jul 18th, 2007
Scientists have identified a gene that is strongly associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma.
BBC News
Posted in Human Genome on Jun 21st, 2007
According to a painstaking new analysis of 1% of the human genome, genes can be sprawling, with far-flung protein-coding and regulatory regions that overlap with other genes.
Science