Genetics - Dec 27, 2017 Edition

December 27, 2017     Genetics     The latest Genetics news from News Medical

Epigenetics: A New Tool for Forensic Detectives   Developing analytical methods can help the triers of fact, judges and juries, better understand the events surrounding the circumstances of a crime. In forensic analysis, we are talking about determining the identity of unknown individuals through DNA and using DNA and other chemical signatures to determine and clarify the circumstances of the crime.       Harvard scientists discover hundreds of genetic switches that influence height   It's been understood for decades that a host of factors - everything from pre- and post-natal health, nutrition, and genetics - play a role in determining height, but efforts to untangle the complex web of factors that contribute to height have long been stymied.

Scientists discover five new regions of the genome that increase asthma risk   An international study led by scientists from Inserm and Paris Diderot Universit, the University of Chicago, the National Heart and Lung Institute and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus together with researchers of the Trans-National Asthma Genetics Consortium has discovered five new regions of the genome that increase the risk of asthma.         St. Jude gene therapy offers hope for infants with 'bubble boy' disease   Early evidence suggests that gene therapy developed at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will lead to broad protection for infants with the devastating immune disorder X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disorder.         Genetic Analysis and Bio-Rad enter into supply and distribution agreement for GA-map clinical test   Genetic Analysis and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that they have signed a supply and distribution agreement for Genetic Analysis’s GA-map™ clinical test for gut dysbiosis.         Groundbreaking gene therapy trial brings cure for hemophilia closer   A 'cure' for hemophilia is one step closer, following results of a groundbreaking gene therapy trial led by the NHS in London.

Genetic variations may help identify people at high-risk for chronic pain after surgery   Genetics may play a role in determining whether patients experience chronic pain after surgery, suggests a study published today in the Online First edition of Anesthesiology, the peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists       Bi-annual MRI beats mammograms in detecting breast cancer among women with genetic risk   Intensive surveillance including a dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) exam every six months was far more effective in detecting breast cancer in younger women with a high-risk genetic profile than an annual mammogram, according to a research team based at the University of Chicago Medicine and the University of Washington, Seattle.       Large-scale study expands number of genetic markers linked to exceptional longevity   A new large-scale international study expands the number of genetic markers now known to be associated with exceptional longevity.       FDA approves new gene therapy targeting rare form of inherited vision loss   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec-rzyl), a new gene therapy, to treat children and adult patients with an inherited form of vision loss that may result in blindness.       Researchers sequence salamander genome to reveal unique features of regeneration   Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have managed to sequence the giant genome of a salamander, the Iberian ribbed newt, which is a full six times greater than the human genome.       New genetic analysis of candidiasis reveals surprising fungal sex secrets   Working together with researchers in the Université Paris-Sud in France and University Medical Centre Göttingen in Germany, ICREA Research Professor Toni Gabaldón and his team at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona read the genetic code of 33 separate strains of the yeast Candida glabrata, the second most common cause of candidiasis.       Researchers use genomics to advance understanding of Parkinson´s disease   It is widely known that genomics has already begun to influence medicine and that bioinformatics holds the key for developing new medical approaches, but how does medical genomics really work?       Bruker Biospec MRI device installed at The Weizmann Institute of Science   The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, today announced the installation of the Biospec® 15.2 Tesla USR™ preclinical ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument from Bruker. The new instrument is installed in the Daniel Wolf building of the Department of Chemical Research, and is used by the MRI Biosensors laboratory, led by Dr.       Genetic Risk Associated with Social Anxiety   Social anxiety disorder (SAD) refers to an anxiety disorder triggered by social situations. People with SAD have symptoms like fast heartbeat, sweating, and stomach upset when they are anxious. They have a fear that people might scrutinize their performance and evaluate them negatively.       An Overview of Parkinson's Disease   This article briefly describes the proteins and various cellular processes that go wrong in Parkinson's disease such as neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and alpha-synuclein misfolding.       Spatial deconvolution of marker expression in whole heart subjected to ischemia-reperfusion   When a coronary artery is obstructed by atheroma, blood flow is depressed or even arrested. This causes hypoxia of cardiac cells associated with the deprivation of nutrients. In clinic, the first objective is to restore blood flow. However, this is associated with a burst in oxidation of cellular proteins and lipids. This oxidation enhances cell death and participates to the so-called reperfusion injury.       20% of young colon cancer patients have inherited genetic abnormality, research finds   As doctors grapple with increasing rates of colorectal cancers in young people, new research from the University of Michigan may offer some insight into how the disease developed and how to prevent further cancers.       Clinical study uses genetic testing to match AML patients with new therapies   A clinical trial using genetic testing to match acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients with new therapies is now open at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center       Porvair and Suzhou Tianlong Bio to develop epigenetic analysis technologies   Porvair Sciences are teaming up with Suzhou Tianlong Bio Technology Co Ltd (China), together with Swansea University and Xi'an Jiaotong University in a collaborative project entitled, "Automating & Stratification of Epigenetics in Healthcare" that is part of the Innovate UK / Jiangsu Industrial Challenge Programme.       New genetic model identified for predicting outcomes in patients with primary myelofibrosis   A group of investigators from Mayo Clinic and multiple academic research centers in Italy have identified a genetic model for predicting outcomes in patients with primary myelofibrosis who are 70 years or younger and candidates for stem cell transplant to treat their disease.       Researchers link stress-related genetic changes to suicide risk and psychiatric illness   Researchers have linked genetic changes in the so-called CRH gene, which affects the regulation of the body's stress system, to suicide risk and psychiatric illness.       European Cancer Patient Coalition highlights need to increase access for genetic and biomarker testing   Today in Brussels, the European Cancer Patient Coalition called for more concrete actions to increase access and awareness of cancer genetic testing and other types of biomarkers at the event held in the European Parliament.

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