Category Archives: Human Genetics

Top US court throws out human gene patents

The US Supreme Court has thrown out a lower court ruling that allows human genes to be patented. Continue reading

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High court throws out human gene patents

The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling allowing human genes to be patented, a topic of enormous interest to cancer researchers, patients and drug makers. Continue reading

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Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate 2012 – Video


21-03-2012 14:36 Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui made what is described as the most significant breakthrough in human genetics in 50 years, namely the discovery of the cystic fibrosis gene. Born in Shanghai, China, and coming to the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children in the early 1980s, Dr. Continue reading

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Mutant flies that tell us about human diseases

22 March 2012 Last updated at 22:41 ET By Melissa Hogenboom BBC News The common fruit fly and human beings may look nothing alike but appearances can be deceiving. The two species not only share around 70% of the same disease-causing genes but they also have many of the same major organs. This similarity, combined with the flies’ brief life-spans and ability to reproduce quickly, make them invaluable for scientists studying genetics and diseases Continue reading

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Genetics Part 4: Mutations – Video


22-03-2012 22:02 Quick run through of different types of genetic mutations. Continue reading

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Noted history of medicine professor to speak at University of Houston

Public release date: 21-Mar-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Melissa Carroll mcarroll@uh.edu 713-743-8153 University of Houston The University of Houston (UH) has invited a noted professor in the history of medicine, Alexandra Stern, to give the John P. McGovern Endowed Lecture in Family, Health and Human Values at 7 p.m., Monday, April 9 at the Rockwell Pavilion in the M.D. Anderson Library. Continue reading

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Fly Mutations Offer Quicker Clues To Human Diseases

Scientists have long used mutations in fruit flies, worms and mice as tools to identify genes associated with diseases in humans, but the path from animal to human often takes years. But a collaboration between Baylor College of Medicine scientists studying fruit flies and Canadian human genetics researchers linked a gene that caused neurodegeneration in flies to a human disease called “autosomal recessive spastic ataxia with frequent leukoencephalopathy,” or ARSAL, in a matter of months, according to a study published Tuesday in PLoS Biology Continue reading

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The Sex-Lives of Early Humans – Video


15-03-2012 14:31 Hank talks about ancient sexy times, and how we know that early humans were getting it on with all kinds of folks. Like SciShow on Facebook! www.facebook.com Follow SciShow on Twitter! www.twitter.com References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: dft.ba Credits Produced by Hank Green Chief Editor: Blake de Pastino Cinematography: Nick Jenkins Video Editor: Matt Ferguson Graphics: Peter Winkler and Amber Bushnell Written by Jesslyn Shields SciShow theme composed by Tom Milsom TAGS: ancient, prehistoric, human, homo sapiens, neanderthal, hominid, denisovan, gorillas, lice, mammal, australopithecus, breeding, speciation, species, DNA, genetics, anthropology, science, scishow, hank green Continue reading

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In Print: Last Month's Microarray Papers of Note

In Print: Last Month’s Microarray Papers of Note Journal: American Journal of Botany. 2012 Feb;99(2):209-18. Title: Genomics of Compositae weeds: EST libraries, microarrays, and evidence of introgression Continue reading

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Research and Markets: The Year in Human and Medical Genetics: Inborn Errors of Immunity I Provides an Overview of the …

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/665a00/the_year_in_human) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new book “The Year in Human and Medical Genetics: Inborn Errors of Immunity I” to their offering. The genetic dissection of human primary immunodeficiency is expanding at full speed, in at least two directions. Some investigators pursue the dissection of well-known clinical phenotypes, for which the count of genetic etiologies seems to be endless, whereas others begin the search for inborn errors underlying new phenotypes, infectious and otherwise. Continue reading

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Baylor, Dasa Partner to Bring Genetic Testing to Brazil

By a GenomeWeb staff reporter NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) Baylor College of Medicine’s Medical Genetics Laboratory and Brazil’s Dasa medical diagnostic laboratory announced on Friday an agreement to provide advanced genetic testing technology in that country. Under the terms of the deal, Baylor’s lab in Houston will conduct genetic testing and prepare a clinical report for Dasa, which will convey the results to the ordering physician in Brazil. Continue reading

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Two European Neuroscientists Awarded the € 1 million BRAIN PRIZE 2012 for Their Pioneering Work on the Genetics of …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation announced today that The Brain Prize 2012 is jointly awarded to Christine Petit and Karen Steel: ‘for their unique, world-leading contributions to our understanding of the genetic regulation of the development and functioning of the ear, and for elucidating the causes of many of the hundreds of inherited forms of deafness.’ Inherited conditions render one in a thousand children deaf at birth, and cause as many again to become deaf before maturity, leading to delay or failure in the acquisition of speech, and frequently to disadvantages in communication and learning. Genetic anomalies also contribute to many age-related and progressive forms of hearing loss Continue reading

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Atossa Genetics' National Reference Laboratory for Breast Health Receives CLIA Certification

SEATTLE, WA– – Atossa Genetics, Inc. , a private healthcare company focused on the prevention of breast cancer through the commercialization of diagnostic tests that can detect precursors to breast cancer, …Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=genetics&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Genetics: Scientists finish mapping gorilla genome

Research sheds new light on human evolution and will help with gorilla conservation By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — For the first time, scientists have been able to compare the genomes of all four living great apes — humans, chimpanzees, … Continue reading

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Drosophila conference highlights diverse research and its applications

Public release date: 8-Mar-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Phyllis Edelman pedel@genetics-gsa.org 301-351-0896 Genetics Society of America CHICAGO, IL March 8, 2012 The Genetics Society of America’s 53rd Annual Drosophila Research Conference, March 7-11 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, will showcase diverse efforts to understand basic biological processes through the easy-to-study fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, and other insects. Drosophila provides the ideal model system for studying biological questions, including many with direct application to human health. Continue reading

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Drosophila Conference Highlights Diverse Research

Newswise CHICAGO, IL March 8, 2012 The Genetics Society of Americas 53rd Annual Drosophila Research Conference, March 7-11 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, will showcase diverse efforts to understand basic biological processes through the easy-to-study fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, and other insects. Drosophila provides the ideal model system for studying biological questions, including many with direct application to human health Continue reading

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Gorilla Genome Analysis Reveals New Details of Great Ape Evolution

By Andrea Anderson NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) An international research team led by investigators at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has sequenced and started analyzing the gorilla genome, using it to better understand gorilla biology and the evolutionary history of great apes. As they reported online today in Nature, the researchers sequenced the genome of a female western lowland gorilla Gorilla gorilla gorilla and compared it with the genomes of great apes sequenced previously: humans, chimpanzees, and orangutans. Along with the reference genome, the team also looked at sequence data for three other gorillas, two more from the western gorilla species and one from a lowland population of the eastern gorilla species. Continue reading

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A bird's song may teach us about human speech disorders

Public release date: 6-Mar-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Stuart Wolpert swolpert@support.ucla.edu 310-206-0511 University of California – Los Angeles Can the song of a small bird provide valuable insights into human stuttering and speech-related disorders and conditions, including autism and stroke? New research by UCLA life scientists and colleagues provides reason for optimism. The scientists discovered that some 2,000 genes in a region of the male zebra finch’s brain known as “Area X” are significantly linked to singing. Continue reading

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Research and Markets: Neuroimaging in Addiction – Comprehensive Review of the Functional and Structural Imaging Human …

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/83b31e/neuroimaging_in_ad) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new book “Neuroimaging in Addiction” to their offering. Neuroimaging in Addiction presents an up-to-date, comprehensive review of the functional and structural imaging human studies that have greatly advanced our understanding of this complex disorder. Approaching addiction from a conceptual rather than a substance-specific perspective, this book integrates broad neuropsychological constructs that consider addiction as a neuroplastic process with genetic, developmental, and substance-induced contributions Continue reading

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Chimp populations show great genetic diversity, with implications for conservation

Public release date: 1-Mar-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Craig Brierley c.brierley@wellcome.ac.uk 44-207-611-7329 Public Library of Science Chimpanzee populations living in close proximity are substantially more different genetically than humans living on different continents, according to a study published in PLoS Genetics. Research conducted by scientists from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, and the Biomedical Primate Research Centre suggests that genomics can provide a valuable tool for chimpanzee conservation, with the potential to identify the population of origin of an individual chimpanzee or the provenance of a sample of bush meat. Continue reading

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