Genetics

Victor A. Mckusick, M.D., 'Father Of Medical Genetics,' 1921-2008

webwire.com     21 hrs ago   51 related          

Victor Almon McKusick, M.D., University Professor of Medical Genetics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, one of the two distinguished Johns Hopkins geneticists for whom the McKusick-N... [WebWire - Friday, July...                

Washington-Area Fertility Center Has Created More Than 17,000 Pregnancies

redorbit.com     22 hrs ago   2 related          

FAIRFAX, Va., July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Genetics & IVF Institute announced today, on the 30th anniversary of the birth of the world's first IVF (in vitro fertilization) baby, that it has created more than 17,000...                

The Origin of Farming in Europe: A View from the Y Chromosome

23andme.com     18 hrs ago          

This guest post is by Roy King, who is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and a research colleague of Stanford geneticist and 23andMe scientific adviser Peter Underhill. Roy and Peter have been using genetics to...                

Meet on eye research from today

hindu.com     13 hrs ago   1 related          

MADURAI: The 17th annual meeting of the Indian Eye Research Group (IERG) will commence at the Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology here on Saturday. Over 120 delegates from all over the country will participate in...                

The Genetics Of The White Horse Unraveled

terradaily.com     yesterday   2 related          

Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jul 25, 2008 - The white horse is an icon for dignity which has had a huge impact on human culture across the world. An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University has now identified the...                

Regional Factors Driven By Genetic Diversity Add Complexity To Autoimmune Disease Drug Development

medicalnewstoday.com     yesterday   1 related          

As a group, autoimmune diseases remain one of the most refractory and difficult-to-treat segments of healthcare therapeutics. The underlying genetics of the immune response and the complexities they foster among individual...                

Evolution Is Not A Fraud!

atheistblogger.com     yesterday          

This is a general response to the “Debunking Atheists” blog post entitled “Evolution is a fraud!“. As with all posts made by Creationists, it contains a gross misunderstanding of basic Evolutionary theory, and whilst I’m no...                

Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium and Affymetrix Expand World's Largest Study of Genetic...

genengnews.com     yesterday   3 related          

News source: Business Wire Affymetrix, Inc. today announced that the Wellcome Trust of Great Britain has awarded to Affymetrix the second phase of its Case Control Consortium (WTCCC) project, the world's largest-ever study of...                

Lack of plasma protein hemopexin dampens mercury-induced autoimmune response in mice.

biowizard.com     yesterday          

Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, and Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. sharmila.fagoonee@unito.it Several factors affect the autoimmune response, including iron-dependent...                

SNPwatch: Gene Variant May Increase Risk for Rare Side Effect of Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs

23andme.com     yesterday   1 related          

SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and...                

1 2 3 4 5 next »