In Genetics and Health - Posted 29 weeks ago

Osteoporosis (Image source: www.soylabs.com) An extensive genome-wide search has been undertaken to find the genes linked to osteoporosis and fra...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 30 weeks ago

(Photo: Breast cancer cell , courtesy www.hopeforcancer.com)Scientists believe they have identified a gene that may be able to limit the growth of br...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 30 weeks ago

KQED Public Broadcasting in San Francisco recently did a radio story about the UC San Francisco Canine Behavioral Genetics Project run in collaborat...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 32 weeks ago

G&H s INTERVIEW WITH NAVIGENICSNavigenics approached Genetics and Health for an interview. With so much written about similar genomics companies suc...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 32 weeks ago

In this third article originating from G&H s exclusive interview with Navigenics Medical Director, Dr Michael Nierenberg, we explore the whole is...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 33 weeks ago

(Courtesy of WAMU 88.5 FM American University Radio, Washington, USA)This is a really interesting radio clip from The Diana Rehm Show on WAMU radio...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 35 weeks ago

In January, The New England Journal of Medicine published an article criticizing the popularization of genetic testing by companies such as 23andme, d...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 36 weeks ago

Peripheral artery disease image showing furring up of arteries Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) can affect the arteries, the veins or the lym...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 37 weeks ago

Further to my various articles on our ancestry, differences in gene expression levels between people of European versus African ancestry appear to a...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 37 weeks ago

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists and others have revealed for the first time the electronic structure of single DNA molecules. In their...

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