According to a new study in mice, overeating and obesity is triggered by a lack of gene: a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is critical in mediating satiety in adult mice....
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Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare genetic disorder that causes mental retardation, smaller brain size, delayed speech and other neurological problems. If diabetes is characterized by the body not being...
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Here again is another study that states racial differences with regards to cancer... Analysis by Dr. Liana Castel of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and colleagues found that...
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Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has identified a gene that is under-expressed in human lung cancer cells - GPRC5A - which was found to suppress lung tumors in...
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Invasive procedures are required for prenatal diagnosis of genetic diseases and genetic monitoring of fetal development. If you've been pregnant before, for sure you have heard or at least read...
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Filed in archive Genetics
by Gloria Gamat on September 12, 2007
Many other things (conditions, diseases and stuff), even cancer or diabetes is in our genes. Now, even quitting smoking is in your genes! A genetic variant (SNP) of the CYP2B6 gene present in almost...
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