News articles tagged with 'genotype'
Genetic makeup and duration of abuse reduce the brain's neurones in drug addiction
— 8 Mar 2011 13:56 | HealthA study conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory demonstrated that drug addicted individuals who have a certain genetic makeup have lower grey…
First genetic test for predicting IVF success
— 12 Jan 2011 16:50 | HealthA researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has helped to develop the first genetic blood test for predicting the chances that in vitro fertilisation (IVF)…
To prevent inbreeding, flowering plants have evolved multiple genes, research reveals
— 5 Nov 2010 14:06 | BiologyA research team led by Teh-hui Kao, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State University, in collaboration with a team lead by Professor Seiji Takayama at the Nara…
Visceral adiposity index directly correlated to viral load in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C
— 22 Oct 2010 18:28 | HealthResearchers at the University of Palermo in Italy provide the evidence that a higher visceral adiposity index score - a new index of adipose dysfunction - has a direct correlation with…
Gene variant may increase severity of MS
— 3 Aug 2010 11:24 | HealthA new study shows a gene variant may increase the severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms. The research will be published in the August 3, 2010, issue of Neurology(R), the medical…
Antiviral therapy during compensated cirrhosis most cost-effective approach
— 28 May 2010 12:51 | HealthResearchers at the UCLA Medical Centre found that antiviral therapy during compensated cirrhosis, when compared with all other strategies, is the most cost-effective approach to treating…
UGA researchers use patented SERS technique to rapidly, accurately detect rotavirus strain
— 14 May 2010 13:06 | HealthUsing nanotechnology and a patented signal enhancing technique developed at the University of Georgia, UGA researchers have discovered a rapid, sensitive and cost-effective method to…
Natural selection for moderate testosterone surprises scientists
— 5 May 2010 10:36 | BiologyA field study of the relationship between testosterone and natural selection in an American songbird, the dark-eyed junco, has defied some expectations and confirmed others…
New strain of virulent airborne fungi, unique to Oregon, is set to spread
— 24 Apr 2010 12:16 | HealthA newly discovered strain of an airborne fungus has caused several deaths in Oregon and seems poised to move into California and other adjacent areas, according to scientists at Duke…
Factors increasing the risk of atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia
— 13 Apr 2010 09:02 | HealthAtrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia are two important precursory lesions in the process of intestinal type gastric cancer. However, the precise mechanism of the progression…