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MIT study shows genetic link for schizophrenia
02-19-2007 · EurekAlert!Gene mutations governing a key brain enzyme make people susceptible to schizophrenia and may be targeted in future treatments for the psychiatric illness, according to MIT and Japanese researchers.
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- Study points to a genetic link for schizophrenia
02-20-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Gene mutations governing a key brain enzyme make people susceptible to schizophrenia and may be targeted in future treatments for the psychiatric illness, according to MIT and Japanese researchers.
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- Novel MS drug shows promise in 2 lethal leukemias
08-28-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study suggests that an experimental drug being tested for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and to prevent organ rejection might also help people with certain deadly forms of chronic and acute leukemia. The laboratory and animal study focused on the drug, called fingolimod. Researchers said it might help patients with advanced chronic myelogenous leukemia or acute lymphocytic leukemia, and whose cancer cells show a particular genetic change called the Philadelphia chromosome.
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- Common parasitic infection leads to increased risk for HIV infection
01-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study shows a significantly increased risk of HIV infection among women with a common sexually transmitted disease, trichomoniasis. Although studies have been undertaken in the past to show the link between sexually transmitted infections and susceptibility to HIV, the study published in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online, is one of the first to demonstrate a statistically significant association between trichomoniasis and HIV infection.
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- Columbia University Medical Center researchers show leaky muscle cells lead to fatigue
02-11-2008 · EurekAlert!
What do marathoners and heart failure patients have in common? More than you think according to new findings by physiologists at Columbia University Medical Center. The new study shows that the fatigue that marathoners and other extreme athletes feel at the end of a race is caused by a tiny leak inside their muscles that probably also saps the energy from patients with heart failure.
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- Scientists identify gene that may indicate predisposition to schizophrenia
01-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
In a study from the January issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, a research team lead by Xinzhi Zhao and Ruqi Tang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) present evidence that genetic variation may indicate predisposition to schizophrenia. Specifically, their findings identify the chitinase 3-like 1 gene as a potential schizophrenia-susceptibility gene and suggest that the genes involved in biological response to adverse conditions are likely linked to schizophrenia.
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- Individuals with genetic conditions twice as likely to report health insurance denial
02-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
Johns Hopkins study shows that individuals with genetic conditions are twice as likely to report having been denied health insurance than individuals with other chronic illness. Nearly 60 percent of participants believe a health insurance company can obtain medical information about them without their permission. Study believed to be first large-scale project of its kind.
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- Good behavior, religiousness may be genetic
04-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study in Journal of Personality shows that selfless and social behavior is not purely a product of environment, specifically religious environment. After studying the behavior of adult twins, researchers found that, while altruistic behavior and religiousness tended to appear together, the correlation was due to both environmental and genetic factors.
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- Genes influence age-related hearing loss
11-14-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new Brandeis University study of twins shows that genes play a significant role in the level of hearing loss that often appears in late middle age. The research, in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, examined genetic and environmental factors affecting hearing loss in the frequency range of speech recognition.
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- Feinstein researchers develop new genetic method and identify novel genes for schizophrenia
12-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
Scientists at the Zucker Hillside Hospital campus of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have identified nine genetic markers that can increase a person's risk for schizophrenia. In a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the research team uncovered original evidence that this disabling brain disease can be inherited in a recessive manner. A recessive trait is one that is inherited from both parents.
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- Genetic breakthrough offers promise in tackling kidney tumors
01-10-2008 · EurekAlert!
Early tests show promising results for a new treatment for tuberous sclerosis, which can cause tumors in organs throughout the body. The UK study is led by Cardiff University's Institute of Medical Genetics, which was the first to identify the genes linked to the disease.
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