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Tests for genes don't predict breast cancer better (Reuters)

Reuters - Studying genes linked to breast cancer may someday lead to better treatments, but they do little to improve a doctor's ability to predict who is likely to develop a tumor, researchers reported on Wednesday.

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:39:09 GMT

A Blood Test for Colon Cancer Sounds Great--But It's Short on Proof (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report - It's an eye-catching headline: " 'Revolutionary' Blood Test for Colon Cancer Screening Announced." The press release goes on to say that EDP Biotech Corp., based in Tennessee, will today brief its home state's legislators on what it calls a "breakthrough blood test" that "could save thousands of colon cancer deaths and billions in healthcare costs each year." (It not only briefed them, a later release said; it offered them the chance to participate in a study.) The company is hoping for approval from the Food and Drug Administration in the next couple of years.

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:21 GMT

Why Do Some Clovers Have Four Leaves? (LiveScience.com)

A costumed reveller takes a drink of Guinness in the Holy Lands area of Belfast during the St Patrick's Day celebrations, Belfast March 17, 2010. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: ANNIVERSARY ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY)LiveScience.com - The leaves of clover plants are said to hold the luck o' the Irish when they sport four leaves. This myth likely arose because four-leaf clovers are rare finds - the result of an equally rare genetic mutation in the clover plant.


Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:31:46 GMT

Repeated Anesthesia May Hamper Children's Learning Ability (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Brain stem cell loss is the reason why repeated anesthesia causes memory and learning problems in children, Swedish researchers suggest.

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:49:21 GMT

U.S. stem cell expert is "hottest" researcher (Reuters)

Reuters - Rudolf Jaenisch, whose stem cell lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has consistently broken new barriers in the field, is the world's "hottest" researcher, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:22:26 GMT

Scientists Find Stem Cells in Hair That Can Become Skin (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found a type of stem cell tucked away in hair follicles that is capable of morphing into all three types of skin cells.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:49:36 GMT

Medicine's Future Could Lie in Each Patient's Genome (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Two separate scientific teams announced this week that they had successfully sequenced individual genomes to pinpoint precise genetic causes of illness -- breakthroughs that open the door to a future of individualized, genomics-based medicine.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:49:33 GMT

Glenn Close has genes mapped (Reuters)

Reuters - Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:20:32 GMT

Sequencing of patients' genomes offers new hope: studies (AFP)

A scientific researcher extracts the RNA from cells in a laboratory. US researchers have decoded the entire genome of patients to identify the root cause of their diseases paving the way towards individual genomic treatments, according to newly published studies.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AFP - US researchers have decoded the entire genome of patients to identify the root cause of their diseases paving the way towards individual genomic treatments, according to newly published studies.


Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:06:00 GMT

Personal look at genes locates disease causes (AP)

AP - Children inherit about 30 mutated genes from each parent, fewer than had been thought, but enough in at least one case to pass on inherited illnesses, according to a first detailed look at the blueprint for human life in a family.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:12:44 GMT

Parents give kids fewer bad genes than thought: study (AFP)

This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. American scientists have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of an entire family, and made a startling discovery -- that parents pass on fewer mutations than previously thought.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - American scientists have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of an entire family, and made a startling discovery -- that parents pass on fewer mutations than previously thought.


Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:43:37 GMT

Effort to Map Human Brain Faces Complex Challenges (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Mapping the connections among brain cells could someday prove as revolutionary as mapping the human genome. But tracing each synaptic connection between neurons - essentially a manual effort so far - has proven painstakingly slow. To approach a thorough mapping, researchers will have to develop a computer-automated process.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:27:10 GMT

Greens protest genetically modified potato go-ahead (AFP)

Members of the Greens/European Free Alliance group of the European Parliament hold banners reading, AFP - Green members of the European parliament stood en masse and held up placards Tuesday in protest against the EU Commission approval of the cultivation of genetically modified potatoes.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:56:08 GMT

Metal From Hip Implants Passed on to Babies (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Some moms might pass more than genetics to their newborns. Doctors found three babies born to women with hip implants had high levels of chromium and cobalt in their umbilical cord blood - metals that had worn off the implants.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:10:47 GMT

Breast Cancer Patients Often Confused by Genomic Testing (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors need to do a better job of explaining genomic test results to breast cancer patients, say U.S. researchers.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:48:33 GMT

Roche, Biogen suspends arthritis drug after deaths (Reuters)

Reuters - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG and U.S. biotechnology company Biogen Idec are suspending experimental rheumatoid arthritis and lupus treatment ocrelizumab after deaths following its use, casting doubt over its future.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:33:17 GMT

Your best diet? It might be in your genes (Reuters)

Reuters - Can't lose weight on a low-fat diet? Maybe you need to cut carbs instead, and a new genetic test may point the way, maker Interleukin Genetics Inc reported on Wednesday.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:47:53 GMT

Genes may help identify deadly yeast infections (Reuters)

Reuters - A test that looks for specific patterns of genes that are switched on may lead to a better way of diagnosing dangerous yeast infections in the blood, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:27:54 GMT

'Battle' on GM foods can't be won: EU official (AFP)

A handout file photo released by BASF shows a bunch of Amflora potatoes. European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek said on Wednesday he was against genetically-modified foods but said they were an unavoidable part of the future.(AFP/BASF/File)AFP - European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek said on Wednesday he was against genetically-modified foods but said they were an unavoidable part of the future.


Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:47:02 GMT

Cluster of Genes Tied to Alcoholism (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- There may be an association between alcoholism and a cluster of genes on chromosome 11, according to researchers who analyzed the genomes of nearly 1,900 white and black Americans.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:49:16 GMT