An Australian study of families with genetic risk of bowel cancer has found that 50 percent of participants declined genetic testing when informed of insurance implications.

Researchers have discovered what they describe as a biochemical link between misery and death, and in addition found a specific genetic variation that seems to break that link. Additionally, they have developed a computer model of gene-environment interactions to more efficiently probe the "genetic haystack."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Will a gene bring healthful blessings or the curse of disease? It may depend on whether it is inherited from mom or dad, researchers reported on Wednesday.

The reduced risk of cardiovascular disease seen in people who eat a Mediterranean diet may be attributable to the phenolic components of virgin olive oil, which repress several pro-inflammatory genes.
Phenols are micronutrients of olive oil; the extra-virgin varieties have a particularly large phenol fraction.

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Without the trillions of microbes that inhabit our gut, we can't fully benefit from the components of our diet. But cultural differences in diet may, in part, dictate what food our gut microbiota can digest.

Chemists in the UK have created a synthetic form of DNA that could transform how digital information is processed and stored.

A team from the USC Viterbi School’s Information Sciences Institute will structure data allowing scientists to test health hypotheses.

Of course they did: they intelligently designed a complex creature and brought it into being. Isn’t that what creationists say that God is supposed to do? So the answer to this question, which is being raised all over the internet (see here , here , and here ) for example, is ... — full article at whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com

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Without the trillions of microbes that inhabit our gut, we can't fully benefit from the components of our diet. But cultural differences in diet may, in part, dictate what food our gut microbiota can digest.

Just like members of an orchestra are active at different times although playing the same piece of music, every cell in our body contains the same genetic sequence but expresses this differently to give rise to cells and tissues with specialised properties.
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The contribution of genetics to both rare and common epilepsies is rapidly being elucidated, and neurologists are routinely considering genetic testing in the work-up of several epilepsy syndromes of both known and unknown cause. Simultaneously, advances in molecular technology foreshadow additional discoveries in epilepsy etiology,

In a multidisciplinary approach, Professor Yves Barral, from the Biology Department at ETH Zurich and the computer scientists Dr. Gina Cannarozzi and Professor Gaston Gonnet, from the Computer Science Department of ETH Zurich and the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, joined forces to chase possible sub-codes in genomic information.

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Although largely unregulated, genetic tests are increasingly used to diagnose conditions, map ancestry or predict disease risk. In this, the first of two related pieces, Arthur L. Beaudet advocates the US Food and Drug Administration banning direct-to-consumer medical tests but leaving the analysis of clinical diagnostics to specialists.

(European Molecular Biology Laboratory) Integrating data from an unprecedented variety of human tissue samples, scientists at EMBL-EBI and their collaborators have produced the first-ever global map of gene expression, published today in Nature Biotechnology.

The long and winding journey to the roots of Alzheimer's disease , the most common form of dementia, has turned up three new genetic clues--the first major ones in 15 years. [More]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A baby who rarely cries is many parents’ idea of a “happy” baby. Ashlyn Blocker was that kind of baby.
She never cried at birth, when she was hungry, wet or teething. But when neither a severe diaper rash nor a cut on the surface of her eye caused the tiniest complaint, her parents, Tara and John Blocker, realized it wasn’t happiness that kept her quiet.

Alexandre Wagemakers, Javier M. Buldu, Miguel A. F. Sanjuan, Oscar de Luis, Adriana Izquierdo et al. We propose a new approach for synchronizing a population of synthetic genetic oscillators, which consists in the entrainment of a colony of repressilators by external modulation. We present a model where the repressilator dynamics is affected by periodic changes in temperature. We introduce an addit ... [Chaos 19, 033139 (2009)] published Thu Sep 17, 2009.

Earlier this year, consumers were close to being able to pick up a saliva-based genetic test for disease risk the next time they ran to the drug store for aspirin or sunscreen.

One major theory in learning and memory posits that the NR2B gene is a universal genetic factor that acts as rate-limiting molecule in controlling the optimal NMDA receptor's coincidence-detection property and subsequent learning and memory function across multiple animal species. If so, can memory function be enhanced via transgenic overexpression of NR2B in another species other than the previously reported mouse species? To examine these crucial issues, we generated transgenic rats in which NR2B is overexpressed in the cortex and hippocampus and investigated the role of NR2B gene in NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic plasticity and memory functions by combining electrophysiological technique with behavioral measurements.

One major theory in learning and memory posits that the NR2B gene is a universal genetic factor that acts as rate-limiting molecule in controlling the optimal NMDA receptor's coincidence-detection property and subsequent learning and memory function across multiple animal species. If so, can memory function be enhanced via transgenic overexpression of NR2B in another species other than the previously reported mouse species? To examine these crucial issues, we generated transgenic rats in which NR2B is overexpressed in the cortex and hippocampus and investigated the role of NR2B gene in NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic plasticity and memory functions by combining electrophysiological technique with behavioral measurements.

Researchers have discovered a link between sporadic and familial forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Researchers linked a rare genetic cause to most cases of ALS, clearing the way for therapy based on a known molecular target.

Ewen Callaway, reporterIn what may be the first US case of genetic discrimination since Congress banned the practice in 2008, a Connecticut woman claims she lost her job because she has a gene that predisposes her to breast cancer.

But it's unclear if alterations cause the disorder