Muscle wasting disease DNA mapped
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Genetics experts reported they have mapped chromosome 5 of the human genome, a coil of DNA linked to several rare but crippling disorders including spinal muscular atrophy.
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A mutation in mitochondrial DNA passed down from mother to child has now been linked to metabolic syndrome, a collection of traits that includes, high cholesterol, hypertension, obesity and insulin resistance.
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WASHINGTON - For the first time, scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, providing researchers with a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA
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Scoperta viene da analisi DNA nucleare di due reperti ossei
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New drugs that are currently in clinical trials for muscle-wasting diseases could become the next big thing for athletes.
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Two genes with very strong associations with the disease SLE have been identified by a team of scientists headed by researchers at the Department of Medical Sciences at Uppsala University.
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A recent study initiated by drug manufacturing company DeCode Genetics of Reykjavik, has come up with startling results. The report was published in âPloS Medicineâ, the on-line journal.
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Scientists have developed a way to produce a pure source of muscle cells, a technique that might one day prove useful for treating muscle-related diseases.
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By Castelluccio, Michael  THE MAPPING OF THE HUMAN GENOME was supposed to take 15 years, but it was completed early in 2003 after 13 years of combined effort by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health.
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A powerful new strategy promises to speed up the effort to link genes to specific diseases. Can you say 'transcriptome'?
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Experts to map the genomes of 1,000 people worldwide in a bid to understand how genes influence disease.
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Four separate studies published on Sunday identify a series of genes linked with lupus, a debilitating illness that can affect various parts of the body at once.
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SUNDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers say they&#39;ve identified genetic mutations linked to a form of stomach cancer called hereditary diffuse gastric cancer.
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Sept. 29, 2004 - An obesity gene does appear to pack on excess pounds in some people. But most of us can&#39;t point to our genetics as a reason for our tight jeans, researchers say.
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Scientists plan to map the DNA of 1,000 people worldwide to examine human genetic variation
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Scientists have mapped the genome of a worm that causes elephantiasis in what they called on Thursday an important step toward developing new drugs or vaccines to fight the mosquito-borne disfiguring disease.
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Researchers have found for the first time a change in DNA that could put someone at a higher risk for high blood pressure and high cholesterol.