Gene Variations Help Regulate Response to Stress
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MONDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Certain variations in a gene that helps regulate stress response offer protection against depression in adults who suffered abuse when they were children, a new study says.
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The key genes which lead the body's fight against HIV infection have been pinpointed by scientists.
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Scientists have identified a gene that is strongly associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma.
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Scientists pinpoint a new gene linked with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDayNews) -- A complex interplay between three different genes may determine how prostate cancer will progress, a new mouse study finds.
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Dec. 10, 2004 -- A newly discovered gene mutation may make some people more vulnerable to depression. If confirmed by larger studies, the finding may shed new light on depression, which affects almost 19 million
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Stress can produce an enzyme that interferes with short-term memory and other higher brain functions, according to an article in Science.
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Researchers say they have found the chemical switch that triggers the mechanism regulating body clocks.
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Scientists have found a gene variant that may be responsible for 20 percent of type 2 diabetes cases. Wake Forest University researchers have pinpointed the gene called PTPN1.
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HOUSTON - Stress response proteins present on the outside of cancer cells offer a promising target for a novel drug &quot;guidance system,&quot; say researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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A national team of investigators led by psychiatric geneticists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified a gene that appears to be linked to both alcoholism and depression.
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Scientists have identified a genetic defect that prevents some people from feeling any physical pain, while leaving them perfectly normal otherwise. Sound like a blessing? It's not.
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Scientists say they have identified a gene that appears to be linked to both alcoholism and depression, a finding that one day may help identify those at higher risk for the diseases and guide new treatments.
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Scientists have discovered the first gene that influences a person's height.
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A gene encoding a protein that appears to be a biological switch has been linked to a form of Parkinson&#39;s disease and could provide insight into halting molecular events that spur the illness.
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An errant enzyme linked to bipolar disorder, in the brain&#39;s prefrontal cortex, impairs cognition under stress, an animal study shows.
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Scientists have identified a genetic variation that could make people more susceptible to depression, according to a report published Friday in the New York Times.