Human gene number slashed
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Human genome researchers have said we have about 10,000 or 20,000 fewer genes than they originally estimated.
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A single change in a human gene may hold the key to preventing people living with HIV from progressing to full-blown AIDS, researchers said on Monday.
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Â· Most intensive study ever of our genetic code Â· So-called junk DNA found to play highly active role
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In a blow to human vanity, researchers now say that people have about the same number of genes as a small flowering plant or a tiny worm.
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The largest ever study of genes in disease has found 24 genetic risk factors -- half of them completely new -- linked to seven common conditions, British scientists said on Wednesday.
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Scientists have found a key gene which appears to increase the risk of developing osteoarthritis.
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A refined map of the human genome shows that humans have even fewer genes than previously thought -- less than 25,000, about the same as a mustard green.
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Scientists have taken an important step towards a new way of treating disease by switching off key genes.
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WASHINGTON  - Researchers have reportedly discovered a rare disease caused by a gene mutation that often kills children before the age of two.
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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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A DNA code cracker got his genome. Lines form now for everyone else.
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One thousand people around the world are to have their genomes mapped in an effort to understand how genes influence disease.
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How many genes does it take to make a human? Only about the same number it takes for a small flowering plant or a tiny worm, says a new estimate that&#39;s sharply reduced from just three years ago.
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A painstaking scan of the DNA of  tumor cells shows hundreds of previously unsuspected genes are  involved in cancer, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding  that offers new ways to fight the disease.
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Researchers said on Sunday they had  homed in on five areas of DNA that could account for 70 percent  of the genetic risk for type-2 diabetes.
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UK scientists have identified a gene which increases the risk of bowel cancer by 20 per cent.
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One single change in inherited DNA can put people at a heightened risk of heart disease and strokes, according to new research. Richard Lifton and his colleagues at Yale University school of medicine report