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Study uncovers genes that dictate direction of hair whorls
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The first gene mapping investigation on human scalp hair whorls demonstrates both the genetic foundation and the polygenic nature of hair whorl orientation.
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Study finds genetic causes of Raynaud’s phenomenon
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The researchers discovered variation in two genes that predisposed participants to Raynaud's phenomenon
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Study examines how genes influence our eating habits
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In one of the first in-depth studies of diet-related genes, researchers have found over 500 genes that appear to directly influence the foods we eat. The findings herald a big step forward in harnessing a person's genetic makeup to develop precision dietary plans that improve health or ward
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Injury to one part of body can trigger healing response in another: Study
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to a new study, an injury to one region of the body can trigger a healing response in another.
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Study reveals genes that directly influence what we eat
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers have found over 500 genes that seem to directly impact the foods we eat in one of the first extensive investigations of diet-related genes. The results mark a significant advancement towards harnessing a person's genetic makeup to create precision dietary plans that enhance healt
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New genes found that contribute to deadly heart defect: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers have discovered new genes that contribute to hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a rare, life-threatening cardiac condition that occurs in neonates, by identifying genes in patients and studying their effects in fruit flies.
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Study finds how dietary restraint reduces effects of genetic risk of obesi
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to new research, persons with obesity risk genes tend to feel more hungry and lose control over their eating, while practicing dietary restrictions may help to reverse this.
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Study finds origination of genes for learning and memory
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers from the University of Leicester and its colleagues have found that the genes necessary for memory, learning, aggression, and other complex behaviours originated around 650 million years ago.
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Researchers shed light on how genes make people prone to allergies
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The scientific understanding of why some people are more susceptible to allergies than others is being strengthened by new studies
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Did you know dietary restraint reduces effects of genetic risk of obesity?
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Obesity risk genes cause people to feel hungrier and lose control of their eating, although practising dietary constraints may help to reverse this.
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Screening Camp in Srinagar Identifies Critical Congenital Heart Defects in
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27: On Saturday, June 24th, a screening camp was organised for children with Congenital Heart Defects in Srinagar, Kashmir by Rotary Club Rajouri, Jammu & Kashmir Rotary district 3070, Genesis Foundation and Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center
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Hand illness known as "Viking disease" may result from Neandertal genes: S
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A recent study in the Oxford University Press journal Molecular Biology and Evolution demonstrates that the Neandertal component of Dupuytren's illness is present. Researchers have long known that people of Northern European descent had the disease significantly more frequently than those wi
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