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Large-scale DNA study reveals genetic links to height
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): Researchers have identified over 12,000 genetic variants that influence a person's height.
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Study shows age often plays bigger role than genetics in gene expression,
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): Our genetics, the environment and our age all play important roles in our health, but which of these is the most important? A new study suggests that in many cases, age plays a more important role than genetics in determining which genes in our bodies are tu
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Genetic link associated with ability to move to music beats, says research
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 19 (ANI): Sixty-nine genetic variants associated with beat synchronization, the ability to move in synchrony with the beat of the music, have recently been identified during the first large-scale genomic study of musicality.
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Scientists identify genetic variants linked to increased risk of developin
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): Scientists have completed the largest study of families affected by Hodgkin lymphoma and identified novel variants linked to cancer predisposition.
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Individuals with similar faces might have similar DNA: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): DNA analysis and a collection of photos of genetically unrelated lookalikes have revealed that strong facial similarity is associated with shared genetic variants.
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Genetic variants may affect how long Parkinson's patients survive, a new s
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): Scientists from four institutes in Paris, including the renowned Paris Brain Institute at the Sorbonne Universite, have examined the records of 2,037 Parkinson's patients from their first hospital visit and believe that genetic variants may shed light on how q
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Target protein for diabetes can help to protect against Alzheimer's diseas
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): Mechanisms associated with a particular diabetes drug can also help to protect against Alzheimer's disease suggests a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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Genetically informed atlases in brain reveal new landscapes about its stru
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
California [US], February 8 (ANI): A locus in genetics indicates the physical location of a gene or variant on a chromosome. The plural for it is loci. Now, an international team of scientists has used atlases of the human brain informed by genetics to identify hundreds of genomic loci.
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Small group of genetic variants found in COVID patients may help understan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Augusta (Georgia) [US], January 31 (ANI): A recent study has identified a handful of rare structural gene variants, involved in body processes of some of the sickest patients, like inflammation, which the COVID-19 virus needed, to be successful.
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Researchers identify unique genetic variants to overcome cancer treatment
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): University of California, Los Angeles researchers add monoclonal antibody to target oropharyngeal cancer in HPV-positive patients with KRAS gene variant.
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Study identifies new genes for fibromuscular dysplasia
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): According to a new study, three new genetic variants that regulate gene expression in the arteries are connected to fibromuscular dysplasia, an arterial disease that can cause dangerous consequences for the heart and vessels.
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Scientists identify genetic variant that carry risk of type 2 diabetes
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Rare genetic variants carried by one in 3,000 people that have a larger impact on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes than any previously identified genetic effect have been identified by scientists at the University of Cambridge.
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