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Genetic link associated with ability to move to music beats, says research
Updated : 3 years, 6 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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Researchers find causes of brain disorders in people with Huntington's dis
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Washington [US], September 19 (ANI): Huntington's disease is a genetic brain disorder caused by a mutation in the huntingtin gene. HD is a neurological disease that has no cure and produces personality changes, dementia symptoms, and uncontrollable convulsive movements, eventually leading to
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Mapmygenome partners with Thyrocare to offer preventive genetic tests
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 16 (ANI/PNN): Thyrocare, one of India's leading healthcare service providers in the diagnostic segment, has joined with Mapmygenome to launch a genomics-based healthcare solution. Mapmygenome's health and wellness genetic tests will be available in ma
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Better screening could prevent sudden cardiac death in young people
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Goteborg [Sweden], October 15 (ANI): A new study by Erik Borjesson of Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden and colleagues, published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, finds that symptoms, ECG abnormalities, or favourable family history are present in nearly nine out of ten
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Researchers find novel method for treating neurological disorders in patie
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Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): Researchers at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine, and other organisations have successfully reversed the effects of several lethal inherited neurodegenerative diseases known as lysosom
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Scientists identify genetic variants linked to increased risk of developin
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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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Researchers reveal how fasting affects neurons in brain
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Boston [US], September 9 (ANI): Calorie restriction has long been linked to fewer seizures in people with epilepsy. Novel research from Boston Children's Hospital helps to explain how fasting affects neurons in the brain and may pave the door for new treatments that do not require fasting or
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Researchers discover new way to reverse effects of neurological disease in
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Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): Scientists at Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), and other institutions have reversed the effects of several life-threatening inherited neurodegenerative diseases known as lysosomal st
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Researchers find DNA linked with physically active lifestyle
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Stockholm [Sweden], September 8 (ANI): Researchers from Uppsala University identified DNA regions connected with physical activity or leisure screen usage in a big worldwide investigation. The findings show the benefits of physical activity for health and imply that a more sedentary lifestyl
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Avesthagen consolidates its position with an innovative platform for preci
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Avesthagen Limited, India's pioneering Systems biology genomics company, has launched AVGEN Diagnostics, the first fully integrated end-to-end personalized genetic testing service. The innovative platform employs the latest in NGS seq
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Study reveals a link between disrupted enzymes and intellectual disability
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Washington [US], September 4 (ANI): A new study reveals how a rare genetic mutation leads to intellectual disability. The P212L mutation in an enzyme called CaMKIIalpha, which is important for learning and memory, is known to be linked to intellectual disability. However, the exact process b
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Study: Brain activity differs in young people with genetic risk of mental
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Washington [US], September 3 (ANI): According to a study, young people with a genetic alteration that raises the risk of mental illnesses have significantly different brain activity during sleep.
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