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Scientists double understanding of genetic risk of melanoma
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 28 (ANI): A global collaboration of scientists has more than doubled the known number of regions on the human genome that influence the risk of developing melanoma.
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New study shows hidden genes may underlie autism severity
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Feb 15 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have now implicated a largely hidden part of the human genome that has large impact to the severity of autism symptoms.
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Experts lambaste Chinese scientist for creating gene-edited babies
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], Nov 29 (ANI): The organising committee of the second International Summit on Human Genome Editing have called Chinese scientist He Jiankui's claims of creating the first gene-edited twin babies as "unexpected and deeply disturbing" and "irresponsible" on Thursday.
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Risk factor for erectile dysfunction identified
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Oct 10 (ANI): A team of researchers has found a specific place in the human genome that raises a person's risk of erectile dysfunction.
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Personality traits, psychiatric disorders come from certain genes, study s
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec. 9 (ANI): A recent study conducted by Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS), has identified six loci or regions of the human genome that are significantly linked to personality traits.
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Smoking leaves footprint on human genome
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept.22 (ANI): A new research says that smoking leaves its impression on the human genome in the form of DNA methylation, a process by which cells control gene activity.
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