Topic: Genetics
Personal look at genes locates disease causes
AP News
Individual, family gene studies help locate causes of inherited diseasesChildren inherit about 30 mutated genes from each parent, fewer than had been thought, but enough in at least one case to pass on inherited illnesses, according to a first detailed look at the blueprint for human life in a family ...
Parents give kids fewer bad genes than thought: study
AFP Global Edition
American scientists have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of an entire family, and made a startling discovery -- that parents pass on fewer mutations than previously thought. Scientists had long believed that each parent passed on some 75 genetic mutations to their children. But the result of research ...
Genetic researchers win $500K US medical prize
AP Features
Three American scientists who contributed to the mapping of the human genetic blueprint — an advance that continues to give the medical world a better understanding of human disease — were awarded the nation's richest prize in medicine and biomedical research Wednesday. The $500,000 Albany Medical Center prize is being ...
Gene test claims to show what diet works best
AP News
Low-fat or low-carb? Gene test claims to show which diet works best; skeptics aren't so sureDiet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan. We're ...
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