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BehindTheMedspeak: Genetic Paparazzi

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2008-11-20 10:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...Genetics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., for coining the great phrase in the headline above I saw it for the very first time ever in today's fascinating USA Today story by Rita Rubin about the prospect of future presidential candidates having their DNA stolen and then analyzed for evidence of susceptibility to debilitating...
 
Tags: above-average risk, risk, average risk, campaign, johns hopkins university, dna, presidential campaign, public policy center, hudson
 
 
 
 
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Genetic Barcoding to Aid with Drug Cancer Targeting

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2008-02-01 17:50:37 by Michael in Medgadget
...genetic tag. This tag lets the researchers track the effect of thousands of the RNAs in a single pool of cells in a single lab dish We get a mixture of cells where each individual cell has one of these genes knocked down, says Hannon If RNA interference knocks down a gene important for cell growth and survival, the cell fails to thrive or...
 
Tags: rna, rna encodes, rna interference knocks, short hairpin rna, rna interference, cells, colon cancer cells, inside cells, harm normal cells
 
 
 
 
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Genetic testing kits to be sold for $2,500

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2008-04-15 04:31:53 by Editor in Medlaunches.com
...genetic testing kits as well as hosting panel discussions on genetics and other health related programmes. These genetic testing kits are designed to screen your DNA for seventeen diseases and conditions including Alzheimer's, breast cancert and type II diabetes. This helps the customers realise the likelihood of them developing these...
 
Tags: genetic, kits, medicine company navigencies, breast cancert, customers realise, diseases, panel discussions, dna, market
 
 
 
 
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1,000 Genomes Project will Explore Genetic Roots

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2008-01-24 04:00:00 by Lisa Zyga in Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us
...genetic roots and diseases. read more Technorati Tags: Health International News Science Technology Array
 
Tags: genetic roots, international research collaboration, dna variations, complete genomes, technorati tags, ambitious project, human genome, recently, world
 
 
 
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: Identical Twins Aren't

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2008-05-19 16:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...genetic profiles But according to new research, though identical twins share very similar genes, identical they are not. The discovery opens a new understanding of why two people who hail from the same embryo can differ in phenotype, as biologists refer to a person's physical manifestation The new findings appear in the March issue of The...
 
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An Interview with Navigenics

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2008-07-28 18:26:23 by Josh in Medgadget
...genetically superior class of super humans. But then we dried our eyes and sat down with Navigenics CEO Dietrich Stephan to talk about this new technology Medgadget: Thanks for taking some time to speak with us today. Can you give our readers a little summary about the history and mission of Navigenics Dietrich: Its a pleasure, thank you for...
 
Tags: individual genetic analysis, individual, risk information, information, genetic, million genetic markers, individual clients results, clients, navigenics
 
 
 
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: Behind Blue Eyes

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2008-02-06 14:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today What is the genetic mutation Originally, we all had brown eyes, said Professor Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. But a genetic mutation affecting the OCA2 gene in our...
 
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New Test Promises to Clarify Unknown Cancer Diagnoses

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2008-08-01 08:09:35 by Michael in Medgadget
...genetic test, dubbed Pathwork Tissue of Origin test, from Pathwork Diagnostics , Inc., a Sunnyvale, CA firm. The test is based on a microarray technology to analyze thousands of pieces of genetic material from a cancer sample, which can provide an estimate on the origin of hard-to-identify tumor specimens. The company says that the "test...
 
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All blue-eyed people have a single common ancestor

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2008-11-14 12:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...genetic mutation which took place 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. Blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6,000-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour of all...
 
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Cloned Sniffer Dogs Report for Training in Korea!

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2008-04-18 09:37:08 by HASH0x8b65a6c in Fareastgizmos.com
...genetic qualities that would make them good drug-sniffer dogs. They will now be trained to distinguish the smel