Tags: Genes

FDA Approved 23andMe To Sell Genetic Tests

MEDICINE & HEALTH 04.10.2017 01:20 AM

The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) announced on April 6, 2017, to allow a company to sell genetic tests directly to consumers.

Cancer Is Now the Aftermath of Bad Luck: Scientists Explores This Surprising Opinion Through Research Study

03.27.2017 16:18 PM

A group of scientists unveils that cancer is the ultimate result of bad luck and the research study explores that random mutation in the gene causes this fatal disease.

Correlation Between Genes & Brain Activity Paves Way To An Emerging Research Field

03.27.2017 06:28 AM

One research showed significant correlations between the data from the genes and the brain towards how memory is processed.

Sudden Death In Young People Is Genetic

03.10.2017 10:47 AM

Research tackling sudden death discover that CDH2 gene causes a genetic disorder that makes young people prone to cardiac arrest. The finding is a result of a 15-year-old international collaboration.

'Jumping Genes' Bring Light To The Study Of Alzheimer's

03.10.2017 02:40 AM

Alzheimer's disease has long been in the interest of medical researchers all over the globe. With the recent findings by scientists at the Duke University, a set of genes, the "jumping genes", are found to be responsible for the molecular mechanism that causes the Alzheimer's disease.

Your DNA May Soon Store Full Length Movie, Game

03.03.2017 09:42 AM

A new coding technique maximizes DNA's data storage capacity. Researchers successfully store a Computer Operating System and Short Movie in DNA.

Doctors Finds New Congenital Muscular Dystrophy After INPP5K Gene Discovery

02.13.2017 09:06 AM

Doctors have found a new type of congenital muscular dystrophy after a more deliberate checking of INPP5K gene.

Seasons May Influence Genes That Trigger Chronic Disease

05.12.2015 22:05 PM

In a new study, researchers have found that the seasons appear to influence when certain genes are active in your body, with those that cause inflammation being more active in winter.

Do Mosquitos Prefer You? Your Genes May Tell You.

04.23.2015 23:56 PM

Have you thought for some time now that mosquitos seem to be attracted to you over everyone else? According to a new study, you may be right and your genes could actually tell you if mosquitos prefer your blood over someone else's.

The One-In-A-Million Birth, Genetically Identical Triplets Born In Montana

01.13.2015 13:57 PM

When Montana couple, Jodey and Jase Kinsey, gave birth to triplets earlier this week, the two young parents were overjoyed. But soon after the births of their three healthy boys in the delivery room, they soon learned that they struck the biologic lottery, scoring a genetic jackpot if you will. The newly born boys Ian, Milo, and Cade, are all genetically identical brothers, representing a one-in-a-million birth.

Evading Death—How The Bowhead Whale Is Able To live Up To Two Centuries

01.10.2015 20:21 PM

Bowhead whales are our planets longest-lived mammal. And just how is such a large animal able to survive for so long? Well, let's just say that they've got good genes.

Can our Genes Give Us Superhuman Invincibility to Ebola?

11.01.2014 18:01 PM

Genetic makeup may make you less vulnerable or more susceptible to Ebola, researchers say. Since its outbreak earlier this year that caused widespread deaths in West Africa, Ebola has been an area much studied by international health organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and research centers around the world.