Inflammatory bowel gene uncovered

" Genetic variations which predispose people to a common inflammatory bowel condition have been uncovered by a team of German and UK researchers. It was known that ulcerative colitis, which affects around 100,000...

More Black men die from prostate cancer than white

Black men are not only more likely to get prostate cancer than white men but of those that do develop the illness they are also more likely to die. The research published in the British Journal of Cancer indicates...

Turning Bacteria into Plastic Factories

Energy and cost efficient, and environmentally friendly. Instead of fighting wars and torturing to control oil drilling and distribution in the middle east, and causing environmental threats, pollution and...

Why infants still die from SIDS

" When Melissa and Rudy Haberzettl's son Jacob was born in November 2006, he was perfect in every way -- full-term, healthy weight, and a champion eater. Like many new moms, Melissa was determined to follow doctor's orders: She breastfed Jake exclusively, put him to sleep on...

Personal genome scans to cost as little as $399

Just two years ago, the sequence of the last chromosome was published in "Nature." It took $3 billion in public funding and hundreds of researchers from USA, Canada, UK and other countries to sequence human genome....

Check this out - "Bad Relationships May Be Genetic" - Good lord!

" Can unhappy couples blame a man's genes? by Jessica ...

Genetic Traits Link to Bipolar Disorder

" Two genes in the brain that control the activity of the nerve cells may play a big role in a person's risk for developing bipolar disorder, which is marked by dramatic swings from being depressed to manic...

10 Ways Genetically Engineered Microbes Could Help Humanity

"After giving us lifetimes of plagues, colds, and athlete’s foot, microbes are being recruited and transformed to fight disease—and help us in other ways, too. The technology emerging from the Human Genome...

Unfortunate Bodies: 7 Unbelievable Genetic Accidents

"On 2006, this bizarre-looking baby was born in Charikot, the headquarters of Dolakha district, attracting a huge number of onlookers to witness the astonishing sight. The neck-less baby with its head almost totally...

Stronger Warning placed on Jalapeños

Remember the whole tomatoe craze? Well, now there's a new craze regarding none other than jalapenos! Government inspectors found a trace of the same bacteria on a single jalapeno which prompted them to issue a...

Married cousins aid autism research

A Harvard medical research team have linked inherited chromosomal abnormalities to autism, narrowing their field of study by working with families who have limited genetic variation - families where cousins have...

Gene test gives early alert for breast cancer

This story ring me a bell to one patient. She has to pay a lot of money for the medicine. "All women could soon be offered a genetic test which would tell them whether they were likely or unlikely to contract breast...

Nutrition and exercise trigger genetic changes, study says

We all know the immediate benefits of good food and exercise, but a new study shows that living well may have an even deeper impact than we thought."Comprehensive lifestyle changes including a better diet and more...

Bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol

"“Ten years ago I could never have imagined I’d be doing this,” says Greg Pal, 33, a former software executive, as he squints into the late afternoon Californian sun. “I mean, this is essentially agriculture, right? But the people I talk to – especially the ones...

Unicorn deer discovered in Italy

"ROME —  A deer with a single horn in the center of its head — much like the fabled, mythical unicorn — has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday. ...

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