Jan 24, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

In a new study, Buffalo University geneticists have demonstrated how defects in an important neurological pathway in early development may be responsible...

Jan 11, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers from Sweden, Scotland and Australia suggests that human genome may play a role in determining the makeup of the billions of microbes...

Jan 9, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

According to scientists at the University of California in Irvine, a variant of the dopamine-receptor gene may be associated with longevity. Their findings,...

Dec 3, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers at the New York University’s Langone Medical Center has discovered that two genes, called Hoxa5 and Hoxc5, play a critical role...

Nov 28, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

According to authors of a new study published in the journal Nature Immunology, a gene called the ariadne homolog 2 (Arih2) may hold the key to treating...

Nov 15, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A genetic study led by Dr Marta Di Forti from the King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry has provided new evidence that genetic variation...

Nov 12, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A new method of gene identification that could increase the genetic information scientists hold on animals by up to 80 per cent has been discovered by...

Nov 2, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A gene that is associated with regeneration of injured nerve cells has been identified by a team of researchers led by Prof Melissa Rolls of Penn State...

Oct 18, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

In a new genetic study led by Swedish scientists, the indigenous peoples of the Argentinean part of the Andes have been found to carry a gene that accelerates...

Aug 8, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

The new genetic study by a multinational group of scientists has shown that a large percentage of genes in our bodies are likely to affect bone strength,...

Jul 20, 2012 by News Staff

After sequencing the complete genome of Leishmania donovani, a parasite causing one of the most important tropical diseases after malaria, a team of scientists...

Jul 20, 2012 by News Staff

An international consortium of plant scientists has completed the first sequencing of the banana genome. Bananas (Steve Hopson / www.stevehopson.com) The...

Jul 9, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of researchers led by Lanzhou University, China, has completed the genomic sequence of a female domestic yak. Yak near the sacred...

Jun 22, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A multinational team of researchers from the UK, Ethiopia, Pakistan and Italy has found that the genomes of some Ethiopian populations bear striking similarities...

Sep 13, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Researchers from the International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-Wide Association Studies have identified a total of 23 gene regions associated...

Sep 6, 2011 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has identified two new genes connected with hereditary renal diseases. The team of scientists from Canada, Germany,...