Genetics News

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, India, the Netherlands, Pakistan and the United States studied 850 proteins likely to be involved in 3 genetic ciliary diseases: nephronophthisis, Joubert syndrome and Meckel-Gruber syndrome. They mapped how these proteins interact to predict which of them play a crucial role in the diseases, something...

Sep 2, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Scientists have discovered a genetic cause of extreme thinness for the first time, according to a study published today in the journal Nature. The research...

Sep 1, 2011 by Natali Anderson

The green anole lizard Anolis carolinensis, a native of the Southeastern United States, is the first nonbird species of reptile to have its genome sequenced...

Aug 31, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Six new genetic variants associated with type 2 diabetes in South Asians have been identified by a team of international researchers. Writing in the journal...

Aug 30, 2011 by Natali Anderson

A clinical trial of a potential Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) drug farmed from genetically modified (GM) tobacco plants has at long last got underway...