Category Archives: Genetics
Preventing kids’ obesity via diabetes drugs, such as Pioglitazone, may be in the pipeline
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that show that short therapy with the anti-diabetic medication Pioglitazone can prevent the long term … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Obesity, Pediatric Health, Science Updates
Tagged Arshag Kalanderian, Egle Bytautiene, George R. Saade, Igor Patrikeev, Massoud Motamedi, Monica Longo, Nicola Abate, peroxisome proliferator-activated, pioglitazone, Pioglitazone Therapy in Offspring Exposed to Maternal Obesity
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Colon cancer: 80 percent have variants of a gene, HNF4A, out of balance
An international research team led by cell biologists at the University of California, Riverside has uncovered a new insight into colon cancer, the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The research provides potential new avenues for … Continue reading
Genetic brain abnormality makes it difficult to exercise self-control: Cambridge U study
Researchers funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) at the University of Cambridge have identified a brain abnormality which is found in drug-dependent individuals as well as their siblings who have had no history of drug addiction. The brain abnormality … Continue reading
Cancer genomics, a special issue of Genome Research, is published
Genome Research publishes online and in print today a special issue entitled, “Cancer Genomics,” highlighting insights gained form cutting-edge genomic and epigenomic analyses of cancer. Included in this special issue are novel biological insights gained from genomic analyses of pancreatic … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Genetics
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