From the Harvard Medical School press release by Shraddha Chakradhar via ScienceDaily: Deleting a single gene in the cerebellum of mice can cause key autistic-like symptoms, researchers have found. They also discovered that rapamycin, a…
From the Boston University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: A recent study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) revealed that the FOXO1 gene may play an important role in the…
From the Boston University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: In a genome-wide association (GWA) study, researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH) have identified several genes which influence degeneration…
From the Endocrine Society press release via Newswise: Prenatal exposure to the environmental contaminants polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, causes long-term changes to the developing brain that have adverse effects on reproductive function later in life,…
From the Salk Institute press release via EurekAlert!: The hormone oxytocin – often referred to as the “trust” hormone or “love hormone” for its role in stimulating emotional responses – plays an important role in…
From the UCLA Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: UCLA researchers have combined two tools – gene expression and the use of peripheral blood — to expand scientists’ arsenal of methods for pinpointing genes that…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: A pioneering report of genome-wide gene expression in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) finds genetic changes that help explain why one person has an ASD and another does…
From the University of Bristol press release via MedicalXpress: Four generations of a single family have been found to possess an abnormality within a specific brain region which appears to affect their ability to recall…
From the Washington University School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: There is a strong genetic influence on the risk of developing alcohol dependence (AD). Copy number variations (CNVs) refer to a class of genetic…
From the City College of New York press release: In recent years it became clear that people with diabetes face an ominous prospect – a far greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Now researchers at…