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Obesity Gene Leads to Overeating

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010 - 18:42:58 - Anuradha Menon

A gene associated with obesity works by triggering overeating, new research shows. The FTO gene has already been linked to obesity: people with two...

Researchers Find the 'Liberal Gene'

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 - 18:19:12 - Anuradha Menon

Don't hold liberals responsible for their opinion - they can't help themselves. A new study has concluded that ideology is not just a social thing;...

Researchers Reveal Gene That Causes Chronic Pain
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
A team of researchers led by scientists from Hebrew University, Israel, have reported the successful identification of a...

Gene Limits Learning and Memory in Mice

Monday, September 20th, 2010 - 18:10:59 - Ehud Rattner

Deleting a certain gene in mice can make them smarter by unlocking a mysterious region of the brain considered to be relatively inflexible...

Migraine Risk Linked To Gene

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 - 10:31:13 - Anuradha Menon

A variant of a particular gene has been linked with a significantly higher risk for developing migraines, according to a new study. The results could...

The Skin Disease That Cures Itself

Saturday, August 28th, 2010 - 12:15:02 - Anuradha Menon

Cells that can get the better of a rare skin disorder have helped scientists to explain the disease. Curiously, some patients' cells can eliminate...

Cancer Gene Needs To Be Blocked

Friday, August 6th, 2010 - 12:04:42 - Anuradha Menon

Scientists have called for a new drug to be developed that will be able to block a gene that multiplies the risk of breast cancer returning after...

Gene Variant Role In Parkinson's Uncovered

Saturday, July 31st, 2010 - 14:07:37 - Anuradha Menon

A TINY, gene-regulating snippet of RNA may play a role in Parkinson's disease. Bingwei Lu, a neuroscientist at Stanford University in California, has...