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National Children's Study expanded

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that it is to scale-up its controversial National Children's Study with the opening of 30 new study locations in addition to the existing...

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Genetic variant associated with alcohol tolerance

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Major new biobank to launch in Qatar

Dr Hanan Al Kuwari, Chair of the Qatar Biobank Steering Committee said that the facility would work closely with the government to identify health targets or areas for further investment, adding...

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New insight to genetic and environmental basis of autism

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Medical data explosion requires urgent system changes

A new report - Towards Precision Medicine - published by the National Research Council earlier this month highlights the need for new systems to incorporate the...

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Philosophical issues in epidemiology and risk

Report author Alex Broadbent notes that epidemiology, the core science of public health, has been relatively neglected by philosophers, ethicists and social sciences, but poses lots of important...

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Genetic key may unlock multiple sclerosis prevention

Researchers have uncovered new evidence of a genetic link between vitamin D deficiency and increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). Multiple sclerosis is a complex and progressive inflammatory...

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More evidence linking telomeres and early ageing

Understanding more about the role of telomeres in both normal ageing and disease risk is important – but as many other factors (including epigenetics) are likely to be involved, commercial...

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Epigenetic links with schizophrenia risk

Studies into schizophrenia are revealing new insights into the genetic and environmental influences on the disease. Scientists have previously found that genetic factors account for about 50% of the...

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More pieces in the genetic puzzle of autism

Whole exome-sequencing studies have identified a large number of mutations associated with significantly increased risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).   Published in the journal Nature,...

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Epigenetic test could inform breast cancer risk prediction

UK researchers have published data in the journal Cancer Research showing a strong link between an epigenetic modification of a gene in white blood cells and the risk of breast cancer.   The...

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Gene linked to memory capacity and risk of PTSD

A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has identified a gene that influences both the capacity to form memories and an individual’s susceptibility to...

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Contribution of genes and environment depends on where you live

A new study suggests that the relative contributions of genes and environment to complex traits may, in part, depend upon the location in which you grow up. The research looked at 6759 pairs of 12...

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Human Microbiome Project work published

Members of research consortium the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) have published several papers in Nature, Genome Biology and PLoS journals this week. The project, funded by the US National Institutes...

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Olympic lab to become Phenome Centre

The Prime Minister has announced that the laboratories used for Olympic drug testing will become a centre for phenome research after the games are over. The concept of the phenome encapsulates all of...

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Gene region link to bipolar disorder confirmed

One of the largest ever genetic replication studies examining links with mental illness has provided strong evidence that a particular chromosomal region influences risk of bipolar affective disorder...

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Microbe interactions shaped inflammatory bowel disease

A large-scale study has identified 71 genome regions newly linked with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and suggests these disorders may be the result of an evolutionary ‘arms...

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Competition aims to accelerate rare disease research

A competition for research into rare diseases was launched last month by a partnership of 21 different life science companies. The competition Rare Disease Science Challenge: Be HEARD (Helping Empower...

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US biobank reports early findings

A US biobank project reported some of its early findings at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual conference in San Francisco last week. The project by health care consortium Kaiser...

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Genes or environment: is it the wrong question?

The recently published excellent debate between John Wilding and Timothy Frayling in the BMJ on whether the causes of obesity are primarily environmental brings into sharp focus the problems of...

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