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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. science / genetics news stories aggregated by FeedZilla.com Common Genetic Mutation In Breast Cancer May Point To New Treatments For Heart Disease (source: Topix.net) October 15, 2009 at 11:25 am Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Genetics ; Heart Disease Article Date: 15 Oct 2009 - 3:00 PDT A genetic mutation implicated in breast and ovarian cancers could also have a role in causing heart failure , according to a new study reported at ... (source: Topix.net) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Wellness Programs May Face Regulations To Protect Genetic Information (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 10:00 am Some employers using wellness and disease management programs to lower costs may soon face a new regulatory obstacle, the Wall Street Journal reports. New federal rules, beginning as soon as Dec. (source: Medical News Today) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com 'Molecular Trigger' For Sudden Death In Epilepsy Revealed By BCM Scientists (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 8:00 am The most common gene for a syndrome associated with abnormal heart rhythms and sudden death triggers epileptic seizures and could explain sudden unexplained death in epilepsy, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears today ... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com Salk Researchers Map The First Complete Human Epigenome (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 8:00 am Although the human genome sequence faithfully lists (almost) every single DNA base of the roughly 3 billion bases that make up a human genome, it doesn't tell biologists much about how its function is regulated. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute provi... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com NSF Funding In Basic Research Yields Great Payoffs In Scientific Contributions Worldwide (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 8:00 am The National Science Foundation (NSF) congratulates the 2009 Nobel laureates, particularly those who have received NSF funding over the years: Jack W. Szostak, who shared the prize in physiology or medicine; Thomas A. Steitz, who shared the prize in chemis... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com Absent Pheromones Turn Flies Into Lusty Lotharios (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 8:00 am When Professor Joel Levine's team genetically tweaked fruit flies so that they didn't produce certain pheromones, they triggered a sexual tsunami in their University of Toronto Mississauga laboratory. In fact, they produced bugs so irresistible that normal... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Common Genetic Mutation In Breast Cancer May Point To New Treatments For Heart Disease (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 6:00 am A genetic mutation implicated in breast and ovarian cancers could also have a role in causing heart failure, according to a new study reported at the 95th annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. The researchers, led by Subodh Verma... (source: Medical News Today) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Surgeons Identify A Panel Of Genes That May Determine If Some Patients Can Avoid Surgical Treatment For Rectal Cancer (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 6:00 am A set of 87 genes one day may be used to routinely determine which patients can be successfully treated for advanced rectal cancer without undergoing a surgical procedure, researchers announced at the 2009 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surge... (source: Medical News Today) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Math Modeling Used To Predict Unknown Biological Mechanism Of Regulation (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 6:00 am A team of scientists, led by a biomedical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, have demonstrated - for the first time - that mathematical models created from data obtained by DNA microarrays, can be used to correctly predict previously unknown ce... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Considering genetic testing for breast cancer? (source: Topix.net) October 15, 2009 at 3:06 am After undergoing genetic testing for breast cancer you've learned that you carry the genetic mutation associated with increased risk of the disease. (source: Topix.net) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Identification Of Genes Behind Increasingly Common Form Of Cancer (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 3:00 am Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have identified two genes believed to play a role in the development of endometrial cancer. These results may eventually lead to better diagnosis and treatment of this increasingly common form of cancer.... (source: Medical News Today) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com University Of North Carolina Awarded $6.2 Million Renewal Grant By National Institutes Of Health Rare Diseases Research Network (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 3:00 am The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a five-year, $6.2 million renewal grant to continue its work as part of the National Institutes of Health's Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN). "This additional funding will l... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com Building Blood Vessels (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 3:00 am Futuristic plans to grow replacement organs, bones or muscles for soldiers maimed on the battlefield or patients suffering from debilitating disease or injury won't be anything but science fiction unless new blood vessels can grow into that tissue. With... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Kaiser Permanente, University Of California, San Francisco Awarded $25 Million From National Institutes Of Health For Genetic Epidemiology Research (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 3:00 am The Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have been awarded $24.8 million over two years by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create a new resource for s... (source: Medical News Today) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Forensics Firm Builds On Genomic Discovery To Advance DNA-Based Identification (source: Medical News Today) October 15, 2009 at 3:00 am High-tech forensics firm, Casework Genetics is applying new technology to forensic evidence enabling law enforcement labs to solve crimes with greater molecular precision and efficiency than ever before. Dr. Kevin McElfresh, President and CEO of Casewor... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Are Commercial Genetic Tests Worth Taking? (source: Topix.net) October 14, 2009 at 7:04 pm Peter Orszag, the 40-year-old head of the White House Office of Management and Budget, is reported to drink so much tea, hot and iced, that he took a genetic test to see if his body could metabolize his voluminous intake of caffeine. 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