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Further to my articles on the BRCA breast cancer genes, an American and Danish study has found the risk of developing cancer amongst carriers of the BRCA1 and 2 breast cancer gene mutations varies greatly. The risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and […]
Male Down’s Syndrome with trisome at chromosome 21
People with Down’s Syndrome are less likey to get solid tumor cancers, research from Johns Hopkins University has revealed.
Up to 95% of Down’s syndrome cases are caused by “trisomy 21″, in which the baby has three, rather than two, copies of chromosome 21, and the hundreds of genes it […]
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Scott at b5’s Health and Men has written a great article on bottled water and the recycling debate. I would like to add my views on bottled water from a genetics perspective.
I drink bottled water quite regularly but each time I ask the question …why? It’s often over 2 years old with another […]
Men whose mothers, sisters or daughters test positive for BRCA 1 and/or 2 - the breast cancer causing gene mutations - have an increased risk of developing the disease but are often unaware of that risk. These men face a 14 percent lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer as well as a 6 percent lifetime risk of […]
Further to my recent blog on nicotine addiction and how it can be controlled, another study presented at the recent ACNP annual meeting which explored the role of GABA, genetics and environmental factors in smoking found that tobacco addiction is at least 50% determined by genetics. For this reason, researchers may be able to identify […]
Further to my articles on FDA approved Mammaprint, Agendia BV, world leader in the rapidly evolving field of molecular diagnostics, announced that an independent international consortium has demonstrated the prognostic power of its MammaPrint breast cancer prognosis test in patients who have 1-3 positive lymph nodes. The data show that MammaPrint can accurately identify a low […]
My team and I at Opaldia are reeling with the amazing world-wide press we have received for partnering and supporting the development and distribution of DiaGenic’s breast cancer early detection test, through our national network of breast clinics.
The Scientific Team at DiaGenic, headed up by MD Erik Christensen, are developing a number of disease specific gene signatures, the first of […]
There is increasing evidence that there is a genetic link between schizophrenia and cancer, providing a surprising possible scientific explanation for lower rates of cancer among patients with schizophrenia - despite having poor diets and high rates of smoking - and their parents.
It would seem that many of the genes associated with schizophrenia are the same […]
Researchers have discovered that nicotine has significant effects on brain GABA, a finding which could potentially help curb the pleasurable effects of nicotine and help people break their addiction to it.
“We found that GABA may provide a very useful target for nicotine addiction therapies,” said Graeme Mason, Ph.D., associate professor in the Magnetic Resonance Research […]
Nature Genetics has published a report by scientists in US and Sweden who have discovered how a variant of the BRCA 1 gene helps breast cancer to grow by knocking out a tumor suppressor gene called PTEN.
The link between BRCA 1 and breast cancer was established 10 years ago but questions have been asked as to […]
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