Genetic link to early menopause
New research may lead to a genetic test to identify women at risk of early menopause...
Victoria Kay was previously a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is currently studying for a PhD in Molecular Neuroscience at University College London (UCL)'s Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies. Her research, conducted under the auspices of Age UK's Research into Ageing programme, focuses on the role of genetic variation in sporadic dementias. Previously she studied Human Genetics at UCL, and spent three years working for the pharmacogenetic company Theragenetics (now subsumed into Avacta Group).
by Vicki Kay
New research may lead to a genetic test to identify women at risk of early menopause...
by Vicki Kay
Researchers have come one step closer to being able to predict who will develop full-blown symptoms following infection with the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium...
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A chemical found in some common plastics may be linked to reduced fertility in men, according to a new report. A US study found that men with the highest levels of Bisphenol A (BPA) in their urine had a sperm count 23 per cent lower on average than those with the lowest BPA levels...
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Children born following IVF are more likely to develop childhood cancers than children conceived naturally, according to a new study. This risk does, however, appear to be small and may result from specific postnatal factors...
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A US study looking at the relationship between genes known to cause a rare genetic disease has shown that common and rare genetic variants interact to make symptoms more or less severe...
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US scientists have shown for the first time how a virus, a toxin and a genetic mutation interact to cause Crohn's disease. The study, in mice, may help explain why many people with disease risk genes don't develop the condition...
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A London NHS hospital has started sequencing the genomes of individual patients in order to gain a better understanding of the genetic factors involved in heart disease. Over the next decade, 10,000 patients at the Royal Brompton Hospital will have their 22,000 genes sequenced...
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Genes with the ability to jump around the genome play a bigger role in maintaining human genetic diversity than previously thought, with major implications for the study of evolution, as well as for genetic disease's such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and haemophilia....
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A new research project, which will use human stem cells to artificially create the diseased brain cells affected in Motor Neurone Disease (MND) could pave the way for a cure for sufferers....
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A US study on mice has given hope to women with reduced fertility, including those receiving treatment for cancer. If transferable to humans, it seems activating dormant eggs could increase the chances of conception....
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