Financial whizzkids could carry 'warrior gene' variant
A gene variant that has previously been linked to aggression and impulsiveness — the MAOA-L ‘warrior gene' variant — is also associated with shrewd financial decision-making, a new study claims...
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Progress Educational Trust conference - Cross-border reproductive care: a problem or a solution?
by Dr Aarathi Prasad
The final session of the Progress Education Trust's 'Passport to Parenthood' conference debated whether the facility to receive treatment outside of a patient's home country presents a genuine solution to meeting the growing demand for fertility care - or whether it generates new problems of its own....
Epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS)
by Dr Carolina Gemma and 1 others
In recent years, significant progress has been made in identifying some of the genetic factors that underlie common complex diseases such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension and cancer. This has been possible due to the genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach that involves comparing genetic variants in large numbers of individuals that have the disease versus those that do not...