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 | Cancer Blood Tests | 07.28.08 |
| | The holy grail of cancer detection is a simple blood test that would spot signals of cancer early enough to cure it. Now genetics researchers report a surprising discovery that could lead to such tests.
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| | Heart Medicine Gene | 06.30.08 |
| | Genetics researchers have debunked a racial myth about who might benefit from a widely used heart failure medication. The finding will eventually allow personalized treatments for this devastating disease.
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| | Sweet Tooth Gene | 06.03.08 |
| | Researchers have linked a specific gene difference to consuming more sugary foods. They even uncovered how the sweet tooth gene likely affects sugar intake.
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| | Schizophrenia Gene Puzzle | 05.23.08 |
| | New research suggests that nearly every person with schizophrenia has a different genetic defect.
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| | Curly Hair Gene | 05.01.08 |
| | If you don’t like the hair you were born with, a scientific solution might be in the near future.
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| | Commentary: Growth, Life, and Death | 04.04.08 |
| | The finding that some extremely long-lived people have a gene mutation that makes them short (see "Height & Long Life") struck close to home for ScienCentral CEO Eliene Augenbraun. As a short child, she was part of a study on human growth hormone that, over time, went horribly wrong.
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| | Height & Long Life | 04.03.08 |
| | As the infamous Randy Newman song goes, "Short people got no reason to live." Well, researchers now say some short people might actually be living longer, thanks to their genes. A gene that affects people’s growth might also help control aging.
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| | Twin DNA Differences | 03.17.08 |
| | Geneticists are discovering that identical twins don’t have identical DNA. This surprising research could help scientists better understand genetic diseases in the rest of us.
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| | Pain Gene Therapy | 03.13.08 |
| | Researchers are developing a long-lasting way to relieve chronic pain with a single injection. The work so far has been done in rats, but researchers hope to one day offer it as an alternative when even strong drugs like morphine fail.
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| | Stronger E. Coli | 03.10.08 |
| | A new analysis of deadly E. coli bacteria offers some ominous news about the bacteria. Researchers have found there are different sub-types of the deadly E. coli bacteria and that the most dangerous type is becoming much more common in food borne outbreaks
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