Medical Genetics News

As the popularity of take-home DNA kits to trace ancestry or calculate the risk for serious medical conditions grows, there is an increasingly critical need for federal oversight of "direct-to consumer" genetic testing, as well as of the use of DNA samples for research, according to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and ...

Signature Genomic Laboratories has appointed two new laboratory directors, Drs. Marilyn Slovak, Ph.D., and J. Britt Ravnan, Ph.D. Signature, which performs diagnostic genetic testing of chromosome abnormalities in individuals with unexplained mental retardation and/or birth defects, anticipates the appointments will help the company manage its ...

As the popularity of take-home DNA kits to trace ancestry or calculate the risk for serious medical conditions grows, there is an increasingly critical need for federal oversight of "direct-to consumer" genetic testing, as well as of the use of DNA samples for research, according to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and ...

"Tackling Climate Change Issues in the Classroom," by Michael J. Dougherty, Director of Education at the American Society of Human Genetics "Technology: An Educational Issue?" blog posts Ocean gazing Science images Spanish translation of a previously posted article "Microbios en la Corte: El Campo Emergente de la Medicina Forense Microbiana" ...

Scientists have discovered that abnormalities in a gene important for learning and memory are a cause of autism.

Washington, June 25 : Sudoku, the popular mathematics puzzle that has taken people by storm, is now set to revolutionize the world of genome sequencing and the field of medical genetics, according to a new study.

Abstract BACKGROUND: Children with Down syndrome have sensory integrative dysfunction as a result of limited sensory experience from lack of normal motor control.

Most people have never heard of mitochondrial disease, but Barb Mendelsohn knows about it far too well.

The keynote speakers for the 2009 Signature Genomic Laboratories Scientific Microarray Conference have been announced.

Identification of new putative susceptibility genes for several psychiatric disorders by association analysis of regulatory and non-synonymous SNPs of 306 genes involved in neurotransmission and neurodevelopment.

In response to the press release and position paper released Tuesday by the American College of Medical Genetics-the 2007 recipient of a $4 million, five-year federal grant to serve as the National Coordinating Center for the Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative Groups-the Citizens' Council on Health Care released the following ...

A U.S. group of geneticists is stressing the importance of screening the residual dried blood spots of newborns.

Gene patents have always been a contentious topic, as many have questioned whether the products of millions of years of evolution really merits the same sort of protection that a new process technology does.

The lawsuit challenges patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which are responsible for most cases of hereditary breast and ovarian cancers.

The American College of Medical Genetics has issued a new Position Statement on the Importance of Residual Newborn Screening Dried Blood Spots.

Consumers are increasingly being barraged by marketing of a broad range of genetic tests, including scans of their entire genomes: Paternity tests at the local drugstorea .Personal genome mappinga Gene tests to tell whether youa re going to go bald or nota DNA tests to find your perfect love match.

The research is led by scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Asthma Risk Up to Six Times Higher for Adults with Family History, According to New Study in Genetics in Medicine Philadelphia, PA Does asthma run in your family? Depending on how many relatives are affected and how close they are, your risk of asthma could be up to six times higher than the average person's, according to a report in the May issue ...

Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 21 Apr 2009 Does asthma run in your family? Depending on how many relatives are affected and how close they are, your risk of asthma could be up to six times higher than the average person's, according to a report in the May issue of Genetics in ...

People with a family history of the skin cancer melanoma show reductions in anxiety and depression after getting tested for a high-risk gene mutation, reports a study in the May issue of Genetics in Medicine , the official peer-reviewed journal of The American College of Medical Genetics.