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Published on February 27, 2023
A research team led by the University of Portsmouth in the U.K. has discovered that the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene DMD is expressed differently in a range of different cancers in addition to causing the inherited degenerative muscle disease. As reported in the journal Cancers, they found that many cancerous…
Published on February 1, 2023
A new twin study of the relatively new eating disorder called Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is strongly influenced by a person’s genetics according to research published recently in JAMA Psychiatry by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet. Unlike anorexia nervosa in which the person has a distorted perception of their…
Published on December 16, 2022
Leaders in genetic counseling gathered together virtually and in-person at Nashville’s Music City Center in November for the National Society of Genetic Counselor’s 41st Annual Conference to present new genetics research and discuss the future of the field. Deepti Babu President – Elect of NSGC gives…
Published on September 8, 2022
New research from the University of Chicago (UChicago) that examine data from more than 400,000 people has provided new insights of the complex interaction between genetics and the environment in causing variability in common neuropsychiatric disorders. The investigators, whose findings were published in Cell Reports Medicine, are hopeful the information…
Published on May 2, 2022
Researchers based at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have developed an app that can scan people’s pupils to search for early signs of neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, as well as other cognitive disorders. The app makes use of the near-infra red camera, which is installed in…
Published on May 2, 2022
A new study in mice, zebrafish, and human cells, led by the University of Copenhagen, shows how the sleep-related protein hypocretin is regulated in cells by microRNA. Hypocretin is a protein suspected to play a role in both insomnia, which is a decreased ability to fall asleep at night, and…
Published on April 7, 2022
Hereditary factors are partly responsible for childhood anxiety and depression that persists into adulthood, according to University of Queensland researchers. The largest study of its kind in the world looked at genetics from more than 65,000 children, aged between three and 18 years. It’s the first time researchers have conducted…
Published on February 16, 2022
Larisa Cavallari,University of FloridaCollege of Pharmacy When University of Florida (UF) Health started recommending genotyping to guide clopidogrel prescribing about ten years ago it was a “life or death issue,” explains Larisa Cavallari, professor of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research at UF. The drug is administered after…
Published on April 29, 2021
Results from a Phase II study, run by Rush University Medical Center and U.S. biotech Tetra Therapeutics, show promising results for an experimental drug designed to treat cognitive symptoms in patients with Fragile X syndrome. Fragile X is the most common genetic cause of autism and intellectual disability. Individuals with…
Published on April 20, 2020
Emotional, social, and psychiatric problems in children and adolescents have been linked to higher levels of genetic vulnerability for adult depression, according to University of Queensland scientists. They made the finding “Genetic Associations Between Childhood Psychopathology and Adult Depression and Associated Traits in 42 998 Individuals: A Meta-Analysis”, which appears in JAMA…
Published on December 16, 2019
Genomind said today it will offer its Genomind Professional PGx Express mental health genetic tests at the pharmacies of all ACME Markets Inc. supermarkets in Pennsylvania, expanding a year-and-a-half-old partnership with ACME’s parent company Albertsons. The expanded collaboration—whose value was not disclosed—will bring Genomind’s test to 59 locations nationwide from…
Published on December 13, 2019
In the largest study of its kind, researchers at Massachusetts general Hospital have learned that eight psychiatric disorders have common genetic links. Studying GWAS data from healthy controls and individuals with at least one psychiatric disorder, they identified 109 gene variants associated with an increased risk for more than one…
Published on November 5, 2019
Shares of Myriad Genetics fell more than 40% on Tuesday, after the molecular diagnostics developer lowered its earnings guidance for its current fiscal year and reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue that its CEO blamed on this year’s change in Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes covering hereditary cancer testing for two genes.…
Published on August 5, 2019
Genomind said today it will launch an enhanced version of its mental health genetic test that will feature a new, more focused report and set of services, all designed to help clinicians better understand a patient’s genetic profile and its implications for mental health treatment. Genomind Professional PGx Express, set…
Published on April 8, 2019
On April 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) issued a warning letter to Virginia-based Inova Genomics Laboratory—a division of the Inova Translational Medicine Institute—for illegally marketing its MediMap pharmacogenomics tests that have not been reviewed by the FDA for safety and effectiveness. The tests in question are used…