Topic: Genetics

Tomatoes can ward off prostate cancer

Tomatoes could protect men against prostate cancer, says a new research. . Scientists at the University of Naples suggest that a daily serving of...

First Irish genome sequenced

THE Irish are genetically distinct from other Europeans - including their British neighbours. That's according to the first genome of an Irish ...
ProteaBio Europe SAS, a leading developer of new technology, announced today that the company has concluded an exclusive, worldwide license...
Women at increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer because of inherited mutations of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes who had prophylactic mastectomy or...

Spider veins creep in, that bugs her

s there anything that can be done for spider veins?. . A. Spider veins can make your legs and even your face look like you've been to a cut-rate...
With its new expansion of the Pharmacogenomics Research Network (PGRN), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded St. Jude Children's...

Sequencing the turkey genome

An international consortium of researchers has completed the majority of the genome sequence of the domesticated turkey, publishing it in the...
More than 90 percent of the domesticated turkey genome has been sequenced and assembled. Thousands of genes previously unknown to avian scientists...
Lung cancer researchers have identified a genetic signature that can help doctors determine which patients with early-stage non-small cell lung...
New findings reported in the September issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, appear to explain why people who carry specific and...