| US judge rules against Obama's stem cell policy |
| 31 August 2010 - by Antony Blackburn-Starza |
| A ruling of a district federal judge has halted federally-funded embryonic stem cell research in the United States...[Read More] |
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| Cause of corneal disease lies in the genes |
| 31 August 2010 - by Sarah Guy |
| Researchers have discovered that people who carry a mutated form of the transcription factor 4 gene (TCF4) have as much as a 30-fold increased risk of developing Fuchs's corneal dystrophy...[Read More] |
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| UK may allow payments for gamete donors |
| 31 August 2010 - by Rose Palmer |
| Egg and sperm donors in the UK could receive increased compensation under new proposals aimed at reducing the number of couples travelling abroad for treatment...[Read More] |
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| Skin disease has inbuilt genetic 'cure' |
| 31 August 2010 - by Alison Cranage |
| Scientists have identified genetic changes responsible for the rare skin condition, ichthyosis with confetti (IWC). They also discovered that skin cells from patients with IWC can eliminate the genetic mutation that causes the disease...[Read More] |
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| Vitamin D's possible effect on our genes |
| 31 August 2010 - by Julianna Photopoulos |
| Researchers from the UK and Canada have identified 229 human genes that are influenced by changes in vitamin D levels. Several of these genes are implicated in cancers and autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Type 1 diabetes, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis....[Read More] |
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| British DNA scientist was suspected of spying for Russia |
| 31 August 2010 - by Nadeem Shaikh |
| Maurice Wilkins won the Nobel Prize for Medicine with James Watson and Francis Crick in 1962, for the pioneering work in deciphering the structure of the DNA helix. Files recently released to the National Archives now reveal that he was previously being investigated for being a potential communist sympathiser and betraying secrets from his work on the first nuclear bomb...[Read More] |
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| CIRM gives $243m more funding to stem cell research |
| 31 August 2010 - by Nishat Hyder |
| The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) in San Francisco has approved a further $243 million to encourage researchers working on stem cell therapies to push forward into the clinical trial phase...[Read More] |
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| Molecular approach to male infertility |
| 31 August 2010 - by Marianne Neary |
| Research carried out at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine suggests that the packaging of DNA affects the production of sperm and could explain some cases of male infertility....[Read More] |
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