genetics

Google Wants to Store Your Genome

Posted in Science on 8th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

For $25 a year, Google will keep a copy of any genome in the cloud.

New lead for potential Parkinsons treatment: Effects of high-risk Parkinsons mutation are reversible

Posted in Medicine on 15th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

Evidence on how to target and reverse the effects caused by one of the most common genetic causes of Parkinsons.

Telomerase can be turned off with a genetic switch which could be an antiaging breakthrough

Posted in Medicine on 22nd Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered an on-and-off switch in cells that may hold the key to healthy aging.

Breast cancer test 'Angelina Jolie effect' found

Posted in Medicine on 20th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

Referrals to breast cancer clinics more than doubled in the UK after Angelina Jolie announced she had had a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer.

Genetically, Schizophrenia Is At Least Eight Separate Diseases

Posted in Science on 16th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

A range of disorders lead to different symptoms, new research says, raising hopes for individualized treatment.