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• Gene linked to a rare form of progressive hearing loss in males is identified

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 639
  A gene associated with a rare form of progressive deafness in males has been identified by an international team of researchers funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. The gene, PRPS1, appears to be crucial in inner ear development and maintenance. The findings are published in ...
  18 hours ago

• Leprosy susceptibility genes identified

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, Dec 17 (ANI): Scientists in Singapore and China have identified seven genes that increase an individual’s susceptibility to leprosy.The researchers, who analyzed more than 10,000 DNA samples from leprosy patients and healthy people in China, said their discovery highlights the important role that the innate ...
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• Researchers identify gene linked to schizophrenia

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Sydney, Dec 16 (IANS) Researchers have identified a new gene that is linked to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.The gene called ABCA13 is active in the hippocampus (part of the brain where information is transferred into memory) and the cortex (brain’s outermost layers), but had not been associated with mental ...
  2 days ago

• Curly Hair Gene Discovered By Scientists Paving Way For Banishing Curls With Pills

  
  HairBoutique.com Blog — Authority: 139
  The American Journal of Human Genetics recently published a report about the discovery of a ‘curly hair gene’ which may pave the way for curly haired people to banish their curls with the help of a pill.Instead of the ongoing hair trauma of hot blow drying, hot ironing or chemical straightening, curly haired ...
  3 days ago

• The looming crisis in human genetics: some awkward news ahead

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Human geneticists have reached a private crisis of conscience, and it will become public knowledge in 2010. The crisis has depressing health implications and alarming political ones. In a nutshell: the new genetics will reveal much less than hoped about how to cure disease, and much more than feared about human ...
  2 weeks ago

• The DNA snatchers: Police arresting innocents just to grab genetic details for Big Brother database

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 142
  Police are arresting innocent people in order to get their hands on as many DNA samples as possible, senior Government advisers revealed last night.The Human Genetics Commission said the Big Brother tactic was creating a ’spiral of suspicion’ among the public.The panel – which contains some of Britain’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• First ‘genetic map’ of Han Chinese may aid search for disease susceptibility genes

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, November 26 (ANI): Scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have published the first genetic historical map of the Han Chinese, the largest ethnic population in the world, as they migrated from south to north over evolutionary time, which may aid search for disease susceptibility genes.Based ...
  3 weeks ago

• ‘Mental illness’ gene identified

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, November 26 (ANI): Scottish researchers have made a breakthrough as they identified a gene that could help explain the causes of mental illness.The international team of scientists, led by experts at Edinburgh University, discovered the gene ABCA13 that may help create drugs to restore mental health in ...
  3 weeks ago

• The DNA snatchers: Police arresting innocents just to grab genetic details for Big Brother database

  
  The Gates of Hell — Authority: 133
  Police are arresting innocent people in order to get their hands on as many DNA samples as possible, senior Government advisers revealed last night. The Human Genetics Commission said the Big Brother tactic was creating a ’spiral of suspicion’ among the public. The panel – which contains some of Britain’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• 75% of Black Males Under 35 on Police DNA Database

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 600
  A shocking 75 percent of all black males between the ages of 18 and 35 are now on the police’s DNA database, according to a report published by the Human Genetics Commission. According to the Home Office, the national DNA database is a “key police intelligence tool” which helps to “quickly identify offenders, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Police Make Arrests in Britain to Shovel DNA into Database. See also “USA.”

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 487
  The UK Human Genetics Commission reports on DNA database sweeps by the British police: It is now the norm to arrest offenders for everything if there is a power to do so … It is apparently understood by serving police officers that one of the reasons, if not the reason, for the change in practice is so that the ...
  3 weeks ago

• UK: Police arrest so they can boost DNA database, warns watchdog

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 150
  Tom Whitehead reports: Officers will arrest individuals for “everything” because they then have to power to take DNA samples, even if they wouldn’t have been detained under other circumstances. The Human Genetics Commission (HGC) warned the alarming practice, which was revealed by a retired senior police ...
  3 weeks ago

• UK group: 3/4 of young black men on DNA database

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 150
  Gregory Katz reports: As many as three quarters of all black men in Britain aged 18-35 have had their genetic information placed on the country’s massive DNA database, a group charged with reviewing officials’ use of genetic technology said Tuesday. The Human Genetics Commission – an independent government ...
  3 weeks ago

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