Genetics

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Top Causes and Risks Factors of Hemorrhoids

As age increases, your chance of getting piles also increases by weakening the support structures [blood vessels] in the anal area

02 Sep 2021 9:54 PM

The researchers also discovered that abnormal protein does not act alone. (Photo: ANI)

Medical science closer to discover treatment for incurable leukaemia in children

Scientists discover new approach to treating incurable leukaemia in children.

27 Nov 2019 6:45 PM

Collagens are the most abundant proteins found in mammals, and declining collagen levels are associated with aging. (Photo: ANI)

Genetics finds answers to healthier life?

Genetic discovery holds implications for better immunity, longer life: Study.

23 Nov 2019 2:09 PM

Binge and heavy drinking may trigger a long-lasting genetic change in adults. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Prenatal drinking can alter baby’s genes

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy alters genes in infants, says study.

16 Aug 2019 11:29 AM

Optimising dad's health and minimising his exposures will likely increase the chances of a healthy epigenetic outcome for his future children. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Parental obesity impacts health of offspring

Can father's obesity effect offspring's health?

25 Jun 2019 9:20 AM

For this study, beverages were categorised into a bitter-tasting group and a sweet-tasting group. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Reason why people like beer and coffee

Genetics play a major role in determining our beverage preferences.

03 May 2019 5:02 PM

Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray is amplifying that message for marathoners, especially those who have coronary artery disease or a family history of it. (Photo: AP)

Heart disease a concern, even for runners

How safe is running a marathon? Heart doctors say it depends.

11 Apr 2019 12:18 PM

He Jiankui, associate professor at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China, sparked an international scientific and ethical row when he said he had used a technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 to alter the embryonic genes of twin girls born in November.

Chinese scientist criticized for risking 'gene-edited' babies' lives

He believed his gene editing would help protect the girls from infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

08 Jan 2019 10:24 AM

These are the findings of a study recently published in Experimental Physiology. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here’s how smoking during pregnancy affects babies

The research examined potential reasons for this phenomenon, using a tissue, which is normally discarded following birth.

24 Nov 2018 8:46 AM

Mounting clinical and epidemiological evidence has pointed to a link between heart disease and Alzheimer's disease. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study links heart disease with Alzheimer's in some patients

The new study showed that Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease do share common genetics in some individuals.

10 Nov 2018 4:20 PM

Study also found genetics accounted for 51 per cent of difference in whether young people chose to go to university and 57 per cent of difference in quality of chosen university. (Photo: AFP)

Genes may partly decide which university you attend: Study

Researchers from King's College London in UK found genetic factors that explained 57 per cent of differences in A-level exam results.

19 Oct 2018 1:51 PM

The work is the latest in a series of studies from Waller and colleagues using observation to assess a variety of aspects of parenting. (Photo: Pixabay)

Parenting affects social behaviours in children, says study

Less parental warmth and harsher environment at home tend to determine how aggressive children become.

12 Oct 2018 9:34 AM

Smoking decreases appetite because nicotine, the primary addictive chemical in tobacco, activates various receptors in the brain. (Photo: Pixabay)

Genetic obesity risk tied to smoking, says study

Results highlight the role of obesity in influencing smoking initiation and cessation.

31 May 2018 8:27 AM

Kids with rare rapid-ageing disease get hope from study drug

The disease affects about 1 in 20 million people. It is a chance mutation and isn’t inherited.

24 Apr 2018 8:54 PM

Protein is found in animal products like beef, pork, lamb, eggs, fish and poultry, as well as in plant-based foods like legumes, nuts. (Photo: Pixabay)

Protein rich diet may reduce Alzheimer's risk: study

We also know that developing cardiovascular disease increases your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

22 Feb 2018 2:29 PM

Frequent night work increased the odds of type 2 diabetes, regardless of genetic type 2 diabetes risk. (Photo: Pixabay)

Frequent night shifts may up diabetes risk: study

The team also developed a genetic risk score for type 2 diabetes.

13 Feb 2018 6:52 PM

This could one day help in developing regenerative medicine therapies and new infertility treatments. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists grow human eggs to full maturity in a lab

Scientists had developed mouse eggs in a laboratory to the stage where they produced live offspring.

12 Feb 2018 7:33 PM

Chinese scientists removed the DNA-containing nucleus from monkey eggs and replaced it with DNA from the monkey fetus. (Representational image)

Monkeys cloned; are humans next in line?

The federal regulators in the US would not allow making a human baby by cloning, and international scientific groups also oppose it.

25 Jan 2018 12:02 PM

Pairs of friends more genetically similar than random pairs of strangers: Study

The findings revealed that the genetic similarities could partly be because of what is known as "social homophily".

15 Jan 2018 10:04 PM

The researchers used stem cells from mice, and grew both upper and lower layers of skin, which developed hair follicles as they would in a mouse’s body. (Photo: Pixabay)

There may soon be cure for baldness, says study

Skin patches with hair follicles are created in the lab using stem cells from mice.

03 Jan 2018 2:06 PM

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