The heart of the machinery suggests 20 meters below the surface – at the most secure location of Dresden. In the 200-square-metre vault of the former Federal Bank branch, 30 servers are located in a container-like space. “Down here, money and Gold stored in the past,” says Thomas shepherd, pointing to the eggplant-colored vault door, […]
Health: Alzheimer’s in the mitttleren age a high cholesterol level
Pay attention to the protection against Alzheimer’s on your cholesterol levels High cholesterol increases the risk of an early onset of Alzheimer’s disease and may trigger according to the latest findings even with the devastating disorder of the brain. In the present study, of Emory University found that a high cholesterol level increases the risk […]
These vitamins can protect against the harmful effects of air pollution
How can we protect ourselves from the increasing air pollution? According to a new study, the intake of the right vitamins could protect against travel in a city with heavy air pollution, their DNA before the development of heritable genetic damage, usually caused by the Inhalation of very fine particles. In a study of Columbia […]
Binge drinking changes your DNA, and that matters for treating addiction
Binge drinking can trigger genetic changes that make people crave alcohol even more, researchers from Rutgers University have found. It’s the latest in a growing body of evidence that alcohol and drug use causes genetic changes that may reinforce addiction and can be passed down to future generations. The study found that genes involved in […]
When DNA science goes down an unethical path in China, who is responsible?
New reports that China is using DNA science developed in San Diego County for widespread ethnic surveillance raise ethical questions about who is responsible for how that technology is used. The New York Times reported recently that Chinese authorities are building a DNA database of the country’s Uighur minority, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group blamed […]
School of Medicine expands mission of McDonnell Genome Institute
The McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is entering a new era of genomic medicine, expanding its capacities beyond genome sequencing and adding a new and vital focus on understanding how genetics influences health and disease. Jeffrey Milbrandt, MD, PhD, recently appointed executive director of the McDonnell Genome Institute, […]
All children with cancer will have treatment tailored to DNA on NHS
We’ll save 500,000 more lives, vows NHS: Ten-year plan will provide DNA-tailored treatment to children with cancer and crack down on heart disease and strokes – despite fears of £1bn budget black hole Follows Theresa May’s pledge to hand NHS an extra £20billion in 10-year plan Doctors will also carry out genetic testing for condition […]
New multi-pronged method probes how noncoding DNA affects gene expression
Approximately 98 percent of the human genome is made up of noncoding DNA, including enhancers, promoters, and other elements that regulate gene activity. The methods for studying these regions tend to be expensive, labor-intensive, and largely low-throughput. To really understand the functional geography of the noncoding genome, however, researchers need a way to isolate and […]
DNA damage leads to genetic diseases and cancer
Scientists have reported that many inheritance mutations are caused by DNA damage rather than errors in DNA doubling. The study was conducted by an international research group and published in Nature Genetics. Unfortunately, the reasons for mutations in normal cells that have not been exposed to ultraviolet, smoke or other external mutagens are understudied. According […]
Widely used reference for the human genome is missing 300 million bits of DNA
For the past 17 years, most scientists around the globe have been using the nucleic acid sequence, or genome, an assembly of DNA information, from primarily a single individual as a kind of “baseline” reference and human species representation for comparing genetic variety among groups of people. Known as the GRCh38 reference genome, it is […]