Download genetics - Gene In The Title

44h genetics – gene in title since april 1, 2010 – dec 2010
GENOME a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable
traits of an organism.
TIME explains genomes
oct 22, 12
http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/22/time-explainsgenome-sequencing/
• One family’s story --- of gene history
oct 22, 12
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,19150138
27001_2127452,00.html
• World's largest genome belongs to slow-growing
mountain flower
dec 13, 10
An unremarkable plant has stunned scientists after
they found it had the world's largest genome – 50 x
bigger than humans.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/sciencenews/8196572/Worlds-largest-genome-belongs-to-slowgrowing-mountain-flower.html
• Gratitude gene ? Why are some people empathetic ?
nov 25, 10
video: 2m 8s
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/40374441#40374441
• Gene research gives hope for women with endometriosis
dec 12, 10
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11969075
• Gene clue to 130 brain diseases.
dec 19, 10
Unfortunately, BRENDA’s “problem” is #131 on the list.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.e3e5f80d414
a6156c689824808235ca9.261&show_article=1
• Science helps humankind
- yum
nov 24, 10
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40344465/ns/technology_and_science
-science/
Turkey genome decoded --- will make meatier birds
• BORN TO RAGE – is there a ‘bad’ gene
dec 14, 10
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2010-12-14ragetv14_ST_N.htm
National G. channel show –
Will anyone bring up ‘free will’ – and the fact that every action of
humans is not caused by bad genes ?
• 1000 Genomes project maps 95% of all gene variations
oct 27, 10
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11632164
Will My Son Have Cancer ? The Goods and Bads
of Sequencing Children’s Genomes oct 22, 12
http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/22/will-my-son-develop-cancer-the-promise-andpitfalls-of-sequencing-childrens-genomes/
http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/22/will-my-son-develop-cancer-the-promise-andpitfalls-of-sequencing-childrens-genomes/
• genes as part of the puzzle
oct 25, 10
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20101025/ARTICLES/10
1029574/-1/entertainment?Title=Genes-as-part-of-thepuzzle
1,956: number of diseases with genetic tests
18: number of diseases for which the test became
available in the past month
• Single gene & fire ant behavior
nov 15, 01 !
http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/aaas/2001-11-15-fire-antgenes.htm?loc=interstitialskip
WOW – wonder what is new in this ‘story’ that is 9 years old
Found it when looking for an article in yesterday’s paper.
• Court rules – no patent for genes
oct 30, 10
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/business/30drug.html
?_r=5&src=sch&pagewanted=all
• Early menopause gene
oct 18, 10
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11554958
• More genes discovered that contribute to obesity in children
-- genes have been found by scientists that make it harder
for some children to stay slim. oct 15, 10
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8064202/Mo
re-genes-discovered-that-contribute-to-obesity-inchildren.html
• Gene test for heart disease
oct 6, 10
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2010/10/05/mo
os.jetpack.makes.news.cnn?hpt=T2
may reduce need for angiogram
• Lyme disease genome
oct 8, 10
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-2001908610391704.html?tag=cbsnewsTwoColLowerPromoArea;moren
ews
• Wheat genome key to food shortages? aug 27, 10
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11099378
BAD GENES CAN GET YOU KILLED
• Albino girl, 11, killed and beheaded in Swaziland ’for
witchcraft’ aug 23, 10
11-year-old was shot in front of her friends and then
beheaded in what police call a ritual murder.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/s
waziland/7956458/Albino-girl-11-killed-and-beheaded-in-Swazilandfor-witchcraft.html
• Super-bug incurable
aug 11, 10
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1302035/Unbeatable-NDM1-enzyme-make-bacterial-diseases-superbugs.html
• Super Bug Gene
aug 11, 10
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFlu/gene-turnsbacteria-superbug/story?id=11378216
• 1st death from super bug
aug 13, 10
http://www.news.com.au/world/belgian-first-to-die-of-south-asiansuperbug/story-e6frfkyi-1225905130288
ATM-1 gene:
gives high levels of resistance to most all antibiotics in intestinal
bacteria that cause pneumonia and urinary infections.
• Judge KO’s the govt’s approval of genetically
engineered sugar beets. Says the Ag Dept didn’t
assess the environmental consequences before OK’ing
them for commercial cultivation aug 15, 10
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/business/14sugar.htm
l?src=sch&pagewanted=all
• Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome
mar 10, 10
Two teams have independently decoded the entire
genome of patients to find the exact genetic cause of
their diseases.
This approach could offer a start in the so far
disappointing effort to identify the genetic roots of
major killers: heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/health/research/11gene.html?
src=sch&pagewanted=all
• Human gut microbes hold ‘2nd genome’
mar 4, 10
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8547454.stm
The human gut holds microbes containing millions of
genes.
There are more genes in the flora in the intestinal
system than the rest of our bodies. So many that they
are being dubbed our "2nd genome".
• Geron engineered stem cell application so Obama
could
announce approval
feb 17, 10
http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2010/02/geronengineered-stem-cell-application-so-obama-could-approveit.html
When the FDA agreed to approve the world's first
trial of a therapy based on human embryonic stem
cells just over a year ago the timing of its
announcement was intriguing.
(blue above is a Link)
Gerone corporation:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=geron&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=U
TF-8&fr=yfp-t-701
http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2010/02/geron-engineeredstem-cell-application-so-obama-could-approve-it.html
BRENDA:
My son worked in Congress for 7 years and said anything of
‘importance’ is done by 11 a.m. --- so they can grab the headline
on the evening news.
Some of the really important things (they are trying to hide)
are done late on Friday . . . or Saturday . . . or before Mass on
Sunday . . .
when no one is around to report it. Ya gotta love democracy.
• MRSA superbug strain 'tracked' via genome
jan 25, 10 (jly 2 – my brother died today of MRSA)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8471137.stm
Scientists used new high-throughput DNA sequencing
technologies to compare MRSA samples from patients
to show how they were genetically related.
• Genome Study Gives Early Human Census jan 18, 10
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/science/19human.htm
l?ref=science
From the composition of just 2 human genomes,
geneticists have computed the size of the human
population 1.2 million years ago from which everyone
in the world is descended.
• Soybean genome sequence
jan 16, 10
http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2010/01/scientistssequence-soybean-genome.html
Genomic Catalog of Earth’s Abundant Microbes
dec 28, 09
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/science/29microbes.h
tml?ref=science
• ‘GREEN’ GENE:
Findings on How Plants Breathe May Save Water
dec 28, 09
• tweak the gene on the stoma cell
(## journalism error: plants don’t breathe – vs.
respire)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/science/29plants.html?ref=science
• Genome of 2 cancers are decoded
http://www.cnn.com/?refresh=1
dec 19, 09
• Jet lag might be connected to genes – turn on/off nov 28, 09
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8376812.stm
• NOVA: Ghost in your genes
dec 16, 09
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=ghost+in+your+genes++Nova&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701
• 1 gene keeps us male or female
dec 14, 09
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6780233/Battle-of-thesexes---one-gene-keeps-us-either-male-or-female-scientists-find.html
• Genes + platelets + 4 in a million boys
dec 8, 09
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome: When a Bruise Could Mean Death
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/wiskott-aldrich-syndromebruise-death/story?id=9272183
• Here is the ‘curly hair gene’
dec 7, 09
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1233830/Scientistsdevelop-pill-spell-end-straighteners-identifying-curly-hair-gene.html
• New Genome Project – 10,000 Vertebrates
dec 3, 09
http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/december/1/genome10k.shtml
• Gene --- eee in a bottle or ‘snake oil’
Skin cream advertisement – are they exaggerating
jan 19, 10
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/beauty/article-1244009/Gene-genius-jar-Is-LOral-s-new-anti-wrinkle-cream-elixir-youth--just-scientific-snake-oil.html
• Genetics of stuttering
feb 10, 10
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/10/stutterin
g.genes.cell/index.html?hpt=T2
• FOUND: 1st genes linked to stuttering feb 10, 10
At least in some cases, condition may not be mental
or emotional
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35336470/ns/healthmore_health_news/
# there have been some ‘stutter’ stories in the past
few weeks – here is another . . . from an unexpected
source ---
James Earl Jones:
‘My stutter was so bad I barely spoke to anyone for 8
years.’
He's the voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa in The Lion
King, but here actor reveals the secrets of his
childhood torment.
… one cause
is genetics - children of parents or other family
members who stutter are more likely to stutter themselves.
It is also four times more common in boys than girls.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1255955/James-EarlJones-My-stutter-bad-I-barely-spoke-years.html
•• nov 30, 10 -- released this week is the movie about UK’s
King George VI (the daddy of present Queen Elizabeth) – and
the fact that he was a horrible stutterer : KING’S SPEECH.
King's Speech
http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-kings-speech/10034251/main
Athletic doping
• The next frontier in athletic doping – genes
feb 19,
10
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/19/genetic.doping/in
dex.html?hpt=Sbin
Steroids and blood doping are low tech and passé. Is
science ushering in a new era of ‘cheating’ – and how
can it be detected and stopped?
• Dolphins have diabetes off switch . . . they seem
resistant to insulin.
feb 18, 10
Study reveals genetic clues that could help
researchers to treat type 2 diabetes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8523412.stm
• Hair today – gone tomorrow: feb 10, 10
Hairs trace human history as genetic code in a 4,000
year old strand of hair from Greenland is used.
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/02/10/21987
47.aspx
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2010-02-10-ancientdna-bald_N.htm
• Heart regulating gene found
jan 11, 10
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6953279/Sci
entists-find-gene-that-regulates-your-heart-beat.html
‘Experts hope that the discovery of the "pacemaker gene"
could lead to new drug treatments to avoid heart attacks and
disease.’
• The 'live to 100' pill that could eliminate diabetes,
Alzheimer's, and heart disease 'to be ready in 3 yrs' feb 4,
10
Their research is based on the identification of 3 genes that
promote long and healthy lives and prevent diseases of ageing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1248035/Super-pill-eliminate-diabetesAlzheimers-heart-disease-ready-years.html#ixzz0ed24z941
• Fitness flop? It's all down to the genes
feb 4, 10
1 in 5 has inherited 'unfitness genes' that mean no matter how
often we pound the treadmill, we'll still be out of puff.
Researchers focused on aerobic fitness but believe our DNA
could also affect our ability to burn off fat through exercise.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article1248367/Fitness-flop-It-genes-inherited-parents-sayresearchers.html#ixzz0ed1OlbWn
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article1248367/Fitness-flop-It-genes-inherited-parents-sayresearchers.html#ixzz0ed10paXi
• Medical groups assail human gene patents
Businesses argue that financial incentives crucial feb 3, 10
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20100203/genesuit03_st.art.htm
• Historic genes
feb 3, 10
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1247812/Couldman-died-1600s-unlock-YOUR-health-secrets.html
More people are now looking up their family trees -- but, in a
surprising twist, scientists are using family trees to track
disease-causing genes.
• Doctors link gene to childhood asthma dec 24, 09
A better understanding of allergies?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34587119/ns/healthallergies_and_asthma/