Researchers at the Estonian Genome Centre at the University of Tartu described novel associations between genetics and autoimmune vitamin B12 deficiency in their recent publication in Nature ...
Iron deficiency anemia occurs when there are insufficient red blood cells due to a lack of iron. In some cases, iron deficiency anemia can be genetic, as people can pass genetic variations onto their ...
Sometimes, a small error in the sequence of DNA can lead to a very serious disease. Scientists have identified many mutations that arise in a single gene to cause an ...
Researchers in the City of Hope-led data study, published Feb. 18 in PLOS Genetics, conducted a genome-wide association study using the data of 1,076 African Americans to analyze the genetics of skin ...
(A) Recombination mapping: the coloured horizontal bars indicate introgressed chromosomes. The vertical orange bar marks the position of the gene that is responsible for hybrid sterility (e.g., the ...
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics has just published its highly anticipated Evidence-Based Clinical Guideline (EBG): “Phenylalanine Hydroxylase (PAH) Deficiency Diagnosis and ...
A study led by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine shows how a genetic mutation associated with Crohn's disease can worsen iron deficiency and ...
Genetic alterations lie at the heart of cancer development, but scientists may have been overlooking a powerful driver of these changes - the everyday nutrients that feed our cells. "Most efforts have ...
Free from the sun, vitamin D delivers a natural source for one of the hormones essential to our bodies, especially the bones. But when you're down on this essential nutrient, it's not only your bones ...