Genes News

Mice appear to pass certain fears onto their offspring, according to a new research study. Trials so far on mice suggest that certain smells associated with frightening events can be passed on to successive generations.

Genetic studies into eczema, carried out in mice, have found mutations in the filaggrin gene. Researchers think that this mutation leads to defects in the skin's outer surface.

Paris - Analysis has identified 11 new areas associated with onset of the neurodegenerative disease Alzheimer's. The finding helps scientists to understand more about the disease.

One trigger for lung cancer is a forced merger of two normally separate genes. New research indicates that treating the cells with a compound that blocks a protein can potentially prevent a tumor from forming.

Long-term complications after heart surgery, which can affect memory and thinking, appear to be linked to particular genes.

A new test has been introduced to screen for inherited forms of breast cancer, offering patients an alternative to other available tests.

Researchers looking for a hereditary link to autism have devised a process for connecting a suspect gene to its function in autism.

A new gene has been identified. The gene may have the ability to prevent HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, from spreading after it enters the body.

Irvine - Novel research is being conducted whether genetic-compatibility, through different genes, plays a role in the way people select romantic partners.

A genetic study has identified a biological process that appears to influence whether people are right-handed or left-handed.