Science news articles about 'Northern Europeans'

  • Native Americans and Northern Europeans more closely related than previously thought

    ... genetic analyses, scientists have discovered that Northern European populations -- including British, Scandinavians, French ... in scientific understanding of both Native American and Northern European ancestry, while providing an explanation ...
  • Montana State University researchers map iron transport protein

    ... free radicals, Lawrence said. Hemochromatosis affects about one in every 300 people and is most common in people of northern European ancestry. Left untreated, it can lead ...
  • USC researchers identify gene that regulates glucose levels

    ... , the results were compared to a second set of FUSION participants in addition to individuals from six other studies of Northern European descent. According to Buchanan, a co-author ...
  • Lupus more severe in patients with southern European ancestry

    ... Rheumatism in Paris, France. According to the results of the research, northern European ancestry is shown to be associated with the relatively ... , arthritis and mucocutaneous manifestations was then explored. Northern European ancestry was positively associated with photosensitivity ...
  • Cruise-liner Sewage Adds To Baltic Decline

    ... . The Baltic, an inland sea, is one of the most polluted seas in the world, so much so that the countries on its northern European shores have recently joined together ...
  • Study helps pinpoint genetic variations in European Americans

    ... that they believe capture much of the genetic diversity in European Americans, a population with one of the most diverse and complex historic ... between two 'points' – what we speculate is the Northern European to Southern European ancestry axis," according to Drineas ...
  • Towards understanding bluetongue outbreaks

    ... the identification of a bluetongue virus strain that caused the northern European Bluetongue outbreak in 2006. Comparison ... that despite the high levels of nucleotide identity with other European strains, it represents a new strain introduction ...
  • Culture greatly shapes young people's drinking habits

    ... 's drinking shows that rates of drunkenness and extreme drinking are significantly lower in the Mediterranean countries than in Northern European countries. For example, 49 percent ...
  • Overfishing threatens European bluefin tuna

    ... tuna weighing 100 kg and more were often caught with hooks in the Øresund and Kattegat. When the fishery in northern European waters (mainly the North and Norwegian ...
  • Hypertension: A worrying European scenario

    ... the ongoing changes of lifestyle habits. Paradoxically, northern European countries, where cardiovascular risk ... levels, a sign of a better management of the condition. According to the European team of Authors, this could be related, in part, to the fact ...
  • Why should Iowa remain the first presidential primary?

    ... or not Iowa is truly as unrepresentative of the U.S. as is widely assumed, especially the idea that its "heavily rural, northern European-descended population make it far ...
  • Visual Science: Fine-Grained Genetic Data

    With the help of powerful gene chips, geneticists are able to distinguish between northern European populations.
  • In retinal disease, sight may depend on second sites

    ... , the team of scientists examined DNA from patients of northern European descent and from their parents and looked for common changes in the RPGRIP1L gene, which already was known to be defective ...
  • Births to unwed moms rising, N. Europe beats US

    ATLANTA (AP) -- A new government report shows that though the rate of births to unmarried women in the United States has been rising sharply, it's way behind Northern European countries....
  • Tourists May Have Spread HIV

    ... in Europe indicates that the virus traveled from major holiday destinations -- Greece, Portugal and Spain -- to northern European countries, New Scientist reports ...

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