Science news articles about 'chromosome 7'
Engineering autism: Mice with extra chromosome region show many autistic signs
... to the disease. In the new study, Takumi's team generated mice with a duplication of a region on their chromosome 7, mirroring the autism-linked abnormality seen in humans. Mice who inherit that ...Gene variants linked to metabolic syndrome and HDL cholesterol levels
... copies of each chromosome. In this study, people who had the protective variant on only one of their copies of chromosome 7 were less susceptible to metabolic syndrome. But people with two copies of ...Newly-discovered mechanism can explain the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
... group, led by Chandrasekhar Kanduri, has studied a domain with several silenced genes on chromosome 7 in the mouse. The corresponding domain with silenced genes is located on the human chromosome 11. ...Genetic variation may lead to early cardiovascular disease
... The results are published January 2 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics. In a previous study, a region on chromosome 7 was linked to coronary artery disease (CAD). More ...2 genes influence social behavior, visual-spatial performance in people with Williams syndrome
... the same set of genes missing (25 to 28 genes are missing from one of two copies of chromosome 7). There also are rare cases of individuals who retain one or more genes that most people with the ...New insights into progressive hearing loss
... studies of families with progressive hearing loss, the Spanish team had proposed that the gene responsible lay on human chromosome 7. Both teams set about sequencing every gene in ...Different genes cause loss of body parts in similar fish
... but in the threespine stickleback, the pelvic-loss gene is named Pitx1 and is located on chromosome 7. (The researchers had ruled out the possibility that the Pitx1 gene jumped to chromosome 4 in the ...Inherited risk factors increase odds of developing childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
... traced to the genes IKZF1 and DDC, which are next to each other on chromosome 7. IKZF1 is also known as IKAROS. Earlier research from St. Jude and COG linked acquired changes in ...New type of genetic change identified in inherited cancer
... multiple relatives with chordoma. Initial work focused on possible defects on chromosome 7, but no defect was found that was shared by all of those affected. Researchers conducted linkage studies ...
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