... -based map of large-scale structural variation across the human genome. The work, published ... Nature, provides a starting point to examine how such DNA variation contributes to human health and disease ...
... of Chicago developed a novel algorithm for classifying individuals geographically based on their patterns of DNA variation.
For well-sampled countries, this approach placed 50 percent of individuals ...
... —the critical pathway for error-free repair of DNA double-strand breaks," said John Tainer, ... DNA metabolism," he said.
Cells balance DNA repair with DNA variation so that evolutionary or beneficial ...
... drinking. A study of six different single nucleotide polymorphisms - DNA sequence variations - of SLC6A4 has found that they influence drinking intensity among alcohol-dependent (AD) individuals ...
... in alcohol preference and consumption. New findings show that specific DNA sequence variations of the serotonin transporter gene can influence drinking intensity among alcohol-dependent individuals.
... sites within the genome where a single unit of DNA is changed, called a single nucleotide polymorphism ( ... of 1,409 psoriasis patients and compared the DNA variations to those in 1,436 healthy controls. ...
A new study at the University of Leicester is using advanced single molecule methods to explore processes that lie at the very core of DNA variation in humans...
... and colleagues at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have found a connection between DNA alterations on human chromosome 9 and aggressive brain cancer known as glioblastoma. The ...
With the advent of high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies, it is now possible to cheaply and rapidly sequence hundreds of millions of bases in a matter of hours. A team of scientists have ...
... study is using advanced single molecule methods to explore processes that lie at the very core of DNA variation in humans. The study focuses on the process of 'recombination', which re-shuffles our ...
... give rise to neuroblastoma, an often fatal childhood cancer. The investigators found that the presence of common DNA variations in a region of chromosome 6 raises the risk that a child will develop a ...
LONDON (Reuters) - International researchers have identified three new DNA variations that increase the risk of schizophrenia and said on Wednesday they were some of the strongest genetic links yet ...
... small genetic variations are common and mostly benign in the human population. This means the relationship between DNA variations and disease must be analyzed even more carefully in order to find ...
... or phage viruses to scaffold short helper DNA sequences to form 2-D or 3-D ... is just the first step, but foresees there are many interesting DNA variations to consider next. "The fact that the natural ...
... human genomes have looked at common points of DNA variation that may be relevant for disease risk. What' ... still analyzing the patient's non-coding DNA and expect to find a number of additional relevant ...
