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Health News and Information - News Medical - Genetics - Jul 25, 2018 Edition

Health News and Information - News Medical

	July 25, 2018
	Genetics
	The latest Genetics news from News Medical

Researchers Investigate Recessive Genetic Disorder That Leads to Childhood Blindness

Our genome is made up of 20,000 genes, all of which may cause disease. At present, 4,141 genes have been identified as being responsible for genetic abnormalities, leaving around 16,000 genes with unknown implication in disease.

			Genetic sequencing reveals new clues to aggressiveness of prostate cancer Using genetic sequencing, scientists have revealed the complete DNA makeup of more than 100 aggressive prostate tumors, pinpointing important genetic errors these deadly tumors have in common.

			Genome research suggests presence of enteric fever in medieval Europe Genome research conducted by the University of Warwick suggests that enteric fever, a potentially lethal disease more commonly found in hot countries, was present in medieval Europe.

	What is Multiomics? Multiomics is a new approach where the data sets of different omic groups are combined during analysis. The different omic strategies employed during multiomics are genome, proteome, transcriptome, epigenome, and microbiome.

	Gene therapy may hold potential to treat people with spinal cord injuries Delivering a single injection of a scar-busting gene to the spinal cord of rats following injury promotes the survival of nerve cells and improves hind limb function within weeks, according to a study published April 2 in The Journal of Neuroscience.

	Study: Genes have no effect on consumption of total calories, carbohydrates, fat Individualized dietary recommendations based on genetic information are currently a popular trend. A team at the Technical University of Munich has systematically analyzed scientific articles and reached the following conclusion: There is no clear evidence for the effect of genetic factors on the consumption of total calories, carbohydrates, and fat

	Large-scale DNA sequence data on Alzheimer's disease to be made available to investigators The National Institute on Aging Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage Site will begin making large-scale DNA sequence data available to investigators.

	Novel tool predicts genes that cause disease due to production of truncated proteins Predicting genes that can cause disease due to the production of truncated or altered proteins that take on a new or different function, rather than those that lose their function, is now possible thanks to an international team of researchers, including researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, that has developed a new analytical tool to effectively and efficiently predict such candidate genes.