Medical News | Medical Articles | Genetics - Feb 6, 2019 Edition

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February 6, 2019     Genetics     The latest Genetics news from News Medical

Genetic testing improves diagnoses of abnormalities in developing babies   Genetic testing improves the diagnoses of abnormalities in developing babies that are picked up during ultrasound scans, scientists report today (31 January) in The Lancet.

Large-scale genetic study sheds light on origins of depression   Hundreds of genes have been newly linked to depression, shedding light on the origins of the condition and highlighting personality types that could be at risk.         Genetics of Seasonal Affective Disorder   Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a psychological disorder in which individuals experience depressive symptoms during specific periods of the year. There is a range of proposed biological causes and theories to explain the occurrence of seasonal affective disorder.

Genetics determine whether you are an early riser or a night owl   An international study has shed light on how the genetics behind the human body clock may be linked to mental health and disease.       New genetic technique could allow scientists to study how smell affects behavior   Take a whiff when it rains after a dry spell, and breathe in the earthy scent that pervades the air. That smell comes from decomposing bacteria, and scientists call the compound geosmin.       Study sheds light on the genetic causes of tumors in salivary glands   Acinic cell carcinoma is the third most common malignant form of salivary gland cancer. These tumors are similar to normal salivary gland tissue and occur most frequently in the parotid gland.       New research describes genetic switches that ignite axon formation   While the neural architecture responsible for the transmission of electrical impulses has been known for more than a century, the basic biology behind how a neuron acquires its one and only axon -- a fundamental component of how neurons communicate -- remains a mystery.

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