Topic: Genetics
Will a fresh look at pain overcome drug barriers?
Reuters US Online Report Health News
LONDON (Reuters) - Barriers to understanding pain are starting to fall and scientists and drug firms say a fresh approach is producing potential new drugs to hit where it hurts. Millions of people across the world suffer chronic pain -- such as nerve, joint or muscle pain that lasts weeks, months or ...
Tests for genes don't predict breast cancer better
Reuters US Online Report Health News
BOSTON (Reuters) - Studying genes linked to breast cancer may someday lead to better treatments, but they do little to improve a doctor's ability to predict who is likely to develop a tumor, researchers reported on Wednesday. Their study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that testing for ...
Dogs domesticated in Middle East, not Asia
Reuters US Online Report Science News
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From French poodles to German shepherds, domestic dogs likely trace most of their ancestry to the Middle East, as opposed to East Asian origins suggested by previous research, a genetic study reported on Wednesday. The findings, published in the online edition of the scientific journal Nature, support ...
Judge allows genetically engineered beet harvest
AP News
Calif. judge allows genetically engineered beet harvest; amounts to half nation's sugar supplyA federal judge on Tuesday said farmers can harvest their genetically engineered sugar beets this year, ruling the economic impact too great and that environmental groups waited too long to request that the crop be yanked from ...
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