Topic: Genetics
Genetic researchers win $500K US medical prize
AP Features
Three American scientists who contributed to the mapping of the human genetic blueprint — an advance that continues to give the medical world a better understanding of human disease — were awarded the nation's richest prize in medicine and biomedical research Wednesday. The $500,000 Albany Medical Center prize is being ...
Gene test claims to show what diet works best
AP News
Low-fat or low-carb? Gene test claims to show which diet works best; skeptics aren't so sureDiet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan. We're ...
Your best diet? It might be in your genes
Reuters US Online Report Health News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Can't lose weight on a low-fat diet? Maybe you need to cut carbs instead, and a new genetic test may point the way, maker Interleukin Genetics Inc reported on Wednesday. The small study of about 140 overweight or obese women showed that those on diets "appropriate" for ...
AP IMPACT: Testing curbs some genetic diseases
AP News
<div id="subtitle">AP IMPACT: Positive eugenics? Gene tests appear to reduce levels of some inherited diseases</div><div><p>Some of mankind's most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are ...
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