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Genotype Defined
The genetic makeup of an organism, distinct from its phenotype.
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Published October 3, 2008, 2:01 am, Aidsmap
High rates of anal human papilloma virus infection have been found in an Italian cohort of HIV-positive men. A study, published in the October 1 st edition of AIDS , also reports that the most common strains of human papilloma virus were those which carry a low risk of anal cancer.
Statin-induced muscle disorders are focus of $2.5 million in grants from NIH
Published October 2, 2008, 3:42 pm, News-Medical-Net
Approximately 200,000 of the 38 million people in the U.S. who take statins to treat high cholesterol may develop life-threatening muscle disease.
Three Genes Found To Be Linked To Gout
Published October 2, 2008, 3:06 am, Medical News Today
According to an article published early online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet, researchers have gained new insights into the genetic properties of gout. Dr Caroline Fox (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA) and colleagues demonstrate that three genes are linked to an increased risk of gout.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Toll-like Receptor 3 and Geographic Atrophy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Published October 1, 2008, 3:05 pm, New England Journal of Medicine
A variant of the toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) provides protection against geographic atrophy, or "dry" age-related macular degeneration, and reduces apoptosis of cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells on exposure to TLR3 ligand. Because double-stranded RNA is a ligand of TLR3, this finding gives rise to the hypothesis that viral infection causes this disease and to concerns about therapeutic ...
Genes influence effectiveness of weight-loss drug
Published September 30, 2008, 9:32 pm, EurekAlert!
( American Gastroenterological Association ) Obese patients with a specific genetic make-up lose more weight when taking the weight loss drug sibutramine and undergoing behavioral therapy compared to those without this genetic make-up.
Genetic risk score could highlight gout risk
Published September 30, 2008, 4:08 pm, CBC
People with three genetic variants may be at up to 40-fold increased risk of developing gout, a finding that could show who is it at highest risk long before symptoms appear, researchers say.
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- Pharmacogeneti cs and Genomics ::: Patients with the 5352AA genotype in the caspase-1 gene are at increased risk of developing restenosis.: patients with the 5352AAn the caspase-1 gene are at increased risk of developing
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- The database of Genotype and Phenotype :: dbGaP: The database of Genotype and Phenotype (dbGaP) was developed to archive and distribute the results of studies that have...
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