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- chmstar, on 01/01/2009, -1/+7"The Lancaster Amish are seen as ideal for genetic research because they are a genetically homogenous people whose ancestry can be traced to a small group who arrived from Europe in the 1700s. In addition to genetic similarity, they also maintain similar lifestyles in their close-knit rural communities."
Translation: inbred? - KyleGoetz, on 01/01/2009, -0/+5It's not on Digg, that's for sure.
- chmstar, on 01/01/2009, -0/+4It skipped your generation.
- VashAurion, on 01/01/2009, -0/+3It gives you a big body of like people to work on. The antipode are Africans, who get genetic disorders such as CDLS far less frequently than in white populations because inbreeding was so frowned upon in African communities. People would typically leave their villages to find a spouse.
Long story short: inbreeding makes geneticists happy. - LukeBeaumont, on 01/01/2009, -1/+4Moreorless. That's why many of them have six (a few have seven) fingers on a hand.
- BillDauterive, on 12/31/2008, -3/+6Wow this is good news. And I thought it was because I ate all that fast food.
- jamesinraro, on 01/01/2009, -0/+2It is becoming clearer than ever that we are not destined to live with the genetic inheritance of our parents and ancestors. First it was announced by Dr. Sinclair at Harvard that transmax resveratrol, a commercial extract of a red wine molecule by biotivia was able to switch on the SirT1 anti-aging gene and prevent the normal diseases of aging. Then scientists reported that a drug called Aircar that had been around for decades is capable or making sedentary mice into Olympic contenders by modifying their muscles' mitochondria and increasing their endurance. Soon after that Harvard announced a way to create customized stem cells to treat specific diseases. In ten years we will hopefully wean ourselves from synthetic drugs by either preventing cancer and other fatal diseases or treating disease by modifying our body's natural defense systems through up or down regulating the appropriate genes.
- chmstar, on 01/01/2009, -0/+2I never noticed that. However, I did notice they seem to have healthy looking skin, a side effect of their clean diet I assume.
- DarkCloud515, on 01/01/2009, -0/+2This is good news for health. And with gene testing getting cheaper, it's just better for us. I would love to know what I am at risk for in the future.
- dispatched, on 01/01/2009, -1/+3This just in! Science discovers that Anything and Everything correlates to Everything and Anything!! Oh Em Ef Gee!
- MrGaw, on 01/01/2009, -0/+2Good news for McDonalds...
This just means that fast food is going to make more money. - inactive, on 01/01/2009, -0/+2good, they found it, now FIX IT!
- CoD4, on 01/01/2009, -1/+2you're gonna get shot by your ex
- mmaine, on 12/31/2008, -2/+3FTA "The gene produces a protein involved in regulating the way the kidneys process salt in the body -- a key factor in determining blood pressure, the researchers said."
Excellent news! Thanks for finding and sharing redwolfwalker. - KyleGoetz, on 01/01/2009, -0/+1I have essential hypertension, meaning that there is no discernible cause for why I have hypertension. I take meds for it, so I'm all in favor of a better treatment becoming available.
- Jojitsu, on 01/01/2009, -0/+1Dugg for realization of truth.
High Blood Pressure is a complex disease that has multiple gene and environmental causes / roots. I like this article a lil better cause it goes a bit more into the research itself: http://www.umm.edu/news/releases/stk39_gene.htm It's important to realize in all these "gene linked to (noun)" articles that they are usually much more complex than the result of a single gene. But this does bring us one step closer to understanding the disease. - mvulch, on 01/01/2009, -0/+1This is great news for the medical world, hopefully 2009 will be a big year for medical advancement. Key part of the article, though.
"While STK39 may play a pivotal role in some people, Chang said numerous other genes also may be involved."
I feel like most medical breakthrough news is characterized by beginning to understand the root of the problem. Good work by UMD. - Kr4t05, on 01/01/2009, -1/+2Oh, you have no idea. I live in Mifflin County, PA, and the Amish there have a family stick instead of a family tree.
- elipabst, on 01/01/2009, -1/+1Chromosome 6:
http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi%2F10. ... - inactive, on 01/01/2009, -2/+2Where's the gene that gets me laid?
- inactive, on 01/01/2009, -1/+1oh i came for the keygen oops sorry wrong DNA
- PaulBols, on 09/06/2009, -0/+0The leading causes of heart failure are diseases that damage the heart. These include coronary artery disease (CAD), high blood pressure, and diabetes.
- chmstar, on 01/01/2009, -1/+1@Kr4t05
Actually I grew up in Huntingdon, Pa. so I have been around them enough to know what you are talking about. - michcon123, on 02/19/2009, -0/+0haha great news for mcdonalds!
http://www.radio-controlled-helicopters.net - en00g, on 12/31/2008, -6/+0yeah
this is very good news
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