Category Archives: Genetics

Siobhan Sengupta, Preimplantation Genetics Siobhan Sengupta, Preimplantation Genetics (Research Department of Reproductive Health, UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health) talks about her research. By: UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health … Continue reading →

Hoofstock Genetics Laparoscopic AI Deer By: Hoofstock Genetics … Continue reading →

S1E43 - The OGenome Project - Genetics - The Adam Dunn Show Adam Mitch test the first legal US hemp crop for THC and CBD live on air with the CBScientific personal analytics (http://cbscientific.com), and talk about their new OGenome project with... By: The Adam Dunn Show … Continue reading →

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise BETHESDA, MD The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce the election of four new members to its Board of Directors. The new members include a vice-president, who will serve as president of the Society in 2016, and three directors: The newly elected board members begin their tenure on January 1, 2015, and will remain on the GSA Board through December 31, 2017. "We are thrilled to welcome these accomplished individuals into GSA's leadership," said Adam P. Fagen, PhD, GSA's Executive Director. "Just as we are grateful for the volunteered insights and efforts from those completing their tenure this year, we are confident that these new additions will help our Board continue to improve the way our Society serves genetics researchers and educators." "Genetics has entered a phenomenal period when new information and technology is revolutionizing our understanding of biology and disease," added GSA Vice President-Elect Dr. Fields. "I look forward to working with GSA members and our partners over the next few years during this exciting time." New Members of the GSA Board of Directors Vice President (and President-Elect): Stanley Fields, PhD Department of Genome Sciences and Department of … Continue reading →

Black Gold Genetics - 353 Black Gold Rita 353. By: Adam Moss … Continue reading →

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise NEW YORK (September 23, 2014) David Goldstein, PhD, will join Columbia University as professor of genetics and development in the College of Physicians and Surgeons and director of a new Institute for Genomic Medicine in partnership with NewYork-Presbyterian, effective January 1, 2015. Dr. Goldstein will be responsible for building a program that comprehensively integrates genetics and genomics into research, patient care, and education at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and NewYork-Presbyterian and that develops programs to prepare students for careers in the expanding field of genomic and personalized medicine. Dr. Goldsteins role includes serving as an adviser to Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger and Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences Lee Goldman, MD, on the genetic and genomic components of Columbias university-wide initiative in precision or personalized medicine, which was announced in February. Having a pioneering researcher like David Goldstein join us marks a crucial next step in our initiative to be at the forefront of genomics, data science, and the core science and engineering disciplines essential to this emerging field of truly humanistic medicine, said President Bollinger. The potential for progress in this broad subject encompasses not only … Continue reading →

Researchers have found that environment has a much stronger role than genetics in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a severe, often painful food allergy that renders children unable to eat a wide variety of foods. Eosinophils are normal cellular components of the blood, but when the body produces too many eosinophils they can cause a variety of eosinophilic disorders. These are disorders involving chronic inflammation and resulting tissue damage, often in the gastrointestinal system. In an international collaboration involving multiple institutions, researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center quantified the risk associated with genes and environment on familial clustering of EoE. The researchers constructed and examined patient family pedigrees of patients with EoE and their first-degree relatives (nuclear family analysis) and of patients with EoE and their identical or fraternal twin/triplets (twin analysis). Using these two distinct analyses, they determined that 2.4% of siblings and 1.8% of first-degree relatives of patients with EoE also had EoE. The researchers also found that brothers, fathers, and males were more likely to have EoE than sisters, mothers, or females. Twins had 20-40% risk of EoE depending upon whether they were identical or fraternal. "The power of this study is the twin analysis," says Eileen Alexander, … Continue reading →

Using Tree Fruit Genetics to Help the Citrus Industry: Challenges By: WSU CAHNRS … Continue reading →

Using Genetics to Defeat Citrus Greening (HLB) Using Genetics to Defeat Citrus Greening (HLB) By: CaliforniaAgNet … Continue reading →

Dr Shalima Nair - Genetics and Epigenetics Research By: Garvan Institute of Medical Research … Continue reading →