Last Updated on July 27, 2017 by Joseph Gut – thasso July 27, 2017 – Jewish women of Ashkenazi descent may be at risk for additional genetic mutations that increase their risk of breast cancer, according to a new study …

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Last Updated on July 22, 2017 by Joseph Gut – thasso  July 18, 2017 – According to a new study just published in the Journal of  Psychiatric Research, a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs300774, which previously had been identified as a marker …

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Last Updated on July 7, 2017 by Joseph Gut – thasso July 07, 2017 – A new study analyzing genetic mutations predisposing to increased body-mass index (BMI) provides strong evidence that higher BMI plays a causal role in type 2 …

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Last Updated on July 4, 2017 by Joseph Gut – thasso July 04, 2017 – Asthma Gene Unique To African Americans. This has been the headline of an article in the Resppiratory/Asthma section of Medical News Today. According to an …

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Last Updated on July 2, 2017 by Joseph Gut – thasso July 02, 2017 – The APP A673T allelic variant of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene which in earlier research has been shown to protect against Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) …

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