Read more genetics stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/905/genetics.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:29:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70959/3-us-genetics-researchers-win-medicine-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree American scientists won the Nobel Prize for Medicine today for their work on the replication of chromosomes, which has implications for cancer, aging, and stem cell research. The laureates focused on a string of DNA at the end of chromosomes, called telomeres, and discovered an enzyme that allows dividing...http://www.newser.com/story/70959/3-us-genetics-researchers-win-medicine-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 5:37:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68777/gym-rats-can-thank-their-dna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeople driven to pump iron or chill out on the sofa may differ as much in their DNA as they do in their activity levels, reports the Los Angeles Times . Scientists have discovered that identical twins are twice as likely to have similar workout habits as fraternal twins, indicating exercise...http://www.newser.com/story/68777/gym-rats-can-thank-their-dna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 4:49:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67823/why-such-rage-at-obesity-start-with-self-loathing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf so many people are fat in this country, why is there so much venom against the overweight? Part of it can be chalked up to "self-loathing," write Kate Dailey and Abby Ellin in Newsweek . We're conditioned to consider extra pounds unattractive, and we get ticked off when we can't...http://www.newser.com/story/67823/why-such-rage-at-obesity-start-with-self-loathing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 17:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67433/is-she-a-man-is-phelps-a-fish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's wrong to be subjecting South African sprinter Caster Semenya to "a public slaying," writes Antonia Senior, who says that debating her gender has no more credibility than asking if "Michael Phelps is really a fish." For the Times of London columnist, sports are now "increasingly the showground of the...http://www.newser.com/story/67433/is-she-a-man-is-phelps-a-fish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 8:55:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64415/obamas-health-czar-brings-god-into-lab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrancis Collins, President Obama's nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, is a pioneering biologist who led the team that mapped the human genome. He's also an evangelical Christian—a rarity among scientists, only 7% of whom say they believe in God. For Michael Gerson of the Washington Post...http://www.newser.com/story/64415/obamas-health-czar-brings-god-into-lab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 9:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63349/genetic-faults-link-manic-depression-schizophrenia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered genetic variations that link schizophrenia to manic depression for the first time, the Independent reports. Research made possible by technical advances found that thousands of tiny genetic faults raised the risk of both mental illnesses, which had previously been believed to be completely distinct conditions. Experts hope...http://www.newser.com/story/63349/genetic-faults-link-manic-depression-schizophrenia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 7:41:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60662/down-syndrome-gene-holds-cancer-clue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have noticed for years that Down syndrome patients are far less likely to die from solid tumors—and now, scientists in Boston think they know why. Down syndrome patients’ extra chromosome holds a gene that helps cut blood flow to tumors, restricting their growth, the Globe reports. “Individuals with...http://www.newser.com/story/60662/down-syndrome-gene-holds-cancer-clue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 11:39:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60634/drug-offers-hope-for-genetic-breast-cancer-sufferers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA first-of-its-kind drug has been developed to fight genetic breast cancer, with an initial round of human trials showing “very promising” results, reports the Times of London. The drug Olaparib works by blocking a protein that makes cancer cells containing the genetic default unable to repair themselves. The drug shrank...http://www.newser.com/story/60634/drug-offers-hope-for-genetic-breast-cancer-sufferers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 8:31:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60271/monkeys-pass-altered-traits-to-offspring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJapanese scientists have produced the first genetically modified monkeys that can pass on their new traits to offspring, a research breakthrough mired in ethical quandaries. The technique is meant to be used to infect monkeys with diseases like Parkinson’s and then test treatments on them, but could eventually be employed...http://www.newser.com/story/60271/monkeys-pass-altered-traits-to-offspring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 16:55:32 CDT