(Boston University Medical Center) New studies led by researchers from Boston University School of Medicine shows specific genetic traits may predispose people to their preferences for social, spiritual and political behaviors.

According to a study published in Psychoneuroendocrinology, researchers at the University of Montreal have found that environmental factors determine testosterone levels in infancy and not genetics. Lead author of the study, Dr. Richard E. Tremblay, of the university's Research Unit on Children's Psychosocial Maladjustment, explained: "Testosterone is a key hormone ...

Patients see potential benefits from direct-to-consumer genetic testing, but are also concerned about how the test results will be used, and generally are unwilling to pay more than $10 or $20 for them, according to focus groups conducted by researchers at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Findings by ...

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced that interim results from an investigator-sponsored phase II clinical trial of ADCETRIS (brentuximab vedotin) in patients with relapsed cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) were presented at the Society for Investigative Dermatology annual meeting being held May 9-12, 2012 in Raleigh, NC.

(Loyola University Health System) Patients see potential benefits from direct-to-consumer genetic testing, but are also concerned about how test results will be used, and generally are unwilling to pay more than $10 or $20 for them.

Target Meeting is a leading online life science conference organizer. They specialize in organizing conferences, symposiums and workshops, which brings together the known researchers, professors and life science suppliers from across the world to debate over the latest developments in biomedical research. The 2012 World Genetics & Genomics Online ...

According to a study in the April 25 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, genotype rs1051730-rs16969968 and objective measures of tobacco exposure are associated with each other. The link indicates that the risk of developing lung cancer is mostly, if not completely, caused by the level of ...

For Manolis Kellis, a deep interest in biology arose partly from an immersion in multiple languages.

According to the April 13 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, whether or not first-line platinum based chemotherapy can benefit advanced-stage ovarian cancer patients can now potentially be established by using a DNA repair pathway-focused score. Most ovarian cancers are diagnosed when the disease is already in ...

Carlos E. Prada, MD of Cincinnati Children's Hospital and James D. Weisfeld-Adams, MD of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY were honored as the 2012-2013 recipients of the Genzyme/ACMG Foundation Medical Genetics Training Award in Clinical Biochemical Genetics at the ACMG 2012 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting in Charlotte, NC.

Carlos E. Prada, MD of Cincinnati Children's Hospital and James D. Weisfeld-Adams, MD of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY were honored as the 2012-2013 recipients of the Genzyme/ACMG Foundation Medical Genetics Training Award in Clinical Biochemical Genetics at the ACMG 2012 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting in Charlotte, NC. ...

(American College of Medical Genetics) Carlos E. Prada, M.D., of Cincinnati Children's Hospital and James D. Weisfeld-Adams, M.D., of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, N.Y., were honored as the 2012-2013 recipients of the Genzyme/ACMG Foundation Medical Genetics Training Award in Clinical Biochemical Genetics at the ACMG 2012 Annual Clinical Genetics ...