#Genetics
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🇬🇧 Scotland becomes first part of UK to screen newborns for spinal muscular atrophy
[United Kingdom]
<p>Hope Scottish pilot will result in heel prick test for rare genetic condition being approved across Britain</p><p>Scotland has become the first part of the UK to screen newborn babies for<a href="h...
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🇬🇧 Scotland begins testing newborn babies for rare genetic condition
[United Kingdom]
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) causes progressive muscle weakness and, without treatment, can limit life expectancy to just two years.
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🇺🇸 David Botstein, Gene-Mapping Pioneer, Dies at 83
[USA]
His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, sprawling human genome.
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🇬🇧 Cats may hold clues for human cancer treatment
[United Kingdom]
The household cat could hold the key to understanding certain types of cancer, such as breast cancer.
Related: #Medical Research, #Comparative Oncology, #Animal Health -
🇬🇧 One in 14 children who die in England have closely related parents, study finds
[United Kingdom]
<p>Exclusive: Calls for ‘urgent action’ as study also finds stark ethnic and socio-economic disparities in child mortality and consanguinity</p><p>One in 14 children who died in England in a four-year...
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🇺🇸 Democrats Reach a Deal With the White House
[USA]
Also, genes may determine longevity, a new study finds. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
Related: #Politics, #Bipartisanship, #Health -
🇺🇸 Genetics play a larger part in lifespan than previously thought
[USA]
A person’s genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published Thursday in the journal Science
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🇺🇸 Genes May Control Your Longevity, However Healthily You Live
[USA]
A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age.
Related: #Longevity, #Health
Key Entities (4)
- SMA (1 news)
- Scotland (1 news)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (1 news)
- David Botstein (1 news)
About the topic: Genetics
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