genetics

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    ALS

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/06/13/feature/devastated-by-als-trying-to-save-others/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.65cc16c53602&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
  2. Andy

    NIH seeks health data of 1 million people, with genetic privacy suddenly an issue

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nih-seeks-health-data-of-1-million-people-with-genetic-privacy-suddenly-an-issue/2018/05/01/cb38a588-4d4b-11e8-b725-92c89fe3ca4c_story.html
  3. Indigophoton

    Study sheds light on genetic foundation of migraines

    The article, https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-genetic-foundation-migraines.amp The paper, https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(18)30322-2
  4. H

    Unprecedented study identifies 44 genetic risk factors for major depression

    More at the link: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-unprecedented-genetic-factors-major-depression.html
  5. Andy

    Genome-wide association study of depression phenotypes in UK Biobank identifies variants in excitatory synaptic pathways, 2018, Howard et al

    Note: the UK Biobank is not the same as the UK ME/CFS Biobank. Open access at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03819-3
  6. Indigophoton

    Researchers post genetic profiles of half a million human immune cells on Human Cell Atlas online portal

    This is an amazing project: a plan to build the Google Maps of the human body, as The Atlantic put it. MISSION of the HUMAN CELL ATLAS To create comprehensive reference maps of all human cells—the fundamental units of life—as a basis for both understanding human health and diagnosing...
  7. TrixieStix

    NYT article: What’s Behind Many Mystery Ailments? Genetic Mutations, Study Finds

    https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/health/genetic-mutations-diagnosis.html?referer=https://getpocket.com/recommendations "With a database of electronic health records and DNA samples, a team of scientists has found that 3.7 percent of patients in a hospital system carried a genetic variant...
  8. H

    Association of chronic fatigue syndrome with premature telomere attrition (2018) Unger et al

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29486769 https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-018-1414-x
  9. Andy

    Integrated Analysis of Gene Expression Differences in Twins Discordant for Disease and Binary Phenotypes, 2018, Patel and Tangirala

    It claims to have looked at twins with one twin with CFS but talks about Chronic Fatigue, so how useful to us this could be is questionable. Open access at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18585-3
  10. wastwater

    FOX genes

    foxp3 is relevant for MS could other fox genes be relevant for me/cfs I never see this mentioned and think it might be worth a look https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2017/07/07/foxp3-gene-mutations-may-cause-aggressive-immune-system-responses-in-multiple-sclerosis-other-diseases/...
  11. H

    Tenuous link between chronic fatigue syndrome and pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency (2017) Bliksrud

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29231630 More at the links below. English: http://tidsskriftet.no/en/2017/12/debatt/tenuous-link-between-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-and-pyruvate-dehydrogenase-deficiency Norwegian...
  12. Sasha

    Families with multiple members with ME/CFS wanted for Moreau study - worldwide

    Mentioned by Dr Alain Moreau in his webinar this evening - I think people can be from any country. I imagine the contact details are as in this post about his twin study.
  13. Sasha

    Identical twins with at least one with ME/CFS wanted for Moreau study - worldwide

    Dr Moreau just mentioned this in this evening's webinar:
  14. Sasha

    Guardian 15 Nov 2017 | 'Scientists make first ever attempt at gene editing inside the body'

    Read the rest here: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/15/scientists-make-first-ever-attempt-at-gene-editing-inside-the-body?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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