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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/science/biotechnology science Biotechnology News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/science/biotechnology http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/hl_nm/us_cancer_lung_mutations nm/20100210/us_cancer_lung_mutations Reuters health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:10 GMT Reuters - Lung cancer is often dramatically different in women than it is in men, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday in another study that suggests ways to tailor treatment for cancer patients. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/genesplayroleinprognosiswithnonsmallcelllungcancers hsn/20100210/genesplayroleinprognosiswithnonsmallcelllungcancers HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:10 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists have discovered there are genetic profiles that play a part in prognosis with non-small cell lung cancers, and those profiles differ depending on the age and gender of the patient. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sc_afp/indiafoodagriculturebiotechfarm afp/20100209/indiafoodagriculturebiotechfarm AFP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:18:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sc_afp/indiafoodagriculturebiotechfarm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265718376781-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=BiKIVRqUNb3UfBDO7aQY.g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="An Indian protester dressed as a brinjal (aubergine) waits for the arrival of Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh in Ahmedabad in January 2010. India refused to grant permission Wednesday for the commercial cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, citing problems of public trust and "inadequate" science.(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)" border="0" /></a>AFP - India refused to grant permission Wednesday for the commercial cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, citing problems of public trust and "inadequate" science.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sc_afp/indiafoodagriculturebiotechfarm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265718376781-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=BiKIVRqUNb3UfBDO7aQY.g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="An Indian protester dressed as a brinjal (aubergine) waits for the arrival of Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh in Ahmedabad in January 2010. India refused to grant permission Wednesday for the commercial cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, citing problems of public trust and "inadequate" science.(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100209/hl_hsn/scientistsspotgenestiedtoaging hsn/20100209/scientistsspotgenestiedtoaging HealthDay health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:49:47 GMT HealthDay - SUNDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have discovered genetic variants that are associated with biological aging, a finding that could explain why some people seem to age faster than others. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100209/hl_hsn/stemcellresearchmakesanotheradvance hsn/20100209/stemcellresearchmakesanotheradvance HealthDay health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:49:29 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they've developed a new and easier way to create what's known as pluripotent stem cells -- cells that can develop into one of many cell types for use in regenerative medicine. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_instructor_bias ap/20100209/us_instructor_bias AP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:12:29 GMT AP - An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100206/hl_hsn/genomemappedfortype2diabetes hsn/20100206/genomemappedfortype2diabetes HealthDay health Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:49:17 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have completed a map of areas of the human genome that control which genes are switched on or off in type 2 diabetes, a finding that may advance understanding of the genetic basis of this and other common diseases. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/hl_nm/us_biogen_tysabri nm/20100205/us_biogen_tysabri Reuters health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:34:42 GMT Reuters - The risk of a potentially fatal brain disorder with Biogen Idec Inc's multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri increases as patients receive more infusions, U.S. health officials warned on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100205/hl_hsn/genesmayinfluencepretermbirths hsn/20100205/genesmayinfluencepretermbirths HealthDay health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:49:50 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've discovered genetic traits in mothers and fetuses that appear to boost the risk of premature labor and delivery. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100204/sc_livescience/geneshelpexplainwhogetsfit livescience/20100204/geneshelpexplainwhogetsfit LiveScience.com health Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:40:17 GMT LiveScience.com - When you put in hours at the gym, you expect to get fitter. It turns out, that assumption doesn't hold true for everyone. A new study suggests specific genes may determine, at least in part, how much we really benefit from exercise. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/hl_nm/us_preterm_births nm/20100204/us_preterm_births Reuters health Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:04:56 GMT Reuters - Genes in the mother and the fetus play a role in the risk of preterm labor, a leading cause of infant death and disability, U.S. government researchers said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100204/hl_hsn/veryobesepeoplemaybemissinggenes hsn/20100204/veryobesepeoplemaybemissinggenes HealthDay health Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:49:52 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Adding more evidence to theories linking DNA to weight, European scientists report that a genetic variation seems to virtually guarantee that a person will become obese. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/hl_afp/healthbiotechobesity afp/20100203/healthbiotechobesity AFP health Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:43:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/hl_afp/healthbiotechobesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265222569352-1-0.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=fa2p9SYqaqe1fQsUEnQH.g--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="Debate over the obesity epidemic sweeping parts of the world has focussed on whether lifestyle -- too much junk food and couch-potato living -- is the big culprit or whether genes are also to blame. A new study may help tip the balance in favour of those who claim that fat runs in their family and there is little they can do about it.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Debate over the obesity epidemic sweeping parts of the world has focussed on whether lifestyle -- too much junk food and couch-potato living -- is the big culprit or whether genes are also to blame.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/hl_afp/healthbiotechobesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265222569352-1-0.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=fa2p9SYqaqe1fQsUEnQH.g--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="photo" title="Debate over the obesity epidemic sweeping parts of the world has focussed on whether lifestyle -- too much junk food and couch-potato living -- is the big culprit or whether genes are also to blame. A new study may help tip the balance in favour of those who claim that fat runs in their family and there is little they can do about it.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100202/hl_hsn/stemcellbonemarrowtransplantsbothbenefitleukemiapatients hsn/20100202/stemcellbonemarrowtransplantsbothbenefitleukemiapatients HealthDay health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:48:49 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term survival rates are similar for leukemia patients who've had either peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) or bone marrow transplants, a new European study says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100202/hl_hsn/mutatinggenesmayleadtoprematurebirths hsn/20100202/mutatinggenesmayleadtoprematurebirths HealthDay health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:48:34 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are reporting that a gene mutation in a pregnant mouse leads to changes inside the uterus that cause premature birth and, in some cases, death of the fetus. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/hl_nm/us_leukaemia_transplants nm/20100201/us_leukaemia_transplants Reuters health Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:01:32 GMT Reuters - Leukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long on average as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant, scientists said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100130/hl_hsn/scientistsdecodebraincancercellline hsn/20100130/scientistsdecodebraincancercellline HealthDay health Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:49:15 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The first complete genomic sequencing of a brain cancer cell line has been performed by U.S. scientists. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100129/hl_nm/us_basilea nm/20100129/us_basilea Reuters health Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:07:48 GMT Reuters - Swiss biotechnology group Basilea said it would resume recruitment of patients into a late-stage trial of an antifungal treatment in the first half of 2010 after a U.S. safety panel recommended the study's continuation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100126/hl_hsn/discoverylinksgenestopancreaticcancer hsn/20100126/discoverylinksgenestopancreaticcancer HealthDay health Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:48:53 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified four regions of the human genome that predict a heightened risk of pancreatic cancer as a result of what they describe as the biggest-ever sweep of the genome for genes related to the disease. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100126/hl_hsn/genesdietoffernewcluestoparkinsonsdisease hsn/20100126/genesdietoffernewcluestoparkinsonsdisease HealthDay health Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:48:51 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) Researchers say they've spotted a new genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease, as well as a link between the illness and two other factors, metabolism and vitamin B6.