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class="blocks"> <h1 class="title archive-month">Archive for <span class="altText">October, 2009</span></h1> <div class="divider"></div>  <div id="post-477" class="hentry post post-1 odd author-setton category-dnainteractive post_tag-hybrid post_tag-macaque post_tag-rhesus post_tag-twins clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/26/who%e2%80%99s-my-other-mommy/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Mito-and-Tracker-Rhesus-Macaques-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Mito-and-Tracker-Rhesus-Macaques" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/26/who%e2%80%99s-my-other-mommy/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Who’s My Other Mommy?">Who’s My Other Mommy?</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Oct 26th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/setton/" title="Posts by Tedi Setton ">Tedi Setton</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/dnainteractive/">DNA Interactive</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/26/who%e2%80%99s-my-other-mommy/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Mito-and-Tracker-Rhesus-Macaques.jpg"></a>Fraternal Rhesus Macaque twins, Mito and Tracker, have two different DNA mommies: their mother’s chromosomal DNA was injected into enucleated egg cells belonging to another Rhesus monkey female prior to fertilization. The eggs were fertilized, <em>in vitro</em>, with donor sperm and implanted in yet another female who carried the healthy twins to term.</p> <p>The nucleus, where chromosomal DNA is stored and protected, is not the only source of DNA in a mammalian cell. Mitochondria have their own 16,569 bp genomes encoding 37 genes involved in the production of biological energy, ATP. Mutations in these genes have been linked with human diseases <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/26/who%e2%80%99s-my-other-mommy/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/hybrid/" rel="tag" title="hybrid (2 topics)">hybrid</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/macaque/" rel="tag" title="macaque (1 topics)">macaque</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/rhesus/" rel="tag" title="rhesus (1 topics)">rhesus</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/twins/" rel="tag" title="Twins (2 topics)">Twins</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-470" class="hentry post post-2 even alt author-hilgert category-yourgenesyourhealth post_tag-dementia post_tag-disorder post_tag-fmrp post_tag-fragile-x post_tag-fragile-xataxia-syndrome post_tag-fxs post_tag-fxtas post_tag-inheritance post_tag-mental-impairment post_tag-neurodegenerative post_tag-protein post_tag-pur-alpha post_tag-pur- post_tag-structure post_tag-tremors clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/23/trembling-hands-and-%e2%80%a6-genes/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/hand-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="hand" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/23/trembling-hands-and-%e2%80%a6-genes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Trembling Hands and … Genes?">Trembling Hands and … Genes?</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Oct 23rd</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/hilgert/" title="Posts by Uwe Hilgert ">Uwe Hilgert</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/yourgenesyourhealth/">Your Genes, Your Health</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/23/trembling-hands-and-%e2%80%a6-genes/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/hand.jpg"></a>Fragile X Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS) is among the most prevalent <span style="text-decoration: underline;">heritable</span> neurodegenerative disorders. Its symptoms usually develop in men 50 years of age or older and include tremors in arms and hands, balance problems (ataxia), numbness in the extremities, mood instability, short-term memory loss, and gradual intellectual decline. The prevalence of FXTAS is about 2-5 persons per 10,000 in the general population.</p> <p>The underlying cause for FXTAS is a mutation in the gene for Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein (FMRP), which is located on the X-chromosome; its protein product, Pur-<strong>α</strong> is essential for normal neural function. Scientists have recently determined the three-dimensional structure <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/23/trembling-hands-and-%e2%80%a6-genes/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/dementia/" rel="tag" title="Dementia (1 topics)">Dementia</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/disorder/" rel="tag" title="Disorder (2 topics)">Disorder</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/fmrp/" rel="tag" title="FMRP (1 topics)">FMRP</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/fragile-x/" rel="tag" title="Fragile X (1 topics)">Fragile X</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/fragile-xataxia-syndrome/" rel="tag" title="Fragile X/Ataxia Syndrome (1 topics)">Fragile X/Ataxia Syndrome</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/fxs/" rel="tag" title="FXS (1 topics)">FXS</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/fxtas/" rel="tag" title="FXTAS (1 topics)">FXTAS</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/inheritance/" rel="tag" title="Inheritance (18 topics)">Inheritance</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/mental-impairment/" rel="tag" title="Mental Impairment (1 topics)">Mental Impairment</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/neurodegenerative/" rel="tag" title="Neurodegenerative (1 topics)">Neurodegenerative</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/protein/" rel="tag" title="protein (3 topics)">protein</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/pur-alpha/" rel="tag" title="Pur-alpha (1 topics)">Pur-alpha</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/pur-%ce%b1/" rel="tag" title="Pur-α (1 topics)">Pur-α</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/structure/" rel="tag" title="Structure (1 topics)">Structure</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/tremors/" rel="tag" title="Tremors (1 topics)">Tremors</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-454" class="hentry post post-3 odd author-micklos category-eugenicsarchive post_tag-ethnic-cleansings post_tag-eugenics post_tag-immigration-restriction post_tag-in-vitro-fertilization post_tag-mixed-race-marriages post_tag-pre-implantation-dna-diagnosis post_tag-sterilization clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/22/the-continuum-of-eugenics-practice/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Galton-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Galton" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/22/the-continuum-of-eugenics-practice/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: The Continuum of Eugenics Practice">The Continuum of Eugenics Practice</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Oct 22nd</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/micklos/" title="Posts by David Micklos ">David Micklos</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/eugenicsarchive/">Eugenics Archive</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/22/the-continuum-of-eugenics-practice/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Galton.jpg"></a>Francis Galton, the English scientist who coined the term, defined eugenics as “the agencies under social control that improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations either physically or mentally.” Charles Davenport, the father of the American eugenics movement called it simply “the self direction of human evolution.”</p> <p>These definitions stress differences that occupied either end of a continuum of eugenics practice. At one end, Galton’s definition stressed social control, or laws, to control human reproduction. At the other end, Charles Davenport’s stressed an individual’s own control over their reproduction. Social control ultimately embodied “negative eugenics”– limiting mixed race marriages, <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/22/the-continuum-of-eugenics-practice/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/ethnic-cleansings/" rel="tag" title="ethnic cleansings (1 topics)">ethnic cleansings</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/eugenics/" rel="tag" title="eugenics (14 topics)">eugenics</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/immigration-restriction/" rel="tag" title="immigration restriction (1 topics)">immigration restriction</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/in-vitro-fertilization/" rel="tag" title="in vitro fertilization (2 topics)">in vitro fertilization</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/mixed-race-marriages/" rel="tag" title="mixed race marriages (1 topics)">mixed race marriages</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/pre-implantation-dna-diagnosis/" rel="tag" title="pre-implantation DNA diagnosis (1 topics)">pre-implantation DNA diagnosis</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/sterilization/" rel="tag" title="sterilization (7 topics)">sterilization</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-443" class="hentry post post-4 even alt author-nash category-insidecancer post_tag-cancer post_tag-canine post_tag-dog post_tag-smell clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/21/canines-and-cancer/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dog1-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="dog1" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/21/canines-and-cancer/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Canines and cancer">Canines and cancer</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Oct 21st</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/nash/" title="Posts by Bruce Nash ">Bruce Nash</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/insidecancer/">Inside Cancer</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/21/canines-and-cancer/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dog1.jpg"></a>For my blog, I thought I would talk a bit about dogs and cancer. Why, you might ask? I’m not a dog owner, but recently a few stories about dogs and cancer were brought to my attention and I thought they might be interesting to others.</p> <p>You may not know this, but dogs can actually smell some cancers. It doesn’t even take a sophisticated sniffer dog to do this: even some household dogs can be trained to tell the difference between the odor of a normal person and that of a person with lung cancer. In theory, your dog Max could <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/21/canines-and-cancer/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/cancer/" rel="tag" title="Cancer (25 topics)">Cancer</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/canine/" rel="tag" title="canine (1 topics)">canine</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/dog/" rel="tag" title="dog (1 topics)">dog</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/smell/" rel="tag" title="smell (1 topics)">smell</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-420" class="hentry post post-5 odd author-connolly category-g2conline post_tag-diffusion-tensor-imaging post_tag-dti post_tag-gray-matter post_tag-grey-matter post_tag-imaging post_tag-learning post_tag-nature post_tag-neuroimaging post_tag-plasticity post_tag-scholz post_tag-white-matter clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/19/white-matter-matters/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/White-Matter-Scan-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="White-Matter-Scan" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/19/white-matter-matters/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: White Matter Matters!">White Matter Matters!</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Oct 19th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/connolly/" title="Posts by connolly ">connolly</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/g2conline/">G2C Online</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/19/white-matter-matters/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/White-Matter-Scan.jpg"></a>Can you change the structure of your brain with practice? A slew of papers in the last decade affirm that yes, you very much can. Probably the best known is a study by <a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/97/8/4398.abstract">Maguire and colleagues, who found structural differences in the hippocampi of London taxi drivers</a> — presumably the result of having to learn London’s 25,000 streets. [We turned the Maguire et al. study into an online experiment, <a href="http://www.g2conline.org/1723">which you can play here</a>].</p> <p>To date, every study that identified practice-related changes in brain structure located these changes in grey matter. Now, for the first time, <a href="http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nn.2412.html">a paper by Scholz and colleagues </a><a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/19/white-matter-matters/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/diffusion-tensor-imaging/" rel="tag" title="diffusion tensor imaging (1 topics)">diffusion tensor imaging</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/dti/" rel="tag" title="DTI (1 topics)">DTI</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/gray-matter/" rel="tag" title="gray matter (1 topics)">gray matter</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/grey-matter/" rel="tag" title="grey matter (1 topics)">grey matter</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/imaging/" rel="tag" title="imaging (2 topics)">imaging</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/learning/" rel="tag" title="learning (1 topics)">learning</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/nature/" rel="tag" title="Nature (2 topics)">Nature</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/neuroimaging/" rel="tag" title="neuroimaging (3 topics)">neuroimaging</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/plasticity/" rel="tag" title="plasticity (2 topics)">plasticity</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/scholz/" rel="tag" title="Scholz (1 topics)">Scholz</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/white-matter/" rel="tag" title="white matter (1 topics)">white matter</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-381" class="hentry post post-6 even alt author-setton category-dnainteractive post_tag-drugs post_tag-genomics post_tag-hepatitis-c post_tag-medicine post_tag-personal-medicine post_tag-pesronal post_tag-pharmacogenetics post_tag-ribavarin clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/15/pharmacowhat-pharmacogenetics/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pharma-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="pharma" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/15/pharmacowhat-pharmacogenetics/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Pharmacowhat? Pharmacogenetics!">Pharmacowhat? Pharmacogenetics!</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Oct 15th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/setton/" title="Posts by Tedi Setton ">Tedi Setton</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/dnainteractive/">DNA Interactive</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/15/pharmacowhat-pharmacogenetics/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pharma.jpg"></a>Your genes affect not only how you look and your predisposition to disease, but it would appear that they also affect your responsiveness to different drug treatments following disease onset.</p> <p>In the emerging field of pharmacogenetics, scientists study genome variations and correlate them with drug treatment response. For example, variations (also called polymorphisms) in genes encoding enzymes involved in drug metabolism have been found to affect the activation, deactivation, and toxicity of drugs used to treat cancer, heart disease, and psychiatric disorders. Recently, scientists found that DNA sequence can also be used to predict responsiveness to current Hepatitis C treatment (a <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/15/pharmacowhat-pharmacogenetics/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/drugs/" rel="tag" title="drugs (4 topics)">drugs</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/genomics/" rel="tag" title="genomics (5 topics)">genomics</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/hepatitis-c/" rel="tag" title="Hepatitis C (1 topics)">Hepatitis C</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/medicine/" rel="tag" title="medicine (6 topics)">medicine</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/personal-medicine/" rel="tag" title="personal medicine (1 topics)">personal medicine</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/pesronal/" rel="tag" title="pesronal (1 topics)">pesronal</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/pharmacogenetics/" rel="tag" title="Pharmacogenetics (2 topics)">Pharmacogenetics</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/ribavarin/" rel="tag" title="ribavarin (1 topics)">ribavarin</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-366" class="hentry post post-7 odd author-rios category-insidecancer post_tag-aura post_tag-bingen post_tag-cancer post_tag-cause post_tag-estrogen post_tag-hildegard post_tag-migraine post_tag-von clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/14/hildegards-dilemma/"><img width="88" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Hildegard4-88x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Hildegard4" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/14/hildegards-dilemma/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Hildegard’s Dilemma">Hildegard’s Dilemma</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Oct 14th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/rios/" title="Posts by rios ">rios</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/insidecancer/">Inside Cancer</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/14/hildegards-dilemma/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Hildegard4-e1313682574441.jpg"></a>Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th century nun was celebrated for her intellect, writings, and notably for her extraordinary visions – also known as migraine auras. Ask any migraineur about the scintillating scotomas preceding a migraine, and you’re likely to receive a flinching look in return. Migraines with aura are chronic headaches characterized by specific neurological symptoms – visual disturbances, nausea, sensitivity to light, sounds, smells, and usually accompanied with an unilateral blinding headache—the hallmark TKO of migraines. Now it appears that female migraineurs might find an unexpected silver lining in the migraine cloud – researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/14/hildegards-dilemma/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/aura/" rel="tag" title="aura (1 topics)">aura</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/bingen/" rel="tag" title="Bingen (1 topics)">Bingen</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/cancer/" rel="tag" title="Cancer (25 topics)">Cancer</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/cause/" rel="tag" title="cause (1 topics)">cause</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/estrogen/" rel="tag" title="estrogen (1 topics)">estrogen</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/hildegard/" rel="tag" title="Hildegard (1 topics)">Hildegard</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/migraine/" rel="tag" title="migraine (1 topics)">migraine</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/von/" rel="tag" title="von (1 topics)">von</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-354" class="hentry post post-8 even alt author-mckechni category-dnafromthebeginning post_tag-collagen post_tag-dna post_tag-mutation post_tag-proptein clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/14/diverse-proteins/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/diversity-and-fungi-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="diversity-and-fungi" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/14/diverse-proteins/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Diverse Proteins">Diverse Proteins</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Oct 14th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/mckechni/" title="Posts by Erin McKechnie ">Erin McKechnie</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/dnafromthebeginning/">DNA From The Beginning</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/14/diverse-proteins/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/diversity-and-fungi.jpg"></a>The instructions for life are carried in the DNA of our cells. All day long, our cells read the information in our DNA and make proteins. While DNA contains recipes for how life works, proteins are molecules that I consider the “doers” in our cells.</p> <p>Protein is a broad category that includes enzymes and hormones. When you eat an apple, your body produces enzymes to break down that apple and build new products for your body. If you have a lot of glucose (a type of sugar) in your blood, the cells in your pancreas will read the gene for insulin <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/14/diverse-proteins/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/collagen/" rel="tag" title="collagen (2 topics)">collagen</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/dna/" rel="tag" title="dna (36 topics)">dna</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/mutation/" rel="tag" title="mutation (5 topics)">mutation</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/proptein/" rel="tag" title="proptein (1 topics)">proptein</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-334" class="hentry post post-9 odd author-cutillo category-dnainteractive post_tag-dna post_tag-hand-held post_tag-snp post_tag-snp-dr post_tag-technologies post_tag-technology clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/13/the-future-of-medicine/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/416px-Dna-SNP_svg1-100x100.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="416px-Dna-SNP_svg1" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/13/the-future-of-medicine/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: The Future of Medicine">The Future of Medicine</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Oct 13th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/cutillo/" title="Posts by Jennifer Galasso ">Jennifer Galasso</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/dnainteractive/">DNA Interactive</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/13/the-future-of-medicine/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/416px-Dna-SNP_svg1.png"></a>Emerging DNA technologies continue to offer us many new insights into our genome, and its implications on human disease. One area that is currently under much scrutiny is how different patients are responding differently to certain drug treatments. Researchers are now finding that some people have a genetic predisposition to how they will react to a drug. If there is some way that we could detect this in the doctor’s office as they are writing the prescription, it would help save time and lives as we try to combat these diseases.</p> <p>The Imperial College London and its affiliate-company DNA Electronics have <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/13/the-future-of-medicine/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/dna/" rel="tag" title="dna (36 topics)">dna</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/hand-held/" rel="tag" title="hand-held (1 topics)">hand-held</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/snp/" rel="tag" title="SNP (2 topics)">SNP</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/snp-dr/" rel="tag" title="SNP Dr. (1 topics)">SNP Dr.</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/technologies/" rel="tag" title="technologies (1 topics)">technologies</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/technology/" rel="tag" title="technology (5 topics)">technology</a> </div> </div>   <div id="post-326" class="hentry post post-10 even alt author-jwatkins category-yourgenesyourhealth post_tag-dimebon post_tag-disease post_tag-hd post_tag-huntingtin post_tag-huntington post_tag-huntingtons post_tag-latrepiridin post_tag-medivation post_tag-pfizer clear-block"> <a class="post-thumb size-post-thumbnail alignleft" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/09/the-fight-against-huntingtons/"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/doctor-comforting-old-lady-100x100.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="doctor-comforting-old-lady" /></a> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/09/the-fight-against-huntingtons/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: The fight against Huntington’s">The fight against Huntington’s</a></h2> <div class="post-date"> <p class="day">Oct 9th</p> </div> <div class="post-info clear-block with-thumbs"> <p class="author alignleft">Posted by <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/author/jwatkins/" title="Posts by Jermel Watkins ">Jermel Watkins</a> in <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/category/sitetopics/yourgenesyourhealth/">Your Genes, Your Health</a> </p> <p class="comments alignright"><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/09/the-fight-against-huntingtons/#comments" class="no comments">No comments</a></p> </div> <div class="post-content clear-block"> <p><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/doctor-comforting-old-lady.jpg"></a>Huntington’s disease (HD) is an inherited disease, characterized by the wasting away of certain nerve cells in the brain. If a person inherits only one mutated copy of the Huntingtin gene they develop the disease. One who is born with the defective gene responsible for the disease may not show any of the symptoms until middle age. Symptoms could consist of balance issues, uncontrolled movements or clumsiness. In the progression of the disease one may also loose the capability to talk or even walk.</p> <p>Medivation, Inc. and Pfizer Inc. have publicized that the start of phase three trials in the usage <a class="more-link" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2009/10/09/the-fight-against-huntingtons/">More ></a></p> </div> <div class="post-tags"> <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/dimebon/" rel="tag" title="Dimebon (1 topics)">Dimebon</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/disease/" rel="tag" title="disease (13 topics)">disease</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/hd/" rel="tag" title="hd (1 topics)">hd</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/huntingtin/" rel="tag" title="Huntingtin (1 topics)">Huntingtin</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/huntington/" rel="tag" title="Huntington (1 topics)">Huntington</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/huntingtons/" rel="tag" title="Huntington's (1 topics)">Huntington's</a>, <a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/tag/latrepiridin/" rel="tag" 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IQ tests are overated. They are based on assumptions about the nature of intelligence,...</span></span></a></li> <li class="clear-block"><a title="Posted in: Cancer Overtreatment. When the solution is worse than the problem." class="fadeThis" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2011/12/13/cancer-overtreatment-when-the-solution-is-worse-than-the-problem/#comment-5439"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=32' class='avatar avatar-32 photo avatar-default' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">points of view: <span class="details"> On My Twitter Feed... Then I checked my personal feed and saw somebody posting the link to the...</span></span></a></li> <li class="clear-block"><a title="Posted in: Tag…You’re It!" class="fadeThis" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2012/01/19/tag-youre-it/#comment-5359"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/52935aba909ed59a5789008268b14fdb?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">talha: <span class="details"> the wonders of science i wanna be performing this epigenetic tag therapy.</span></span></a></li> <li class="clear-block"><a title="Posted in: Merry Christmas to Hemophilia Patients" class="fadeThis" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2011/12/15/merry-christmas-to-hemophilia-patients/#comment-5358"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/52935aba909ed59a5789008268b14fdb?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">talha: <span class="details"> this is just a tip of an iceberg whats gonna happen more and more can only be expected from gene...</span></span></a></li> <li class="clear-block"><a title="Posted in: DNA DAY 2010: What, me worry about my DNA?" class="fadeThis" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2010/04/29/dna-day-2010-what-me-worry-about-my-dna/#comment-4616"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/fe0f32261332c54b99b24c06881c2573?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">Traci: <span class="details"> How would I go about getting my DNA tested? 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This is just another step to curing some of the most devastating diseases...</span></span></a></li> <li class="clear-block"><a title="Posted in: Compulsive Hoarding" class="fadeThis" href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/2011/11/10/compulsive-hoarding/#comment-1245"><span class="avatar"><img alt='' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/cf95176c58575d503b402764e9710135?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /></span><span class="entry">Eileen @ Space Matters: <span class="details"> You've got some very interesting info here! 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