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Milton Bertrand
Alzheimer’s Disease Group 3
Group 3 Peer Review:
Summary of the Genetic Disease presented in the video.
Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common type of dementia. It is a brain disorder that gradually destroys the area of ... -
Milton Bertrand
Albinism
Group 5 Peer Review:
Summary of the Genetic Disease presented in the video.
Albinism is an inherited condition; it is autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. A person must receive mutated copies of a gene from both parents... -
Good genes don't always tell the full story; according to new research studies by scientists at Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, social and environmental factors have a significant impact on the likelihood that yo... -
Both positive and negative experiences influence how genetic variants affect the brain and thereby behavior, according to a new study. “Evidence is accumulating to show that the effects of variants of many genes that are common in the population... more
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Our genetic makeup influences whether we are fat or thin by shaping which types of microbes thrive in our body, according to a new study. Scientists identified a specific, little known bacterial family that is highly heritable and more common in... more -
In a publication in Molecular Metabolism, Danish researchers say that they have discovered a way to keep weight off while eating a high fat diet. To do this they genetically delete the enzyme NAMPT in fat tissue of mice, and such deletion renders the a... -
The field of genetics has seen astonishing breakthroughs and the development of world-changing technologies in the past half century. -
The process by which a mother's diet during pregnancy can permanently affect her offspring's attributes, such as weight, could be strongly influenced by genetic variation in an unexpected part of the genome, according to research. The discovery could... more