Genetic Press

Ancient Tomb Could Explain Maya Collapse

January 28, 2010 – 12:07 pm by Discovery Channel
Mexican archaeologists have found an 1,100-year-old tomb from the end of the Maya civilization that they hope may explain what happened to the once-glorious culture.

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Dinosaurs, in living color

January 27, 2010 – 8:45 pm by Science News
Microscopic structures found in some fossils may have held hued pigments

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Exciting new clinical trials to develop treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

January 27, 2010 – 2:13 pm by Release Wire
Press Release 27th January 2010 Exciting new clinical trials to develop treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Leading pharmaceutical development company for serious diseases and medical conditions undertakes first steps in bringing new treatment for DMD to market Action Duchenne states that BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc’s announcement of initial Phase 1 trials in the clinical study of BMN 195, a small molecule utrophin upregulator for the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), which, if successful, could result in an effective new treatment for all DMD patients regardless of their genetic abnormality. BioMarin’s clinical trial will be carried out in healthy volunteers, to test the safety of the compound and enable subsequent studies in patients with DMD. BioMarin has indicated that initial topline results are expected in the third quarter 2010. “We are very excited by this trial. DMD affects nearly 40,000 patients in the developed world and we see this clinical study as the first ...

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New Darwin Film Creates Controversy

January 26, 2010 – 6:18 am by Discovery Channel
The new film Creation depicts Charles Darwin (portrayed by Paul Bettany) as a semi-reclusive, frail scientist who spent much of his time watching animals and scribbling his observations in notebooks. He was also of course the man whose work serves ...

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Last Neanderthals died out 37,000 years ago

January 26, 2010 – 6:00 am by EurekAlert!
(University of Bristol) The last Neanderthals in Europe died out at least 37,000 years ago -- and both climate change and interaction with modern humans could be involved in their demise, according to new research from the University of Bristol published today in PLoS ONE.

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Friday, January 22

January 22, 2010 – 6:13 pm by Archaeology Magazine
 In Laos, a team of scientists uncovered 2,000-year-old human bones, some of which had been placed in a burial pot, as part of the Middle Mekong Archaeological Project. “Last week, we unexpectedly found two skulls and a fragment of a third, a baby, along with some body bones,” said Joyce White, associate curator at the [...]

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MEDomics Performs The First NEXTGEN Sequencing Mini Genome Clinical Test.

January 22, 2010 – 5:20 pm by genealogy-press
The diagnosis of mitochondrial disease by massive sequencing of a girl's complete “MINI GENOME” yields clinical benefits. Personalized medicine is enhanced by the revolutionary NEXTGEN sequencing (PRWeb Jan 19, 2010) Read the full ...

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Most European men descended from early farmers, study says

January 20, 2010 – 5:21 pm by BBC
Most European men trace a line of descent to stone age farmers who migrated from the Near East, a study says.

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Temple to Cat Goddess Discovered in Egypt

January 19, 2010 – 9:56 pm by Discovery Channel
A limestone statue of the cat goddess Bastet discovered in Alexandria, Egypt. Photo: courtesy of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. The remains of a 2,200-year-old temple dedicated to an ancient Egyptian cat goddess have been discovered by archaeologists near Alexandria's ...

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Genetic risk factor identified for Parkinson’s disease

January 18, 2010 – 4:12 pm by genealogy-press
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) An international team of doctors and human geneticists has identified a new genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease. The institutions involved in the study were the Institute of Human Genetics of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universitat Munchen, the Neurological ...

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