The use of and withdrawal from addictive substances, including alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine, can also worsen anxiety. Likely, some people are more susceptible to these psychological anxiety disorder causes due to genetics. I have a really great resource for how is anxiety genetic at healwithcarol. For mental disorders, researchers may look differences in blood flow… Read More »
Volunteers will be sought at a blood pressure clinicMatthew Horwood/Getty By Adam Vaughan A hundred people undergoing treatment at a UK hospital are to get their DNA analysed in a pioneering trial. Around 85,000 people with rare disorders in the UK have already had their genomes sequenced through the National Health Service as part of the… Read More »
Screening could lead to fewer embryos with inherited conditionsDR G. Moscoso/Science Photo Library By Alice Klein A marked fall in the number of babies born with inherited illnesses is possible, as a pre-pregnancy DNA test is used more widely. The test checks whether prospective parents carry genes that, if both pass a copy to their… Read More »
Rice University has launched an investigating into one of its professors after reports surfaced that he is connected to alleged genetic editing in China that resulted in the birth of two babies with altered DNA. They announced the investigation Monday in the wake of reports that Dr. Michael Deem, a professor of biochemical and genetic… Read More »