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A new study has identified genetic factors in black men with a strong West African ancestry that are associated with a lower risk of central obesity. But this apparent benefit doesn't extend to black women

Genes May Lower Risk of Obesity in Men of West African Descent

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But the effect does not seem to apply to women with the same West African ancestry
A BRCA gene database can help physicians better understand their patients' genetic risk for breast and ovarian cancer

Gene Database Offers Doctors Insights Into Breast, Ovarian CA

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Database includes more than 6,200 BRCA variants
Researchers have identified immune genes that may affect mortality in patients with glioblastoma multiforme

Eight Immune Genes Identified As Playing a Role in Glioblastoma

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Discovery might eventually lead to better treatment for glioblastoma multiforme
Genetic analysis can improve diagnosis and management of intellectual developmental disorder and unexplained metabolic abnormalities

Genetic Analysis Offers Options for Some Developmental Delay

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Exome sequencing led to better treatments in four of 10 cases studied
Women who carry common gene variants linked to breast cancer can still reduce risk of the disease by following a healthy lifestyle

Genetic Breast Cancer Risk Can Be Mediated by Healthy Lifestyle

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Key lifestyle factors include maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, limiting alcohol, no HRT
Average leucocyte telomere length and the abundance of short telomeres (percent LTL <3 kb) are not significant independent determinants of subclinical atherosclerosis

Telomere Length Not Significantly Associated With Atherosclerosis

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LTL, abundance of short telomeres are not independent determinants of atherosclerosis
Men who experience the loss of chromosome Y from their blood cells as they age may have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease

Loss of Y Chromosome in Blood Tied to Alzheimer’s Risk in Men

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The greater the Y chromosome loss, the higher the risk of developing Alzheimer's, researchers say
In patients with telomere diseases

Danazol Treatment Linked to Telomere Elongation

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Reduction in rate of telomere attrition at 24 months; gain in telomere length seen from six months
Precision cancer treatment that's guided by genetic clues from the patient's own tumor appears to improve outcomes

ASCO: Phase I Cancer Drug Trials Benefit From Precision Medicine

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Better outcomes for patients whose treatment is selected based on molecular characteristics of tumor
Skeletal muscle TRIB3 mediates glucose-induced insulin resistance in a mouse model of diabetes

Skeletal Muscle TRIB3 Mediates Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance

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TRIB3 overexpressing mice have greater weight gain, worse insulin resistance in response to high-fat diet