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Vulnerability To Compulsive Gambling Is Partly Inherited
November 11, 1998 — Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St. Louis studied twins to get a better idea of genetic influences on gambling behavior. Reporting ... > full story -
Researchers Make Breakthrough In Gene Transfer
October 26, 1998 — Scientists often use the genetic material of viruses to smuggle foreign genes into cells. But such vectors frequently kill the cells they enter, limiting their long-term utility. For the first time, ... > full story -
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Twin Study--Genetics Key Factor In Speech Learning
October 23, 1998 — A team of American and British researchers studying 2-year-old twins has found that genetics, not the environment, plays the major role in the delayed acquisition of language among children who are ... > full story -
Genetic Link Shows Children With Allergies Have Greater Tendency To Have Behavior Problems Than Children With No Allergies
September 29, 1998 — Children with severe allergies have a greater tendency to also have significant behavior problems, such as aggressiveness, depression and irritability than children with no ... > full story -
Yeast Rises To A New Occasion
August 24, 1998 — A tiny, one-celled organism that turns agricultural wastes into ethanol may be the key to providing car drivers with an inexpensive, clean-burning ... > full story -
Scientists In Hawaii Report First Reproducible Cloning Of Mammals From Adult Cells
July 23, 1998 — The first reproducible cloning of a mammal from adult cells, which has successfully yielded three generations and more than 50 identical cloned mice, is reported in the July 23 Nature by an ... > full story -
Gene Linked To Glaucoma, Hydocephalus, Other Birth Defects
June 10, 1998 — A gene implicated in a number of birth defects in mice has been discovered by scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, they report in the June 12 issue of Cell. ... > full story -
Scientists Use Gene Therapy To Correct Deafness In Mice
June 4, 1998 — University of Michigan scientists have successfully used transgenic technology to find the recessive mutated gene responsible for deafness in shaker-2 mice. The U-M study represents the first ... > full story -
Gene Detected That Decreases "Bad" LDL Cholesterol In Men May Cut Heart Disease Risk By 50 Percent
May 19, 1998 — A gene that helps keep bad cholesterol at bay -- and may reduce heart disease risk by 50 percent -- has been discovered by researchers reporting in this month's Arteriosclerosis, Thombosis and ... > full story -
Biology Researchers Map Gene For Age-Related Hearing Loss In Mice
February 26, 1998 — A team of scientists from the University of Cincinnati, the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine and Northern Illinois University have mapped the first gene known to cause age-related hearing loss ... > full story
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