MODY link nurses: pushing the boundaries of diabetes nursing.
Introduction The role of the MODY (maturity-onset diabetes of the young) link nurse (MLN) has enabled diabetes specialist nurses (DSNs) to step beyond the boundaries of their existing roles. The MLN role has added a new dimension that provides possibilities for personal and professional development, learning new...

Study Published in 'Nature Medicine' Shows Sequenom's MassARRAY Platform Enables Noninvasive Prenatal Detection of Down Syndrome Chromosome.
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sequenom, Inc. today announced that a research study published in the Nature Medicine advance online publication, January 7, 2007 (doi:10.1038/nm1530) shows the noninvasive prenatal determination of fetal trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) using Sequenom's MassARRAY(R) technology platform. The study by Y M Dennis Lo,...

An interview with Francis Collins, MD, PhD, Director of the Human Genome project. (Cover Story).
As the Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD leads the Human Genome Project (HGP), a 15-year, multidisciplinary endeavor to map and sequence all of human DNA. Dr. Collins calls the work of the HGP...

Study Published in 'Nature Genetics' by the University of California, San Diego Utilizes SEQUENOM's MassARRAY System in a Comprehensive Analysis of Microbial Evolution.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SEQUENOM, Inc. today announced that the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has implemented the MassARRAY(R) system using its comparative sequencing application and its quantitative genotyping application to conduct automated high throughput mutation detection in microbial genomes and...

Male infertility may flag other genetic problems: mismatch repair gene defects.
SAN ANTONIO -- Extremely low sperm counts are often caused by genetic detects that could pose other health risks to affected men and their potential offspring, Dolores Lamb, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. "Normally in evolution, from a genetic...

Male infertility could signal other genetic problems.
SAN ANTONIO -- Extremely low sperm counts are often caused by genetic defects that could pose other health risks to affected men and their potential offspring, Dolores Lamb, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. "Normally in evolution, from a genetic...

Genetic determinism as a failing paradigm in biology and medicine: implications for health and wellness.
Editor's Note. This piece is excerpted, with permission of the author and the publishers, from a chapter in M. S. Jamner and D. Stokols's (editors) Promoting Human Wellness: Frontiers for Research, Practice and Policy (2000, University of California Press). An epilogue specially prepared by the author follows. The chapter...

The geneticization of aboriginal diabetes and obesity: adding another scene to the story of the thrifty gene *.
THE THRIFTY GENE THEORY is currently a captivating explanation for the high prevalence of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) among Indigenous peoples globally. Originally proposed in 1962 by population geneticist James V. Neel, the thrifty gene theory is based upon the evolutionary notion that hunter/gatherer populations survived feast and...

Mapping and beyond.
Mapping and Beyond Research into the genetic basis of human life has opened vast new possibilities in genetic medicine. In the future, diagnosis, prevention, and therapy might be routinely tailored to the unique genetic constitution of the individual instead of relying primarily on consideration of the individual case...

Chronic stress steals years from caregivers.
The chronic stress that spouses and children develop while caring for Alzheimer's disease patients may shorten the caregivers' lives by as much as four to eight years, suggests a study from Ohio State University, Columbus. The research provides concrete evidence that the effects of chronic stress can be seen...