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		<title>Elongator: Insights into Neurological Disorders</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A striking discovery in medical genetics is that some apparently disparate diseases may have similar underlying genetic dysfunctions. Take for example, familial dysautonomia (FD), described in Slaugenhaupt et al. (2001): The loss of neuronal function in FD has many repercussions, with patients displaying gastrointestinal dysfunction, abnormal respiratory responses to hypoxic and hypercarbic states, scoliosis, gastroesophageal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Migraines and Depression, or, How to Uncover Genetic Links Without Using DNA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first step in understanding a genetic disease is learning to which extent genetics play a role in it&#8217;s development, i.e. Is is really a genetic disease? For many illnesses, it&#8217;s not entirely clear what role genetics versus environment play, or how complex their interaction is. There are several tests geneticists can use to uncover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CETP: The Cure for What Ails You</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CETP is a gene that has been the darling of medical genetics for some time. It&#8217;s latest foray into health matters is what appears to be an association between a specific variant (read allele) and a decreased incidence of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease (AD). So before I get into the newest research, let&#8217;s take a look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease: Detecting Amyloid Plaques</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In studying the molecular changes leading to Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease (AD), researchers have focused on the presence of Amyloid plaques in the brain. Plaques are dense deposits of proteins found in the brains of AD patients but less frequently in healthy brains. A major constituent of these plaques is the protein beta-Amyloid. Dissecting the significance of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rule no. 1: Correlation is not Causation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to use the publication of an article entitled It’s in your genes: The connection between addiction and other disorders to point out how very misleading and incorrect interpretation of scientific studies can be. When studying the genetic causes of a disease, it&#8217;s very useful to know the heritability of that disease. That is, [...]]]></description>
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