Icelandic biotech firm DeCODEme, the company which first identified the gene associated with prostate cancer, launched its own service last November.
Associated Press writer Gene Johnson in Seattle contributed to this report.
They found that mutations in this gene were associated with elite sprinters, both male and female.
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In one of the largest-ever studies of genetics and autism, researchers have identified 24 new gene variants associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
But a giant new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology looks at 55, 000 people from 19 studies and finds no heart risk associated with the Celera gene, called KIF6, at all.
"There is a gene that seems to be associated with adventure-seeking behavior, " says Putnam.
They found a gene called SI00A4 was strongly associated with tumours in very young children.
It is hoped that gene therapy will have fewer associated side effects by targeting cancer cells.
But all act as markers that may be associated with different alleles of the same gene.
Associated Press writers Donna Gordon Blankinship and Gene Johnson in Seattle, and Terry Tang in Phoenix also contributed to this report.
In March, Oxford University researchers pinpointed variations of a gene that controls dopamine, a brain chemical associated with feelings of pleasure, as playing a key role in smoking addiction.
Myriad has used its patents to develop its BRACAnalysis test looks for mutations on the breast cancer predisposition gene, or BRCA. Those mutations are associated with much greater risks of breast and ovarian cancer.
The paper in PNAS suggests that the actual positioning of the motifs is associated with small RNA molecules that are involved with a process called post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS).
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All you do is send in a cheek swab with DNA on it, and a few weeks later a variety of gene data will be posted on the Web, including whether you have genes recently discovered to be associated with risk for heart attacks, macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetes, prostate cancer, breast cancer and a variety of other diseases (see: www.decodeme.com).
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