Sex-specific pruning of neuronal synapses in Caenorhabditis elegans AUTHORS: Meital Oren-Suissa, Emily A. Bayer & Oliver Hobert “Nematode worms have sex specific circuits in their brains that cause the males and females to act differently.” An NIH-funded (NINDS) study at Columbia University explores how sexually dimorphic connections arise in the worm nervous system. The worms […]
brain, Brain Sex Differences, Evolution, Genetics, Neurololgy
Gender-Specific Molecular and Clinical Features Underlie Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma AUTHORS: ASSUNTA DE RIENZO, MICHAEL A. ARCHER, BEOW Y. YEAP, ET. AL ABSTRACT: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive cancer that occurs more frequently in men, but is associated with longer survival in women. Insight into the survival advantage of female patients may advance the […]
Cancer, Genetics, Mesothelioma, Oncology, Personalized Medicine, PulmonologyGender-Specific Molecular and Clinical Features Underlie Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma AUTHORS: ASSUNTA DE RIENZO, MICHAEL A. ARCHER, BEOW Y. YEAP, ET. AL A recent study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and published in the Journal of Cancer Research explores gender differences in Mesothelioma. Different genetic mutations based upon mesothelioma subtypes may help explain the […]
Cancer, Genetics, Mesothelioma, Oncology, Personalized Medicine, PulmonologyA genetic mutation may explain why Alzheimer’s is for Women and Autism is for Men. Some researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel are adding new insights to what has been understood about the causes of autism and Alzheimer’s disease. It turns out that a mutation in a brain protein called ADNP can cause variations in neurologic […]
Alzheimer's, autism, Genetics, psychiatry