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'Asthma Risk Gene' Found in African Americans
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Gene variant PYHIN1 was identified as the gene variant most commonly associated with asthma in African Americans. The gene variant, the finding published in the journal Nature Genetics, was identified by a team of United States researchers
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Gene Linked to High Asthma Risk in African-Americans Discovered
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Researchers found a gene, PYHIN1, and its variations may account for a large proportion of asthma risk in people of African descent. In particular, one polymorphism of the gene was 34 percent more likely found in African-American and Afro-Caribbean
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Asthma Gene Unique To African Americans
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Geneticists in the US have identified a new gene uniquely linked to asthma in African Americans; a variant of the gene called PYHIN1 that is absent in European Americans. The new national collaboration also confirmed four other "trans-ethnic" asthma
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Asthma gene found in African Americans – Xinhua


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Asthma gene found in African Americans
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BEIJING, August 1 (Xinhuanet) — US researchers have discovered a genetic mutation unique to African Americans that links to heighten their asthma risk, according to reports published on Sunday in the journal Nature Genetics.
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Gene Increasing Asthma Risk in African-Americans Identified
International Business Times
Researchers have identified a new gene that increases the risk of asthma amongst the African-American population, the first gene variant found specific to asthma risk in blacks. The gene, PYHIN1, was rarely
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Gene discovered that raises asthma risk in blacks – London Free Press

Gene discovered that raises asthma risk in blacks
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US researchers have discovered a genetic mutation unique to African Americans that could help explain why blacks are so susceptible to asthma. (Shutterstock) US researchers have discovered a genetic mutation unique to
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The asthma candidate gene NPSR1 mediates isoform specific downstream signalling – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

The asthma candidate gene NPSR1 mediates isoform specific downstream signalling
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Neuropeptide S Receptor 1 (NPSR1, GPRA, GPR154) was first identified as an asthma candidate gene through positional cloning and has since been replicated as an asthma and allergy susceptibility gene in several independent association studies.

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Minivectors renew gene therapy hopes for lung cancer and asthma treatments – Next Big Future

Minivectors renew gene therapy hopes for lung cancer and asthma treatments
Next Big Future
The ability to get deep in the lungs means that the Minivectors could be a potential treatment for a host of lung diseases, including lung cancer and asthma. These Minivectors, developed in the laboratory of Dr. Lynn Zechiedrich, associate professor of

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EU Marie Curie scientist presents new evidence of ‘asthma gene’ in children – IEWY News

EU Marie Curie scientist presents new evidence of 'asthma gene' in children
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A scientist supported by the European Union's Marie Curie research fund has found new evidence that a specific 'asthma gene' is a cause of the respiratory condition in children. The young German scientist, Michaela Schedel, believes that her findings

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