A study released Sunday in the online issue of Nature Genetics reveals that a team of international researchers discover that a specific gene on chromosome 15 regulates inflammation, a finding with implications for a wide range of disorders, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer's, and infections.

"Practically every common disease involves an inflammation component," says John Blangero, Ph.D., a scientist at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio and the paper's senior author

Researchers find that children with obsessive-compulsive disorder are more likely to have antibodies associated with streptococcal infection than those without the disorder.

The joint Institute of Psychiatry and Institute of Neurology team says that more research is needed

Researchers find that children with obsessive-compulsive disorder are more likely to have antibodies associated with streptococcal infection than those without the disorder.

The joint Institute of Psychiatry and Institute of Neurology team says that more research is needed

A collaboration of 24 leading human geneticists will look at TB, heart disease, type 1 and 2 diabetes, arthritis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, bipolar disorder and hypertension, in hopes to gain a better understanding of who is at risk, and the development of new treatments.

Researchers in the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC) will analyze over 19,000 DNA samples - 2,000 from patients with each disease, which will be compared with 3,000 samples from healthy people to identify the genetic differences between them

A collaboration of 24 leading human geneticists will look at TB, heart disease, type 1 and 2 diabetes, arthritis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, bipolar disorder and hypertension, in hopes to gain a better understanding of who is at risk, and the development of new treatments.

Researchers in the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC) will analyze over 19,000 DNA samples - 2,000 from patients with each disease which will be compared with 3,000 samples from healthy people to identify the genetic differences between them