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 DNA Information - January 8, 2009
| A new, free, online website is warning visitors of potentially fatal side effects of medications. The Internet program also checks for potential negative interactions with certain foods, over-the-counter medications, natural remedies and negative genetic predispositions associated with hundreds of commonly prescribed medications. Consumers input their medication(s), foods they eat, the results of DNA Drug Reaction Testing, if available, into the site and within seconds are informed of any associated health hazards | | A new study reveals adding garlic to your diet can aid breast cancer prevention. Despite its bad breath effect, garlic wards off carcinogens produced by cooking meat and other protein-rich foods at high temperatures. Previous research has shown a connection between diets high in cooked protein-rich foods and a chemical called PhIP, a suspected carcinogen. Women who eat large quantities of meat have been shown to have higher incidences of breast cancer | | Genetic material previously called "junk" DNA because it does not contain the instructions for protein-coding genes and appears to have little or no function, is actually critically important to an organism's evolutionary survival. Peter Andolfatto, an assistant professor of biology at University California in San Diego, says the non-coding regions play an important role in maintaining an organism's genetic integrity | | St. Louis, MO (AHN) An international team of researchers has partially unraveled the genetic details of a mysterious disorder that formerly caused seizures and death in infant boys within one month of birth | | Scientists have discovered a gene that appears to contribute to some cases of Tourette's syndrome | |
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