Department of Human Genetics | University of Chicago

John Novembre, Ph.D.

Dan — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:01:56 +0000

Childhood asthma tied to combination of genes and wheezing illness

Dan — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:07:42 +0000

About 90 percent of children with two copies of a common genetic variation and who wheezed when they caught a cold early in life later developed asthma by age 6, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Humans and chimps share genetic strategy in battle against pathogens

Dan — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:18:14 +0000

A study led by Molly Przeworski, PhD, professor of human genetics and of ecology and evolution, showed at least six regions of the genome where humans and chimpanzees share the same combination of genetic variants.

D. Allan Drummond, Ph.D.

Dan — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:31:36 +0000

Human Blood Types Found in Ancient Primate Ancestors

Dan — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:30:28 +0000

Scientists at the University of Chicago collaborated on a recent study published in PNAS tracing the ABO-histo blood group in early human primates.

Preceperi.com
PNAS.org

Lynch, Vincent J.

Dan — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:09:48 +0000

Male Fertility Genes Discovered

Dan — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:23:51 +0000

Genes in charge of making sperm cells may be the key to understanding male infertility and even developing male contraception, two new studies indicate. Carole Ober, PhD, professor in the department of human genetics at the University of Chicago, studied male fertility with graduate student Gulum Kosova.

The Himalayan Times
Science Daily
RedOrbit

New Mechanism for Anxiety Disorder Found

Dan — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:17:13 +0000

According to a new study led by Abraham Palmer, PhD, assistant professor at the department of human genetics at the University of Chicago Medicine, Glo1 gene numbers were causally related to anxiety-like behavior, rather than merely correlated.

Medical Daily
PsychCentral
Science Daily
Medical Xpress

First Study to Demonstrate Link Between Social Status and Genetic Regulation in Primates

Dan — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:55:19 +0000

Yoav Gilad, PhD, associate professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago Medicine, and Jenny Tung, postdoctoral researcher at the time, discovered that dominance ranking affects genetic regulation in captive rhesus macaque monkeys.

NYTimes
BBC News
Nature
Economist
News-Medical

Prehistoric proteins: Raising the dead

Dan — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:15:00 +0000

To dissect evolution, Joe Thornton, PhD, professor of human genetics and evolution & ecology at the University of Chicago, resurrects proteins that have been extinct for many millions of years. His findings rebut creationists and challenge polluters.
Nature