New genetic risk factors for peanut and food allergy identified
A new study finds that the gene EMSY is linked to a raised risk of peanut and food allergy, and that five other loci may also be involved.
October 13, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: allergy, diet, emsy, food-allergy, gene, loci, loci-may, new-study, on call diets, raised-risk, the-gene
Researchers identify gene that controls soybean seed permeability, calcium content
Purdue University researchers have pinpointed the gene that controls whether soybean seed coats are hard or permeable, a finding that could be used to develop better varieties for southern and…
June 23, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: develop-better, diet, gene, hard-or-permeable, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, pinpointed-the-gene, seed-coats, soybean, the-gene, whether-soybean
Potential nutritional therapy for childhood neurodegenerative disease
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the gene mutation responsible for a particularly severe form of pontocerebellar hypoplasia, a currently incurable neurodegenerative disease affecting children. Based on results in cultured cells, they are hopeful that a nutritional supplement may one day be able to prevent or reverse the condition…
August 6, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: condition, diego-school, gene, identified-the-gene, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, prevent-or-reverse, severe-form, supplement-may, the-gene, university
