Scientists uncover genetic evidence that ‘we are what we eat’
Researchers have demonstrated that the diets of organisms can affect the DNA sequences of their genes. Scientists uncover genetic evidence that ‘we are what we eat’
Read MoreStunned scientists finally admit Japan’s high life expectancy linked to diet, not genes
Date August 17, 2016 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Aging, Diet, Science
To live a long, disease-free life is a dream we all have. While life expectancy has been slowly on the rise in developed countries, being free of diseases and disability, unfortunately, doesn’t follow the same trend. Stunned scientists finally admit Japan’s high life expectancy linked to diet, not genes
Read MoreExercise genes? Study suggests certain people with depression may benefit from exercise
Date June 16, 2016 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Brain/Mental Health, Exercise, Fitness, Sports, Etc
Call it personalized medicine for depression—but the prescription in this case is exercise, which University of Florida Health researchers have found helps people with certain genetic traits. Exercise genes? Study suggests certain people with depression may benefit from exercise
Read MoreComplete Genes May Pass from Food to Human Blood
Date May 7, 2016 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Food and More, Other Human Health Conditions
Our bloodstream is considered to be an environment well separated from the outside world and the digestive tract. According to the standard paradigm large macromolecules consumed with food cannot pass directly to the circulatory system. Complete Genes May Pass from Food to Human Blood
Read MoreThose Monsanto genes
Date November 24, 2015 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Products, Health Dangers, Etc, Toxins, Pollution, Contaminants, Chemicals, Etc
This information was sent to me by a colleague Rose Stevens in Canada. Not only did I think it was very clever, especially the anonymous graphic above, but the narrative that came with it. I don’t know whom to thank for this information other than the person who emailed it to me. So, I’m using […]
Read MoreListening to classical music modulates genes that are responsible for brain functions
Date May 13, 2015 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Brain/Mental Health, Music, Television, Technology, Etc
Although listening to music is common in all societies, the biological determinants of listening to music are largely unknown. According to a latest study, listening to classical music enhanced the activity of genes involved in dopamine secretion and transport, synaptic neurotransmission, learning and memory, and down-regulated the genes mediating neurodegeneration. Several of the up-regulated genes […]
Read MoreDiesel exhaust can mutate your genes, study finds
Date February 24, 2015 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Energy, Fuel, Power, Wind, Etc
Researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Vancouver Coastal Health have discovered that not only can exposure to diesel exhaust give asthmatics headaches and itchy eyes, but — more poignant to their study — it can alter genes on a micro level. After just two hours of exposure to diesel exhaust fumes, study […]
Read MoreMix of bacteria in gut may depend more on diet than genes
Date January 17, 2015 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Diet, Weight Health
Genes are important, but diet may be even more important in determining the relative abundance of the hundreds of health-shaping bacterial species comprising an individual’s gut microbiota, according to UC San Francisco scientists whose latest mouse experiments to probe this nature-versus-nurture balance were published online December 18, 2014 in Cell Host and Microbe. Mix of […]
Read MoreEating your greens can change the effect of your genes on heart disease, say researchers
Date October 12, 2011 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Cardiovascular Health, Food and More
A long-held mantra suggests that you can’t change your family, the genes they pass on, or the effect of these genes. Now, an international team of scientists, led by researchers at McMaster and McGill universities, is attacking that belief. Eating your greens can change the effect of your genes on heart disease, say researchers
Read MoreTwo genes linked to why telomeres stretch in cancer cells
Date September 13, 2011 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Cancer
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have provided more clues to one of the least understood phenomena in some cancers: why the “ends caps” of cellular DNA, called telomeres, lengthen instead of shorten. Two genes linked to why telomeres stretch in cancer cells
Read MoreNestlé Partners with King’s College London on Food and Gene Research
Date September 7, 2011 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Food and More
Genetic Modification of any kind is unsafe, birth defect causing (initially or cumulatively) and shortens life span for PROFIT$. When reading this press announcement from the largest food company on the globe this is a strategic attempt to mitigate irrefutable evidence that genetic modification harms and kills. ~ Uncle Russ Summary:Due to begin later this […]
Read MoreHappiness is not a slave to genes, personality
Date January 16, 2011 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Emotional Health
Choices and behaviors influence long term happiness, despite individual genetic and personality traits, a study finds. Happiness is not a slave to genes, personality
Read MoreU.S. Says Genes Should Not Be Eligible for Patents
Date November 19, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Science
Reversing a longstanding policy, the federal government said on Friday that human and other genes should not be eligible for patents because they are part of nature. The new position could have a huge impact on medicine and on the biotechnology industry. U.S. Says Genes Should Not Be Eligible for Patents
Read MorePatenting part of yourself
Date September 18, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Science
Investors in pharmaceutical, medical and biotechnological industries should not be able to patent genes that are identical to naturally occurring sequences, according to an ANU biotechnology patent expert. Patenting part of yourself
Read MoreThe taste of quinine: It’s in your bitter genes
Date August 6, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Science
Plants CURE, Drugs KILL. ~ Uncle Russ Some people find quinine to be bitter while others can drink it like water. Now, scientists from the Monell Center and collaborators report that individual differences in how people experience quinine’s bitterness are related to underlying differences in their genes. The taste of quinine: It’s in your bitter […]
Read MoreGenes and Pesticide Exposure Interact to Increase Men’s Risk for Parkinson’s Disease
Date June 17, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Men's Health, Other Human Health Conditions, Products, Health Dangers, Etc, Toxins, Pollution, Contaminants, Chemicals, Etc
PESTICIDES, INSECTICIDES, HERBICIDES & Genetic Modification in highly processed food and beverage are the leading cause of these cancers. ~ Uncle Russ ScienceDaily (June 14, 2010) — Genetic mutations and workplace exposure to some insecticides together appear to be associated with an increased risk for Parkinson’s disease among men, according to a report in the June […]
Read MoreTibetans Developed Genes to Help Them Adapt to Life at High Elevations
Date May 16, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Science
These genes do not protect however against genocidal EVIL Red Chinese LIARS, THIEVES, and CROOKS. ~ Uncle Russ ScienceDaily (May 15, 2010) — Researchers have long wondered why the people of the Tibetan Highlands can live at elevations that cause some humans to become life-threateningly ill — and a new study answers that mystery, in […]
Read MoreBelly fat or hip fat — it really is all in your genes, says UT Southwestern researcher
Date May 16, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Weight Health
Not true – it is the HFCS! ~ Uncle Russ The age-old question of why men store fat in their bellies and women store it in their hips may have finally been answered: Genetically speaking, the fat tissue is almost completely different. Belly fat or hip fat — it really is all in your genes, […]
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