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Researchers are one step closer to being able to perform so-called therapeutic cloning in mice.
The research, which will be published in the April 27 issue of Science, is a joint effort between investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and The Rockefeller University. A variant in a gene involved in blood vessel narrowing seems to offer the Chuvash people, who live along Volga river in Russia, some protection against type 2 diabetes, Russian scientists said Thursday. But if carriers of the gene do develop the disease, they could have more serious diabetes-related complications, the researchers report. The ability to use genetic information to predict which diseases a person is likely to contract over a lifetime can serve as a valuable motivating tool to change unhealthy habits. People found to have an inherited risk for heart disease, for instance, might decide to get off the couch and onto the treadmill, or order fish instead of steak.