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histocompatibility - The degree to which tissue from one organism is tolerated by the immune system of another organism. [FAO]

News archive for histocompatibility.

Research identifies new genes linked with MS  -  Jul 29, 2007
Reuters India,Until now, the only genetic link identified with MS was the major histocompatibility complex, or MHC, a large cluster of genes essential to the immune

Secret codes of MS cracked  -  Jul 29, 2007
The Australian,Until now, investigations of the human genome have turned up only a cluster of variants of genes on Chromosome 6, in the so-called Major Histocompatibility

Adaptation To Parasites Drive African Fishes Along Different ...  -  Aug 15, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Some of the genes known to influence mating behavior through olfaction in other vertebrate species are genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC).

First new multiple sclerosis gene found in 30 years  -  Jul 30, 2007
Hindu,The previously discovered multiple sclerosis genes were all located in an area of chromosome 6 involved in the major histocompatibility complex,

Genetic find raises hope for Canada's MS patients  -  Jul 30, 2007
Globe and Mail,Previously, the only genetic link identified with MS was a large cluster of genes essential to the immune system known as the major histocompatibility

Scientists pinpoint 2 DNA variants linked to MS  -  Jul 29, 2007
Newsday,British scientists spotted a large DNA cluster known as MHC -- the major histocompatibility complex -- which is flawed in patients with the condition.

New genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis found  -  Jul 29, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),A link had previously been shown between risk of MS and variations in a set of genes called major histocompatibility complex genes, which encode proteins

Risk genes for multiple sclerosis uncovered  -  Jul 29, 2007
CTV.ca,The only genetic link previously identified is in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), a large cluster of genes responsible for many immune functions

Common variants, common disease  -  Aug 12, 2007
Australian Life Scientist,As others have identified previously, the study found variation due to selection in LCT (lactase) and MHC (major histocompatibility complex),

Full Text  -  Aug 2, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)With the realization more than 20 years ago that major histocompatibility complex class II (MHCII) molecules bound peptides derived largely from

Full Text  -  Aug 2, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)...clonal expansion of a selected lymphocyte whose antigen receptor binds microbial peptide in the context of self major histocompatibility molecules.

Edward Boyse dies  -  Aug 1, 2007
Scientist,They found that the types of odors a mouse has are determined through genetic differences in the major histocompatibility complex, a gene family that is

Research teams uncover risk genes for multiple sclerosis  -  Jul 31, 2007
HULIQ,Until now, the only genetic link identified with MS was in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), a large cluster of genes responsible for many immune

Scientists find major susceptibility genes for multiple sclerosis ...  -  Jul 30, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),The only genetic link for MS previously identified using other techniques is in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), a large cluster of genes

Interventional closure of postpneumonectomy bronchial pleural ...  -  Jul 30, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryThe occluder is small in size, with a definite occluding effect and good histocompatibility. Although the procedure reported here might violate the

Hard on the Nerves  -  Jul 30, 2007
Science Now,About 30 years ago, scientists found a link between MS and certain variants in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), a cluster of genes that help the

New evidence for genetic factors in multiple sclerosis  -  Jul 30, 2007
PHG Foundation,...the IL7RA (interleukin-7 receptor α gene) and the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II region gene within the HLA-DRA locus;

Multiple Sclerosis Gene Uncovered After 30-Year Search  -  Jul 29, 2007
AScribe (press release)..."This is the first MS-associated gene outside of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) that has been confirmed in multiple populations.

Old Suspects Found Guilty — The First Genome Profile of Multiple ...  -  Jul 29, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),A complete genomic screen for multiple sclerosis underscores a role for the major histocompatibility complex. Nat Genet 1996;13:469-471.

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