O gene da impotência?

Maybe so:
https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/lifestyle/1094559/identificado-gene-que-aumenta-risco-de-impotencia-nos-homens

Citando:
"pesquisa publicada no periódico científico Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a genética poderá ser outro elemento determinante que influencia a manifestação em certos indivíduos da disfunção erétil.

Os cientistas apuraram que variações no gene SIM1 estão associadas a um risco maior de 26% de impotência."

Gene associado a desordens ao nível do colesterol

... que se não forem tratadas (com estatinas desde cedo) podem levar a morte prematura:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15106022.Gene_puts_thousands_at_risk_of_early_heart_attack_death/

Citando:
"The British Heart Foundation is calling for improved screening to pinpoint those affected by the inherited condition, known as familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), after new estimates indicated the genetic defect is more common in Scottish children than type one diabetes and is likely to affect around 21,000 people in Scotland."
(...)
"FH causes abnormally high levels of cholesterol in a person’s blood, meaning that otherwise healthy individuals are at a much greater risk of having a heart attack at a young age.

Without treatment, people with FH can die prematurely in their 20s, 30s or 40s. Each child of a parent who has FH has a 50 per cent chance of inheriting the condition.

Early treatment with statins can bring a carrier’s life expectancy back to that of someone without the condition. However, the BHF warns that people are needlessly dying because most people are not diagnosed and treated for the condition, despite one of the faulty genes responsible for the majority of FH cases first being discovered 30 years ago."

Gene FOXD1 e o risco acrescido de complicações na gravidez

Mais uma pista genética: gene FOXD1
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3850968/Is-miscarriage-gene-Women-specific-mutation-higher-risk-losing-baby.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Gene associado ao consumo de café

Estudo associa gene a consumo de café (capacidade de lidar com a cafeína):
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=123006YEY6BX


Citando:
"The authors report that among more than 1,200 people living in Italy, those with the genetic variant PDSS2 tend to drink one fewer cup of coffee per day then those without the variation.
Further analysis revealed that expression of the PDSS2 gene appears to inhibit the body's ability to break down caffeine. If that's the case, people with this variant would require less coffee to get a strong caffeine jolt because the caffeine would linger in their system for a longer time."

Gene dos ruivos e cancro da pele

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2016/07July/Pages/Secret-ginger-gene-may-increase-skin-cancer-risk-for-millions.aspx


Citando:
"Research suggests that carrying just one copy of a variant of the MC1R gene (having two copies causes red hair) increases skin cancer risk, even for people without red hair.
The variant is called an R allele, people who have two R allele variants tend to have ginger hair, pale skin, freckles and burn easily in the sun. These people are known to be at higher risk of skin cancer; both non-melanoma and melanoma."

Mutação de gene associada a certo tipo de Esclerose Múltipla

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36416531
Citando:
"The mutation is in a gene called NR1H3, which makes a protein that acts as a switch controlling inflammation.
In MS the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the protective layer of myelin that surrounds nerve fibres in the brain and spinal cord, leading to muscle weakness and other symptoms."
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"The researchers believe stopping the inflammation early might prevent or delay the disease. They already have drugs in mind that might do this by targeting the NR1H3 gene pathway.
These drugs are in development for other diseases, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes."
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"[This MS] variant itself is rare and most people with MS won't have it. "

Melhor compreensão do gene BRCA1

Mais estudos sobre o gene BRCA1 (associado a maior probabilidade de ter cancro da mama):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/hope-breast-cancer-sufferers-after-8084866

Esquizofrenia e ADN

Scientists find gene fault that raises schizophrenia risk 35-fold:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3491780/Scientists-gene-fault-raises-schizophrenia-risk-35-fold.html