Endometrial Cancer risk factors

Endometrial cancer is cancer on the lining of the uterus. In the UK alone, it is known to be the fourth most commonly diagnosed types of cancers. Both the University of Cambridge and Oxford University went to investigate the DNA of 7,000 endometrial cancer patients, and compare their DNA to 37,000 of women who do not have endometrial cancer. From their studies, researchers have found 9 total regions in the DNA that are link to the disease. Interestingly enough 7 out of the 9 regions were already known to cause other types of cancers. Yet, only each factor may only increase the patients chances of being diagnosed increase by 10-15%.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160503104153.htm

Social Behavior can be Inherited

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/science/genes-play-major-role-in-primate-social-behavior-study-finds.html?_r=0



 

Scientists Susanne Shultz, Christopher Opie and Quentin Atkinson from Oxford University have found that social behavior and role can be inherited. Their hypothesis for the study was that Primate species tended to have the same social structure as their close relatives, regardless of how and where they live. This theory goes against the previous one that related species living in different environments should display a variety of social structures. They did this by looking at a primate family tree of 217 primate species whose social organization was known. They found their hypothesis true. For example many of the Old World monkeys such as baboons and macaques lived in several different places around the world and eat different foods. They all generally have the same social systems which suggests that their common ancestry and the inherited genes that shape behavior are a stronger influence than ecology on their social structure.

 

Findings of the Scientists at Oxford

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7372/full/nature10601.html