http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Researchers have identified a new disorder caused by a genetic mutation that leads to short sightedness and deafness. They say the new link between the two sensory problems could lead to better understanding of the disease mechanism of each. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-mutation-short-sightedness-loss.html Genetics Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:31:11 EST news284628664 While autism clearly runs in some families, few inherited genetic causes have been found. A major reason is that these causes are so varied that it's hard to find enough people with a given mutation to establish a clear pattern. Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have pinpointed several inherited mutations—among the first to be identified—through an unusual approach: using whole-exome sequencing to study large Middle Eastern families with autism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-whole-exome-sequencing-inherited-mutations-autism.html Autism spectrum disorders Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:00:01 EST news278160862 An international team of geneticists, pediatricians, surgeons and epidemiologists from 23 institutions across three continents has identified two areas of the human genome associated with the most common form of non-syndromic craniosynostosis ― premature closure of the bony plates of the skull. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-basis-birth-defect-premature-skull.html Genetics Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:00:09 EST news272463188