Using powerful genetic sequencing technology, a team of investigators, led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, scanned the genome of hundreds of individuals, and discovered those diagnosed with ...
Oct 3, 2013
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Researchers led by a team at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a novel neurodevelopmental disorder associated with mutations or deletions affecting a gene called PAX5. Their findings are published in the journal ...
Jan 31, 2022
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A young girl with severe neurological symptoms finally has a diagnosis, following the discovery by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) of a genetic mutation that likely caused the girl to experience a cascade ...
Jul 23, 2018
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One in five very low-birth-weight, premature infants suffers a life-threatening brain hemorrhage, often originating in a vital region known as the germinal matrix. In a recently published study in the journal Developmental ...
Mar 13, 2018
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A small regulatory RNA called microRNA-155 appears to play a key role in the brain inflammation that helps foster Parkinson's disease. This finding, using a mouse model, implicates microRNA-155 as both a potential therapeutic ...
Feb 24, 2016
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Genes may now be deleted without creating a scar in certain strains of Escherichia coli and other microorganisms, thanks to A*STAR researchers. The technique makes it easier to string together several genetic engineering ...
Sep 25, 2015
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A risk gene for dyslexia is associated with impairments in visual motion detection, according to a study published May 27 in The Journal of Neuroscience.
May 26, 2015
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This study suggests that genetically engineered malaria parasites that are stunted through precise gene deletions (genetically attenuated parasites, or "GAP") could be used as a vaccine that protects against malaria infection. ...
Sep 11, 2013
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Researchers have defined the gene responsible for a rare developmental disorder in children. The team showed that rare variation in a gene involved in brain development causes the disorder. This is the first time that this ...
Nov 29, 2012
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A genetic screening approach to studying bone disease has found nine new genes associated with bone health and suggests a new way to discover genes that may be implicated in human skeletal diseases. A collaborative study ...
Aug 2, 2012
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