News tagged with genetic causes
Related topics: genes , genetic variation , genetic mutations , intellectual disability
Higher maternal age predicts risk of autism
In a study published in the May 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, led by Mr. Sven Sandin, of the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and King's College London, researchers analyz ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Rare muscular dystrophy gene mutations discovered
(Medical Xpress) -- Research co-led by Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has revealed gene mutations that account for 15 per cent of all babies born with Walker-Warburg ...
Genetics
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Computer-designed molecules point to new therapy for cystic fibrosis
By developing software that uses 3-D models of proteins involved in cystic fibrosis, a team of scientists at Duke University has identified several new molecules that may ease the symptoms of the disease.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 19, 2012 |
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New lab mice cut search for genetic links to disease by more than a decade
With a 95 percent genomic similarity to humans, mice have long been used to learn about the genetic causes of human disease. Once researchers can shine a light on the genetic factors that cause disease in mice, they can start ...
Genetics
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Genetic causes found in nearly 1 in 5 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy heart failure
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have identified genetic causes in nearly 1 in 5 patients who suffer a type of heart failure called dilated cardiomyopathy.
Cardiology
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Smokers could be more prone to schizophrenia, study finds
Smoking alters the impact of a schizophrenia risk gene. Scientists from the universities of Zurich and Cologne demonstrate that healthy people who carry this risk gene and smoke process acoustic stimuli in a similarly deficient ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Researchers ID gene behind primary cervical dystonia, a neck-twisting disorder
Researchers have identified a gene that causes adult-onset primary cervical dystonia, an often-painful condition in which patients' necks twist involuntarily. The discovery by a team from the Jacksonville, Fla., campus of ...
Genetics
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Higher risk of autism among certain immigrant groups
A major register study from Karolinska Institutet shows that children born to certain groups of immigrants had an increased risk of developing autism with intellectual disability. The study includes all children in Stockholm ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Genetic mutation implicated in 'broken' heart
For decades, researchers have sought a genetic explanation for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a weakening and enlargement of the heart that puts an estimated 1.6 million Americans at risk of heart failure each year. ...
Genetics
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Metabolic profiles essential for personalizing cancer therapy
One way to tackle a tumor is to take aim at the metabolic reactions that fuel their growth. But a report in the February Cell Metabolism shows that one metabolism-targeted cancer therapy will not fit all. That means that m ...
Cancer
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Research team discovers genes and disease mechanisms behind a common form of muscular dystrophy
Continuing a series of groundbreaking discoveries begun in 2010 about the genetic causes of the third most common form of inherited muscular dystrophy, an international team of researchers led by a scientist at Fred Hutchinson ...
Cancer
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Researchers identify genetic mutation responsible for most cases of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a gene mutation that underlies the vast majority of cases of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, a rare form of lymphoma that has eluded all previous ...
Cancer
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Potential new drug target in Lou Gehrig's disease
Two proteins conspire to promote a lethal neurological disease, according to a study published online this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Biotech start-up brings DNA-sequencing to the medical market
What started back in 2004 as a three-person start-up may well be on its way to becoming a multi-million euro success story. Advanced by a team of young Dutch scientists pushing disruptive biotech innovations onto the market, ...
Genetics
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Biologists use flies, mice to study Down syndrome
A novel study involving fruit flies and mice has allowed biologists to identify two critical genes responsible for congenital heart defects in individuals with Down syndrome, a major cause of infant mortality ...
Genetics
Nov 04, 2011 |
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