Using blood samples to study diseases that originate in the brain is a difficulty faced by psychiatric genetics in the search for markers of mental health disorders. Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) ...
May 2, 2023
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Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified a genetic variant that increases people's risk of developing perianal Crohn's disease, the most debilitating manifestation of Crohn's disease.
Apr 20, 2023
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Even as biomedical engineer Anirban Sen Gupta refines artificial platelets to stem traumatic bleeding, he and his colleagues are seeking new uses for their synthetic solution.
Apr 18, 2023
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Researchers have created the largest atlas of post-zygotic genome mutations in healthy human tissue ever assembled—a scientific advancement that could unlock new avenues for diagnosing and treating genetic disease. It is ...
Apr 13, 2023
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Alagille syndrome, a genetic disease estimated to affect 1 in 30,000 individuals, is caused by mutations in the gene JAG1 in most cases. The mutations affect multiple organs including the liver where it often results in cholestasis, ...
Apr 7, 2023
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Improving communication among death investigators, health care professionals and family members after a relative's sudden cardiac death may help relatives understand the cause of death and influence their decision to seek ...
Apr 4, 2023
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What if doctors could break down conditions like autism into their key symptoms, map these symptoms to "hotspots" in the brain, and then treat those areas directly with brain stimulation? If it bears out, such an approach ...
Mar 31, 2023
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A cornea transplant, or keratoplasty, is an operation to replace part of the cornea with corneal tissue from a donor. The cornea is the transparent, dome-shaped surface of the eye. Light enters the eye through the cornea.
Mar 30, 2023
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A simple vitamin could successfully treat a rare but potentially fatal genetic disease, according to research led by a Concordia undergraduate student.
Mar 7, 2023
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In the U.K., disparities in mortality risk factors exist between ethnic groups, with differences in overall mortality, top causes of mortality and individual mortality risk factors, according to a new study published this ...
Feb 23, 2023
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