Vitamin B12 deficiency: Tracking the genetic causes
Vitamin B12 is essential to human health. However, some people have inherited conditions that leave them unable to process vitamin B12. As a result they are prone to serious health problems, including developmental delay, ...
Genetics
Aug 26, 2012 |
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Manipulating the microbiome could help manage weight
Vaccines and antibiotics may someday join caloric restriction or bariatric surgery as a way to regulate weight gain, according to a new study focused on the interactions between diet, the bacteria that live in the bowel, ...
Immunology
Aug 26, 2012 |
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Study of zebra fish mouth formation may speak to Fraser syndrome hearing loss
Using mutant zebra fish, researchers studying the earliest formation of cartilage of the mouth believe they may have gotten a look at a mechanism involved in a genetic defect linked to Fraser syndrome deafness in humans.
Genetics
Jul 31, 2012 |
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Gene therapy holds promise for reversing congenital hearing loss
A new gene therapy approach can reverse hearing loss caused by a genetic defect in a mouse model of congenital deafness, according to a preclinical study published by Cell Press in the July 26 issue of the journal Neuron. The fi ...
Neuroscience
Jul 25, 2012 |
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European court urged not to accredit Down's syndrome tests
Groups supporting people with Down's syndrome on Thursday called on the European Court of Human Rights not to recognise the right to tests that would detect the condition before birth.
Other
Jun 28, 2012 |
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New compound holds promise for treating Duchenne MD, other inherited diseases
Scientists at UCLA have identified a new compound that could treat certain types of genetic disorders in muscles. It is a big first step in what they hope will lead to human clinical trials for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Genetics
Jun 27, 2012 |
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New mouse model helps explain gene discovery in congenital heart disease
Scientists now have clues to how a gene mutation discovered in families affected with congenital heart disease leads to underdevelopment of the walls that separate the heart into four chambers. A Nationwide Children's Hospital ...
Genetics
Jun 26, 2012 |
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Prenatal genetic test offers more information, raises questions
The latest advance in prenatal genetic testing purports to offer parents more detailed information than ever about the child they are expecting. But for some, the new answers could lead to another round of questions.
Genetics
Jun 20, 2012 |
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Brain cell activity imbalance may account for seizure susceptibility in Angelman syndrome
New research by scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine may have pinpointed an underlying cause of the seizures that affect 90 percent of people with Angelman syndrome (AS), a neurodevelopmental ...
Neuroscience
Jun 06, 2012 |
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Mutations impair childhood growth and development by disrupting organization of chromosome pairs
Researchers studying rare genetic disorders have uncovered insights into those diseases in biological structures that regulate chromosomes when cells divide. Focusing on the cohesin complex, a group of proteins ...
Genetics
May 29, 2012 |
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Protein inhibitor points to potential medical treatments for skull and skin birth defects
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have found new clues in the pathogenesis of skull and skin birth defects associated with a rare genetic disorder, Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome (BSS). Using ...
Pediatrics
May 15, 2012 |
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Vitamin K2: New hope for Parkinson's patients?
Neuroscientist Patrik Verstreken, associated with VIB and KU Leuven, succeeded in undoing the effect of one of the genetic defects that leads to Parkinson's using vitamin K2. His discovery gives hope to Parkinson's patients. ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
May 11, 2012 |
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Evolution's gift may also be at the root of a form of autism
A recently evolved pattern of gene activity in the language and decision-making centers of the human brain is missing in a disorder associated with autism and learning disabilities, a new study by Yale University researchers ...
Genetics
May 10, 2012 |
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Researchers pinpoint genetic pathway of rare facial malformation in children
Researchers at Seattle Children's Research Institute and their collaborators have discovered a pair of defective genes that cause a rare congenital malformation syndrome that can make it impossible for the ...
Pediatrics
May 03, 2012 |
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Growing up as a neural stem cell: The importance of clinging together and then letting go
Can one feel too attached? Does one need to let go to mature? Neural stem cells have this problem, too.
Neuroscience
Apr 25, 2012 |
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