News tagged with genetic disorder
Origin of intelligence, mental illness linked to ancient genetic accident
Scientists have discovered for the first time how humans – and other mammals – have evolved to have intelligence.
Neuroscience
Dec 02, 2012 |
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Strong genetic selection against some psych disorders
(HealthDay)—Different evolutionary mechanisms likely support the persistence of various psychiatric disorders, according to a study published in the January issue of JAMA Psychiatry.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 05, 2013 |
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Molecular 'on-off' switch for Parkinson's disease discovered
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation Unit at the University of Dundee have discovered a new molecular switch that acts to protect the brain from developing Parkinson's ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
May 23, 2012 |
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Childhood trauma leaves mark on DNA of some victims
Abused children are at high risk of anxiety and mood disorders, as traumatic experience induces lasting changes to their gene regulation. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich have ...
Neuroscience
Dec 02, 2012 |
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Schizophrenia genetic networks identified: Connection to autism found
Although schizophrenia is highly genetic in origin, the genes involved in the disorder have been difficult to identify. In the past few years, researchers have implicated several genes, but it is unclear how they act to produce ...
Neuroscience
Nov 11, 2012 |
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Genes and their regulatory 'tags' conspire to promote rheumatoid arthritis, study finds
In one of the first genome-wide studies to hunt for both genes and their regulatory "tags" in patients suffering from a common disease, researchers have found a clear role for the tags in mediating genetic ...
Genetics
Jan 20, 2013 |
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Baby's genome deciphered prenatally from parents' lab tests
Scientists have successfully sequenced the genome of a baby in the womb without tapping its protective fluid sac. This non-invasive approach to obtaining the fetal genome is reported in the June 6 issue of ...
Genetics
Jun 06, 2012 |
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Western diet changes gut bacteria and triggers colitis in those at risk
Certain saturated fats that are common in the modern Western diet can initiate a chain of events leading to complex immune disorders such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) in people with a genetic predisposition, according ...
Medical research
Jun 13, 2012 |
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Scientists develop promising therapy for Huntington's disease
(Medical Xpress)—There's new hope in the fight against Huntington's disease. A group of researchers that includes scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley ...
Neuroscience
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Researchers find genetic link to PTSD
(Medical Xpress) -- A team of Swiss and German researchers has found that a certain gene allele can be linked to increased emotional memory retention and because of that appears to be a factor in people who suffer from post ...
Genetics
May 15, 2012 |
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Researchers identify genetic systems disrupted in autistic brain
Autism has a strong genetic basis, but so far efforts to identify the responsible genes have had mixed results. The reason for this is that autism is influenced by many different genes, and different genes are involved in ...
Genetics
May 01, 2012 |
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Molecular knock-out alleviates Alzheimer's symptoms in mice
Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have identified an enzyme as a possible target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The protein ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Nov 30, 2012 |
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Sickle cells show potential to attack aggressive cancer tumors
By harnessing the very qualities that make sickle cell disease a lethal blood disorder, a research team led by Duke Medicine and Jenomic, a private cancer research company in Carmel, Calif., has developed ...
Cancer
Jan 09, 2013 |
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Cellular bells: Key step in manufacture of red blood cells decoded
A healthy adult must generate as many as one hundred billion new red blood cells each day, to maintain the numbers circulating in his blood. A team of EPFL researchers has identified a key step in the process by which red ...
Medical research
Mar 14, 2013 |
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Telomere shortening affects muscular dystrophy gene
(Medical Xpress)—Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a genetic disorder that causes the muscles of the upper body to waste away. It is unusual in that symptoms do not usually appear until sufferers are in their ...
Genetics
May 06, 2013 |
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Genetic disorder
A genetic disorder is an illness caused by abnormalities in genes or chromosomes. While some diseases, such as cancer, are due in part to a genetic disorders, they can also be caused by environmental factors. Most disorders are quite rare and affect one person in every several thousands or millions. Some types of recessive gene disorders confer an advantage in the heterozygous state in certain environments. A haploid cell has only one set of chromosomes. A diploid cell has two sets of chromosomes. In human, the somatic cells are diploid, and the gametes are haploid.
Genetic diseases are typically diagnosed and treated by geneticists. Genetic counselors assist the physicians and directly counsel patients.[citation needed]
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