News tagged with rare genetic disease


Investigating devastating childhood diseases just got easier

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPScs) from the skin of patients with Dravet syndrome (DS) show Dravet-like functional impairment when they are converted into neurons, finds research in BioMed Central's open ...

Medical research created May 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stem cell researchers move toward treatment for rare genetic nerve disease

(Medical Xpress)—UCLA researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to advance disease-in-a-dish modeling of a rare genetic ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New approaches in treating complicated childhood polycystic kidney disease

A collaborative team of physician-scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute has developed a new evidence-based, clinical algorithm to help physicians treat ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A cautionary tale on genome-sequencing diagnostics for rare diseases

Children born with rare, inherited conditions known as Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation, or CDG, have mutations in one of the many enzymes the body uses to decorate its proteins and cells with sugars. Properly diagnosing ...

Genetics created May 10, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast