News tagged with skin disorders

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 May 10, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Discovery of gene mutation causing Sturge-Weber syndrome, port-wine stain birthmarks offers new hope

In new findings published on May 8, 2013 in the New England Journal of Medicine (Epub ahead of print), researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute reveal the discovery of the cause – a genetic mutation that occurs before ...

Genetics May 08, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0