Genetics
North Texas girl to become first patient to receive treatment for rare genetic disorder
An 11-year-old from Rowlett is set to make medical history as the first person in the world to receive treatment for NARS1.
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Common genetic variants help determine heart failure risk, study finds
Screening for common genetic variants in addition to rare genetic variants can help improve patient risk stratification for heart failure, according to a recent study published in Nature Genetics led by investigators at Northwestern ...
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When a gene quality-control mechanism fails, abnormal RNA strands may contribute to cancer and neurodegeneration
Failure of a gene-reading quality-control mechanism called Integrator leaves cells littered with abnormal RNA strands that increase cell stress and may contribute to diseases such as cancer and neurodegeneration, a new study ...
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers recommend new standard of care for families with hereditary neuroblastoma linked to ALK mutation
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) highlighted the success of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibition therapy in treating hereditary neuroblastoma, a rare subset of a common childhood cancer. Researchers ...
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African women at higher risk of pre-eclampsia—a dangerous pregnancy complication
Pre-eclampsia is a danger to pregnant women. It's a complication characterized by high blood pressure and organ damage, arising during the second half of pregnancy, in labor or in the first week after delivery.
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