Health
Genetic testing moves into world of employee health
Your employer may one day help determine if your genes are why your jeans have become too snug.
Apr 28, 2015
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Neuroscience
Learning disabilities commonly found in Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome can now be investigated in the lab
Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome is a rare genetic disease. Patients typically suffer from several handicaps and physical symptoms and often struggle with cognitive deficits from childhood on. One gene (MLL1) has been recently ...
Apr 2, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mood, anxiety disorders common in Tourette patients, emerge at a young age
A new study of Tourette syndrome (TS) led by researchers from UC San Francisco and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found that nearly 86 percent of patients who seek treatment for TS will be diagnosed with a second ...
Mar 9, 2015
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Genetics
Karyomapping offers new way of detecting genetic conditions in IVF embryos
New research at the University of Kent has identified karyomapping as a viable and cost-effective method of detecting a wide range of genetic diseases in IVF embryos.
Jan 9, 2015
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Medical research
Molecule for Fragile X Syndrome treatment receives orphan designation
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted "orphan designation" to BMS 204352, a molecule developed by the CNRS to treat Fragile X Syndrome, a rare genetic disease for which there exists no treatment. Protocol assistance ...
Nov 17, 2014
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Genetics
Clues to genetics of congenital heart defects emerge from Down syndrome study
Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormality in humans, involving a third copy of all or part of chromosome 21. In addition to intellectual disability, individuals with Down syndrome have a high risk of congenital ...
Oct 24, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic test would help 'cut bowel cancer spread'
Screening families of patients with bowel cancer for a genetic condition would cut their risk of developing bowel, womb, and ovarian cancers, new research has found.
Sep 30, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First screen for genetic risk factors of IBS in the general population
In the largest gene-hunting effort ever conducted in irritable bowel syndrome, IBS, researchers have found that some regions in the genome may be associated with an increased risk of developing the disease. The results from ...
Sep 24, 2014
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Babies with Down syndrome could help delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease is typically a disease of later life, and age is the biggest known risk factor for the condition. But babies with Down syndrome, who always develop brains like those with Alzheimer's later in life, don't ...
Jul 3, 2014
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Genetics
Severe scoliosis linked to rare mutations
Children with rare mutations in two genes are about four times more likely to develop severe scoliosis than their peers with normal versions of the genes, scientists have found. The research at Washington University School ...
Jun 13, 2014
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