Medical research
Reprogramming gut bacteria as 'living therapeutics'
An MIT spinout, Synlogic, is aiming to create a new class of medicines, by re-programming bacteria found in the gut as "living therapeutics."
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Autism spectrum disorders
Autism genes are in all of us, new research reveals
New light has been shed on the genetic relationship between autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and ASD-related traits in the wider population, by a team of international researchers including academics from the University ...
Mar 21, 2016
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Autism spectrum disorders
Mouse model yields possible treatment for autism-like symptoms in rare disease
About half of children born with Jacobsen syndrome, a rare inherited disease, experience social and behavioral issues consistent with autism spectrum disorders. Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of ...
Mar 16, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Improving newborn screenings and care for rare diseases
The birth of a new child is an exciting, anxiety-inducing, life-changing event. Among the flurry of physical health tests and introductions to your new family addition, your child is screened for a litany of rare diseases ...
Mar 3, 2016
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Medical research
Breakthrough leads to a potential drug for a rare disease for a treatment for primary mitochondrial myopathy
A drug candidate discovered by Peter W. Schiller, Director of the Chemical Biology and Peptide Research unit at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) and Research Professor in the Department of Pharmacology ...
Feb 18, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Treatment gives hope to teen with disorder known as childhood Alzheimer's
The mother and father watched as their 16-year-old daughter ate her pork chop and green beans across the kitchen table of their Mount Prospect home, grateful each time she swallowed without struggle.
Feb 12, 2016
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Genetics
Researchers develop gene-filtering tool to identify disease-causing mutations
Despite their bad reputations, the vast majority of mutations are not harmful. Even in very rare genetic disorders, only one or two genetic variations—out of tens of thousands—is actually the cause of disease. Distinguishing ...
Dec 28, 2015
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Medications
Zafgen reports second death in key drug study
Zafgen Inc. on Wednesday reported a second patient death in an ongoing study of its potential treatment for a rare genetic disorder linked to obesity.
Dec 2, 2015
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Autism spectrum disorders
Debunking myths about autism
This past October was Canadian Autism Awareness Month. While studies show as many as one in every 165 Canadians has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), many people do not understand the disorder.
Nov 4, 2015
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Immunology
Researchers identify an enzyme as a major culprit of autoimmune diseases
Activating an enzyme that sounds an alarm for the body's innate immune system causes two lethal autoimmune diseases in mice, while inhibiting the same enzyme rescues them, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.
Oct 27, 2015
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