Groundbreaking genetic discovery shows why Lupus develops
In a world first, researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have shown previously ignored rare genetic mutations are a major cause of lupus.
May 17, 2019
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In a world first, researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have shown previously ignored rare genetic mutations are a major cause of lupus.
May 17, 2019
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Researchers have identified two, extremely rare genetic variants linked to Alzheimer disease (AD) for the first time.
Mar 29, 2019
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The week started strangely.
Mar 23, 2018
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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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A study from the National Eye Institute (NEI) identified rare genetic variants that could point to one of the general mechanisms driving age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common cause of vision loss in older adults.
Apr 1, 2023
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is referred to as a "spectrum" because clinical features of ASD range from mild social impairments in some people to severe intellectual disability or epilepsy in others. Genetic studies have ...
Jun 2, 2022
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Mount Sinai researchers have for the first time identified reproductive and metabolic subtypes of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) that are associated with novel gene regions. The findings, which used clustering of clinical, ...
Jun 23, 2020
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Patients diagnosed with heart failure, stroke, infertility and kidney failure could actually be suffering from rare and undiagnosed genetic diseases.
Mar 15, 2018
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Over the last 15 years, researchers at the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have been working to decode the biological causes of schizophrenia, which affects 20 million people ...
Apr 7, 2022
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Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered new genes and genetic changes associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the largest autism whole genome sequencing analysis to date, providing ...
Nov 10, 2022
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