Researchers have identified genetic mutations that appear to protect women from severe bleeding after childbirth, a leading cause of maternal death. A preliminary study of the findings is being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY ...
Oct 4, 2020
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Long-term cognitive problems are a frequent side effect in children undergoing life-saving radiation therapy for medulloblastoma—the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor. Medulloblastoma affects between 250 and 500 ...
Jul 10, 2019
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By identifying genes in patients and testing their effects in fruit flies, researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys have found new genes that contribute to hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a rare, life-threatening heart ...
Jul 18, 2023
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A UCL-led research team has identified a new gene as a cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an inherited heart condition affecting one in 500 people.
Sep 24, 2021
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A team of gene therapists, oncologists, genetic sequencing experts and neurosurgeons affiliated with a host of institutions in the U.S. and one in Sweden has uncovered gene variants that appear to be responsible for passing ...
Susceptibility to diarrhea, a major cause of infant deaths in low- and middle-income countries, has genetic links which could hold the key to new treatments, research suggests.
Mar 31, 2023
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A study of the genetic make-up of zebrafish has provided brand new insights into the cause of congenital hearing disorders in humans.
Oct 23, 2019
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Combining a map of gene regulatory sites with disease-associated loci has uncovered a new genetic risk factor of adult-onset macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new study publishing January 17 in the open access journal ...
Jan 17, 2023
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An innovative tool for the targeted modification of gene activity in heart muscle cells could establish itself as a standard method for research into cardiovascular diseases.
May 14, 2024
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Autoimmune diseases occur when a person's antibodies mistakenly recognize their body's own cells as foreign invaders and attack them. One such disease is myasthenia gravis (MG), where the antibodies target neuromuscular-associated ...
Jul 28, 2022
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