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DNA Disruptors: Our Genetic Future (Pt. 2)
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Genetic Mutations Lead To Autism And Other Disorders
[ Watch the Video: Mutation Hotspots in Autism Genes ] Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A group of international researchers led by a team of investigators from the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego ( UCSD ), recently revealed a new study that provides signals as to the causes of autism and other related disorders. With the findings, it is possible ...
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DNA Disruptors: Our Genetic Future (Pt. 1)
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Genetic action shows results on childhood brain disease Canavan
A team led by a New Jersey researcher has been able to slow the course of a rare childhood brain disease by injecting patients with corrective genes, according to a study published Wednesday.
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Genetic defect causing fragile X-related disorders more common than thought
A single genetic defect on the X chromosome that can result in a wide array of conditions -- from learning and emotional difficulties to primary ovarian insufficiency in women and tremors in middle-aged men -- occurs at a much greater frequency than previously thought, new research has found.
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Researchers Track The Origins Of HIV Through Genetic Variants
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new study, led by Alfred Roca of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences ( ACES ) at the University of Illinois, reveals that human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) may have affected humans for much longer than is currently believed. Roca, an assistant professor, believes the genomes of an isolates West African ...
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Study Finds Genetic Variation That Could Help Predict Mortality in Patients Suffering Sepsis
A study in the January 2013 issue of Anesthesiology offers evidence that variations in what is called the NFKB gene could play an important role in helping to determine the survival rate of patients who acquire sepsis...
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Study Finds Genetic Variation That Could Help Predict Mortality in Patients Suffering Sepsis
Genetic variation that could help predict mortality in patients suffering sepsis identified
A new study offers evidence that variations in what is called the NFKB gene could play an important role in helping to determine the survival rate of patients who acquire sepsis.
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Genetic variation that could help predict mortality in patients suffering sepsis identified
The Promise — and Perils — of Personalized Medicine
Personalized medicine -- the ability to tailor therapies to patients' individual genetic characteristics -- has long been the holy grail of the life sciences industry. The effort has produced a string of recent successes, including European approval of the world's first gene therapy treatment. While exciting for patients, such advances raise a host of ethical, legal and financial challenges that ...
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Genetic manipulation of urate alters neurodegeneration in mouse model of Parkinson's disease
Massachusetts General Hospital investigators report that mice with a genetic mutation increasing urate levels were protected against the kind of neurodegeneration that underlies Parkinson's disease, while the damage was worse in animals with abnormally low urate. Their findings add further support to the possibility that increasing levels of urate may protect against Parkinson's disease.
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Genetic manipulation of urate alters neurodegeneration in mouse model of Parkinson's disease
Move to protect traditional knowledge, genetic resources
Kota Kinabalu: Existing traditional knowledge and genetic resources from the State will have their intellectual properties protected, thanks to an understanding sealed on Monday, to document all data into the national digital database, MyTKDL.
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Univ. of MD School of Medicine to study drug-resistant malaria in Myanmar
( University of Maryland Medical Center ) University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers have launched research into the spread of potentially deadly drug-resistant malaria in the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, or Burma. The scientists have identified several promising genetic markers for the newest type of drug-resistant malaria in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar. Two new National ...
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Report from the front lines of personalized reproductive medicine revolution
( Rubenstein Associates, Inc. ) Leading international expert Piraye Yurttas Beim, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of Celmatix Inc., presented A Report from the Front Lines of the Personalized Reproductive Medicine Revolution at the Cambridge, UK Futures in Reproduction Conference, discussing how pairing "big data" analytics with genomics is helping Celmatix decipher genetic drivers of infertility to ...
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Report from the front lines of personalized reproductive medicine revolution
Two new genetic mutations associated with Cowden syndrome identified
Researchers have uncovered two new genes associated with Cowden syndrome -- a difficult-to-recognize, under-diagnosed condition that carries high risks of breast, thyroid, and other cancers.
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Two new genetic mutations associated with Cowden syndrome identified
Cleveland Clinic researcher identifies 2 new genetic mutations associated with Cowden syndrome
( Cleveland Clinic ) Cleveland Clinic researchers from the Lerner Research Institute have uncovered two new genes associated with Cowden syndrome according to a new study, published today in the online version of the American Journal of Human Genetics.
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Cleveland Clinic researcher identifies 2 new genetic mutations associated with Cowden syndrome
Home genetic test to dip to $99
Anne Wojcicki wants to change the face of health care, and she believes that with the latest round of fundraising for her company 23andMe she can do just that.
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World's First "Hearts and Minds" Clinic for Adults with Genetic Syndrome
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, opened The Dalglish Family Hearts & Minds Clinic - the world's first comprehensive, interdisciplinary clinic devoted to adults with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome(22q11.2DS) and their families. Joined by the Honourable Deborah Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, the opening took place at University Health ...
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The £100 genetic map means everybody's DNA make-up could be available in 'very near future'
Personalised medicine for all could be a possibility in the "very near future" as everybody will soon be able to have their entire DNA make-up mapped for as little as £100, a leading professor said.
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The £100 genetic map means everybody's DNA make-up could be available in 'very near future'
Genetic knowledge helps tailor treatment
Genetics will play an increasingly important role in personalizing medical treatment in the coming years, experts say. Genetic details already are helping doctors understand disease and who will best respond to which treatments.
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