News tagged with hereditary neurological disorder
Of yeast and men: Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of Friedreich's ataxia
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Researchers in human genetics have long known that expansions of GAA repeats - resulting in this nucleotide triplet repeating hundreds or thousands of times - cause the most common hereditary neurological disorder known as ...
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U of T research finds glycine could be key to REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Mar 27, 2008 |
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There is new promise on the horizon for those who suffer from REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD) according to researchers at the University of Toronto.
Neurologically impaired mice improve after receiving human stem cells
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Jun 04, 2008 |
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Scientists report a dramatic success in what may be the first documented rescue of a congenital brain disorder by transplantation of human neural stem cells. The research, published by Cell Press in the June issue of the ...
The cause of all hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type II cases has been established
Jun 10, 2008 |
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A major discovery that details the existence of a neuronal specific form of the WNK1 gene, henceforth referred to as the WNK1/HSN2 isoform, was recently completed by the research group of Dr. Guy A. Rouleau and published ...
Europe's most common genetic disease is a liver disorder
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Much less widely known than the dangerous consequences of iron deficiencies is the fact that too much iron can also cause problems. The exact origin of the genetic iron overload disorder hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) has ...
Deep brain stimulation may be effective treatment for Tourette's syndrome
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Deep brain stimulation may be a safe and effective treatment for Tourette syndrome, according to research published in the October 27, 2009, print issue of Neurology.
New technique could eliminate inherited mitochondrial disease
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed an experimental technique with the potential to prevent a class of hereditary disorders passed on from mother to child. The technique, as yet conducted ...
Researchers find differences in swallowing mechanism of Rett syndrome patients
Aug 04, 2008 |
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Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have found that the reflux and swallowing problems that are common symptoms in patients with Rett syndrome and other neurological impairments, may be caused by ...
Family study bolsters link between pesticides and Parkinson's
Mar 28, 2008 |
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For the first time, the association between Parkinson’s disease and exposure to pesticides has been shown in patients with the neurological disorder compared with their unaffected relatives, according to a study in the online ...
A drug could improve the memory of those with Alzheimer's disease
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 18, 2009 |
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A drug used in a type of hereditary metabolic disorder improved the memory of laboratory animals with Alzheimer's disease. The results of the project, developed by researchers of the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) ...
Adults with genetic disorder PKU need to get back to the clinic
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Genetic researchers at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, are aggressively identifying adult patients who suffer from the genetic disorder, Phenylketonuria (PKU), and are presenting those findings at the 11th International ...
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