News tagged with inherited diseases
Researchers compile 'molecular manual' for 100s of inherited diseases
Dec 17, 2008 |
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An international research team has compiled the first catalogue of tissue-specific pathologies underlying hundreds of inherited diseases. These results provide information that may help treat conditions such as breast cancer, ...
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Genetic abnormality may increase risk of blood disorders
Mar 15, 2009 |
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Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have shown for the first time that a tendency to develop some blood disorders may be inherited. Their research, published online today in Nature Genetics, identi ...
Rethinking the Genetic Theory of Inheritance
Jan 18, 2009 |
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Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have detected evidence that DNA may not be the only carrier of heritable information; a secondary molecular mechanism called epigenetics may also account for ...
Clearer day for gene therapy: New vector carries big genes linked to inherited blindness
Apr 16, 2008 |
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For some inherited diseases, one barrier to successful gene therapy is that a commonly used vector (package into which the curative gene is placed) cannot accommodate the large size of the curative gene. However, a newly ...
'Personalized' genome sequencing reveals coding error in gene for inherited pancreatic cancer
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Scientists at the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have used "personalized genome" sequencing on an individual with a hereditary form of pancreatic cancer to locate a ...
Sperm donor passed on sudden death heart defect
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A sperm donor passed on a potentially deadly genetic heart condition to nine of his 24 children, including one who died at age 2 from heart failure, according to a medical journal report.
Duke Studies New Approach in Fetal Transplants for Metabolic Disorders
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers say a new development in cord blood transplants for inherited metabolic disorders may be curative for some babies who are treated while still in the womb.
The gene for day blindness in the dachshund has been found
May 27, 2009 |
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A PhD project by Anne Caroline Wiik has discovered the genetic cause of day blindness or "cone-rod dystrophy” in the wire-haired dachshund. The disease was discovered in two litter mates in 1999 and has since ...
Genetics of ALS progression
Jun 01, 2008 |
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An upcoming paper in the June 1 issue of G&D, from Drs. Hidenori Ichijo and Hideki Nishitoh (University of Tokyo) and colleagues, lends new and valuable insight into the genetics of ALS.
Mitochondrial DNA mutations can cause degenerative heart and muscle disease
Feb 14, 2008 |
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A single change in the DNA of mitochondria – the cellular power plants that generate energy in all human cells – has been found to cause degenerative heart and muscle disease, according to University of California, Irvine ...
New research on mutation in yeast can enhance understanding of human diseases
Jun 19, 2008 |
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[B]Work from UNH Hubbard Center, Indiana University, others enhances understanding of genetics in human diseases[/B] Yeast, a model organism heavily relied upon for studying basic biological processes as they relate to ...
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