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Rainbow Children's Hospital Saves Three-Year-Old in Extremely Rare Critica
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 6: In a complex case within paediatric critical care, physicians at Rainbow Children's Hospital, Bannerghatta Road, have treated successfully a three-year-old boy from Bengaluru who suffered from tuberous sclerosis, refractory seizures, alongside seve
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US: Texas Supreme Court blocks pregnant woman with complications from emer
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion even though her foetus was diagnosed with a 'fatal genetic condition', CNN reported.
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Unmasking the Masked Killer At Jehangir Hospital: Raising Awareness about
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 6: Colon cancer, often referred to as the "masked killer," lurks unnoticed in the shadows, wreaking havoc on countless lives worldwide. According to WHO, Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, accounting for approximately 10% of all
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Study suggest new strategy to treat cause of sudden cardiac arrest in athl
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Scientists from the University of Utah Health have corrected abnormal heart rhythms in mice by restoring healthy levels of a protein that heart cells require to connect with one another. GJA1-20k is a protein that is underproduced in people with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, a genetic condi
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Dr Gautam Allahbadia takes us through the IVF journey
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI/GPRC): Bringing a life into the world is probably one of the most enriching experiences for a person who wants to be a parent. However, the journey to parenthood is not easy for some people. Sometimes due to a wide array of reasons a person may find themse
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Study reveals expanding gene therapy for rare disease that causes blindnes
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In an effort to treat the rare genetic condition Usher Syndrome Type 2A (USH2A), a University of Houston researcher is developing a gene therapy technique.
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Israeli medication for treating cystic fibrosis to begin human trials
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic condition which creates a buildup of mucus in the lungs, pancreas and digestive system, resulting in malnutrition, breathing difficulties, frequent lung and sinus infections, jaundice and even male infertility.
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Awareness walk advocating inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in societ
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI/PNN): On the occasion of the "International Day of Persons with Disabilities" (IDPD) 2022, Ayushkama Foundation organized an "Awareness Walk for Equal Participation of Persons with Disabilities", at the Central Vista Avenue, India Gate, New Delhi. The organ
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Lab-grown 'mini eyes' unlock understanding of blindness in rare genetic co
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Researchers at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) have grown 'mini eyes', which make it possible to study and better understand the development of blindness in a rare genetic disease called Usher syndrome for the first time.
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Immune molecule's complex role in Huntington's disease: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
More than a decade before people with Huntington's disease show symptoms, they can exhibit abnormally high levels of an immune-system molecule called interleukin-6 (IL-6), which has led many researchers to suspect IL-6 of promoting the eventual neurological devastation associated with the ge
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Researchers find oldest case of rare genetic condition
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 29 (ANI): Researchers have found evidence of a super rare genetic condition that gives men an extra X chromosome, reporting the oldest clinical case of Klinefelter Syndrome to date.
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Steroid treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy may depend on time of d
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ohio [US], February 22 (ANI): Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rare genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and other systemic damage. Every year, about 20,000 children are diagnosed with it. Now, a new study has reported that the time of day for providing the drug may be c
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