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Study: Patients with muscle degeneration can imporve mobility by cycling r
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hamilton (Ontario) [Canada], April 16 (ANI): Regular cycling can greatly improve mobility in patients with myotonic dystrophy (MD), which is a genetic disease that causes muscle degeneration.
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Regular cycling can improve mobility in patients with muscle degeneration:
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hamilton (Ontario) [Canada], April 12 (ANI): A new study led by McMaster University has found that regular cycling can greatly improve mobility in patients with myotonic dystrophy (MD), which is a genetic disease that causes muscle degeneration.
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Fastest DNA sequencing technique helps undiagnosed patients find answers i
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Stanford (California) [US], January 19 (ANI): A new ultra-rapid genome sequencing approach developed by Stanford Medicine scientists and their collaborators was used to diagnose rare genetic diseases in an average of eight hours -- a feat that's nearly unheard of in standard clinical care.
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Indo-Irish Biotech startup CyGenica secures funding from SOSV to accelerat
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): CyGenica has announced that it has raised USD $1.4 million in a seed fund investment round, led by global venture capital investor SOSV.
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Researchers find rare genetic disease caused by mutations in protein that
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pittsburgh [US], May 7 (ANI): An international group of collaborators led by researchers at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have identified a genetic cause of a rare neurological disorder marked by developmental delay and loss of coordination, or ataxia. The research was published in
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Khushi Fertility & IVF Centre rules out mental retardation in babies
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 30 (ANI/PNN): In a first-of-its-kind multidimensional IVF treatment in the country, Khushi Fertility and IVF Centre, a pioneering Bengaluru -based fertility centre specialising in the latest Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) implemented Clinical Ex
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Delhi couple resorts to crowdfunding for treatment of their infant sufferi
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): A couple living in Delhi's Paschim Vihar are trying to raise Rs 16 crore through crowdfunding to save their 10-month-old child Rehansh's life, who is suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) 1, a rare genetic disease.
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Pre-counselling, diagnosis can prevent genetic diseases and disorders in f
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 1 (ANI): Pre-counselling and right diagnosis are a must to prevent genetic diseases and disorders in the future generations, say doctors.
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Awareness rally on Muscular Dystrophy Disease held in Hyderabad
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 29 (ANI): A rally to spread awareness on Muscular Dystrophy Disease (MDD) was organised here in Hyderabad on Friday.
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Scientists find missing protein in brain causes behaviours mirroring autis
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 10 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that when an essential key protein needed to generate novel brain cells during pregnancy and early childhood days of the offspring is missing, which makes the brain goes haywire. This particular deprivation causes an imbalance i
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ICMR releases draft guidelines to treat rare genetic diseases
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13, (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday released the draft guidelines for ensuring that rare genetic therapies and clinical trials can be performed in an ethical, scientific and safe manner in India.
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Delhi: Harsh Vardhan inaugurates UMMID initiative, NINDA Kendras to tackle
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 23 (ANI): In a bid to tackle inherited genetic diseases among newborn babies, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday inaugurated the UMMID' initiative and a NIDAN Kendra at the Lady Hardinge Hospital in New Delhi.
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