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Study finds how weaker immune response to viral infections in children wit
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) discovered in a recent study that infants with mitochondrial abnormalities had altered B cell function, which resulted in a weaker and less varied antibody response to viral infections. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research
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Genetic mutations direct immune defences in leukaemia linked rare bone mar
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A discovery that may result in novel medicines to halt or reverse the disease could be beneficial to patients with a rare genetic bone marrow problem who are at an elevated risk of blood malignancies.
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Study finds how some motor neuron disease, dementia patients share rare ge
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a new study, some persons with motor neuron disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) share the same rare genetic diseases that cause other neurodegenerative illnesses.
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Some motor neuron disease, dementia patients share genetic defects: Resear
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Some people with motor neuron disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) have the same uncommon genetic disorders that cause other neurodegenerative illnesses, according to a new study.
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Study reveals how gene mutation associated with heart disease
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
People may learn they have a gene mutation linked to some types of cardiovascular disease as the usage of genetic testing increases (CVD).
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Researchers find toxic protein linked to muscular dystrophy, arhinia
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues have found that a toxic protein made by the body called DUX4 may be the cause of two very different rare genetic disorders.
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Protein droplets may cause many types of genetic diseases: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Most proteins localize to distinct protein-rich droplets in cells, also known as "cellular condensates". Such proteins contain sequence features that function as address labels, telling the protein which condensate to move into. When the labels get screwed up, proteins may end up in the wron
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Study reveals expanding gene therapy for rare disease that causes blindnes
Updated : 3 years, 2 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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Save The Sibling a unique program launched from Kolkata
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI/GPRC): "Save the Sibling" is a concept oriented unique bouquet of services with substantial financial reimbursement, which would be available as a package, for the first time ever in the country, if not the world.
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Researchers suggest how new test can help cystic fibrosis patients
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers revealed how test can benefit patient's medical treatment. The urine test can make easier for doctors to diagnose how badly a patient is affected by the hereditary disease cystic fibrosis.
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Researchers suggest gene therapy to treat neurological disorders
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Excessive activity of a limited number of brain cells causes several brain illnesses, including epilepsy. These diseases frequently do not react well to drug treatment, owing to the fact that drug influence the entire brain. A recent study revealed gene therapy to for neurological disorder.
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Researchers reveal how fasting affects neurons in brain
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Boston [US], September 9 (ANI): Calorie restriction has long been linked to fewer seizures in people with epilepsy. Novel research from Boston Children's Hospital helps to explain how fasting affects neurons in the brain and may pave the door for new treatments that do not require fasting or
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