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Gene-editing provides hope for patients with inherited disorders: Study
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the primary researcher, a single treatment of a breakthrough gene-editing therapy has altered the life of a group of patients suffering from a hereditary illness.
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Most infants with sickle cell disease experience double disadvantage
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
As if having a hereditary blood illness that might be crippling at birth wasn't enough, research indicates that almost two-thirds of infants with sickle cell disease are born to moms who reside in underprivileged neighbourhoods.
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Researchers identify potential treatment target for genetic type of epilep
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A team of researchers discovered a possible target for treating a hereditary form of epilepsy.
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Study shows how to treat hereditary, rare diseases
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Much research has been undertaken over many decades on diseases that affect large populations, such as cancer and heart disease. Therapeutic approaches have considerably improved as a result of long-term research work on diseases that affect a huge number of individuals.
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Y-chromosome impacts hereditary of digestive issues
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Y chromosome, the smallest of the human chromosomes, has long been shrouded in mystery due to its intricate repeating pattern.
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Therapy to treat rare, hereditary diseases
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Over many decades, much study has been conducted on diseases that affect big populations, such as cancer and heart disease. As a result of long-term research efforts on diseases that affect a large number of people, therapeutic approaches have vastly improved.
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Jabalya is permanent residence of Palestinians, no refugees there: Israel
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"No refugees there, just as my grandparents from Morocco and Poland who fled to Israel in 1948 are no longer refugees. Time to lay these fictional and hereditary refugee claims to rest @UNWRA @cnni," Israel Defence Forces spokesperson Jonathan Conricus said.
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Study discovers genetic links between schizophrenia, heart disease risk fa
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to new research, people with schizophrenia have a hereditary tendency to smoke and a lower genetic risk of obesity. The study, which was published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, discovered a genetic overlap between schizophrenia and CVD risk factors, specifically body mass
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How do harmful proteins accumulate in Alzheimer's and other diseases?
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Under normal conditions, tau protein is a vital component of the brain's infrastructure, helping to stabilise neurons into their appropriate forms. However, tau can become tangled and toxic, harming brain tissue and generating tauopathies, a category of brain illnesses characterised by diffi
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Researchers discover possible cause for genetic anomalies
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers have discovered a possible cause for the genetic anomalies that cause rare disorders such as Huntington's disease (HD). The majority of spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) and other neurological illnesses are thought to be caused by an increase in CAG (cytosine-adenine-guanine) repea
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Japanese squirrels develop human hereditary diseases with ageing: Research
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A team led by Dr Tomoaki Murakami of the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology discovered that fibrinogen A-chain amyloidosis, a previously unknown disease in animals other than humans, is common in Japanese squirrels (Sciurus lis). They compared the pathology of Japanese squirrels
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Gene mutation could explain why some don’t get sick from covid-19: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
People who get COVID-19 but never develop symptoms, known as super dodgers, may have a hereditary advantage. According to a new study headed by UC San Francisco researchers, they are more than twice as likely as individuals who become symptomatic to contain a specific gene variation that aid
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