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No heart issue in hypertension patients with shortened fingers: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 23 (ANI): Researchers in Berlin have spent decades researching a peculiar hereditary illness that results in extraordinarily short fingers and incredibly high blood pressure in half of the members of specific families. By the time they become 50, affected persons ty
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Scientists find no heart damage in hypertension patients with shortened fi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 19 (ANI): Scientists in Berlin have been studying a strange hereditary condition that causes half of the certain families' members to have unusually short fingers and extremely high blood pressure for decades. If untreated, affected patients usually die of a stroke
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Adult brain may partially recover from genetic blindness: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], October 15 (ANI): A new understanding of how some visually impaired people may come to see provides a new perspective on the brain's potential. Researchers from the University of California, Irvine School of Biological Sciences and the School of Medicine collaborated to unco
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Study discovers how adult brain has the capacity to partially recover from
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], October 10 (ANI): A new understanding of how some visually handicapped individuals might begin to see gives a fresh perspective on the brain's capabilities. A partnership between researchers at the University of California, Irvine School of Biological Sciences and the School
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Autoinflammatory disorder's main protein altered by increased body tempera
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Darlinghurst [Australia], October 4 (ANI): An inflammatory flare-up in persons with a rare hereditary autoinflammatory illness may be brought on by increases in core body temperature, according to a recent study from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
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Researchers find exercise might be a developing treatment for movement dis
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Montreal [Canada], September 17 (ANI): Spinal cerebellar ataxia 6 (SCA6) is a hereditary neurological disease that impairs motor coordination. Because SCA6 affects only about one in 100,000 people, medical researchers have paid it little attention. There is currently no known cure and just
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Young people with hereditary predisposition to psychiatric illnesses have
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 3 (ANI): Young people living with a genetic alteration that increases the risk of psychiatric disorders have markedly different brain activity during sleep, a new study shows.
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Do you know iron buildup in brain linked to higher risk for movement disor
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
San Diego (California) [US] August 2 (ANI): The body absorbs too much iron due to a condition known as hereditary hemochromatosis, which is brought on by a gene mutation. This causes tissue damage and diseases like liver disease, heart disease, and diabetes. However, scant and conflicting re
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Genetic architecture underlying alcohol and tobacco dependence revealed by
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
North Carolina [US], July 20 (ANI): Have you ever questioned why some people can smoke cigarettes for a year before quitting simply, but others develop a lifelong addiction? Why are some people unable to stop consuming alcohol while others can do without it? A person's hereditary propensity
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Study finds CRISPR technology may provide novel treatment for genetic diso
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): New research revealed that one of the major issues faced by modern medicine is the treatment of crippling hereditary illnesses. The introduction of CRISPR technology and advances in genetics research over the past ten years have given patients and their familie
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Study finds seven healthy practises linked to lower risk of dementia in pe
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Minnesota [US], June 15 (ANI): According to new research by the American Institute of Neurology, seven healthy habits and lifestyle factors may play a role in lowering the incidence of dementia in persons with the highest hereditary risk.
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Research: Is the cost of treating a hereditary neuromuscular disease affec
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], June 8 (ANI): Early detection and treatment of children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic ailment characterised by muscle weakness and wasting, can minimise the total financial expenditures associated with the condition, according to new research.
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