Disabilities in Biological News

Genetic marker linked to problem behaviors in adults with developmental disabilities

... Journal on Intellectual and Developmental disabilities and are available online at ... percent of adults with developmental/intellectual disabilities have problem behaviors. For this study, the ... groups: those with developmental/intellectual disabilities and a history of more than 10 years of problem ...

MSU lands $2.1 million grant to take part in national autism study

... make up the Centers for Autism and Developmental disabilities Research and Epidemiology Network. The network ... with autism, children with other developmental disabilities and children without a developmental delay or ... with autism to children with other developmental disabilities and children without any developmental delay or ...

The genetic X-factor

... X chromosome genes in 208 families with learning disabilities - the largest screen of this type ever reported. ... of the complex of genes that lead to learning disabilities in clinical practice. "We already offer ... of diagnostics to families with learning disabilities and allow us to develop more comprehensive ...

70 years old and going strong with Down syndrome and no dementia

... in the June 2008 issue of the journal, Intellectual and Developmental disabilities . To read "Successful Aging in a 70-Year-Old Man With Down Syndrome: A ... Wayne Silverman, the study's co-author and Director of Intellectual disabilities Research at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore. "But now, we have ...

UC Davis researchers define characteristics, treatment options for XXYY syndrome

... the disorder. "We found that there are a variety of behaviors, learning disabilities and emotional problems that are unique to patients with XXYY syndrome that ... 29.1 percent had IQ scores within the mental retardation range. Learning disabilities were the more common cognitive impairments, affecting 70.9 percent of ...

Dolphin 'therapy' a dangerous fad, Emory researchers warn

... People suffering from chronic mental or physical disabilities should not resort to a dolphin "healing" experience, warn two researchers ... Psychological Association's Division of Intellectual and Developmental disabilities will feature another article by Marino and Lilienfeld, entitled ...

UD named a regional research participant in National Children’s Study

... obesity. Over the next two decades, researchers from UD's Center for disabilities Studies, the School of Nursing and the Department of Individual and Family ... team, Hall-Long noted. Deborah Amsden, a researcher at UD's Center for disabilities Studies in the College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy, is ...

Early brain activity sheds new light on the neural basis of reading

... clinical application in relation to developmental dyslexia (affecting between 15-30 million people in the US alone) and those with acquired reading disabilities through injury or disease. A better understanding of normal reading processes could potentially help these individuals. The research team used a ...

'First aid' for brain cells comes from blood

... now shown in stroke models that a stroke in mice with no functioning Treg cells in their blood causes much greater damage to the brain and greater disabilities than in animals with functioning Treg cells. An analysis of the immune system showed that mice without this cellular "First Aid" produce much more ...

Autism Speaks funds $5 million to studies on genetic and environmental risk factors for autism

... with the emergence of autistic behavior," explained Dr. Piven Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Carolina Institute for Developmental disabilities who directs IBIS at UNC-Chapel Hill. "It is our hope that this study will lead to a much deeper understanding of the pathophysiology underlying the ...

NEC Foundation of America awards grant to NJIT

... at a special luncheon and tour of the facility last month. The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology for Children with Orthopedic disabilities at NJIT has developed a prototype of the Hands-Up video game software, with the support of the U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on ...

The effect of parental education on the heritability of children's reading disability

... of education. The researchers concluded that on average, poor instruction or lack of reading practice may often be the main influence on reading disabilities in families with low socioeconomic status, while genes may be the main influence on reading disability among children in families with high ...

'Fly guy' makes memory breakthrough

... with this disrupted gene to regain their memories. The news is significant for humans, because FMR1 may malfunction in people with intellectual disabilities like Fragile X syndrome, and there are currently no clinically available treatments. Fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of genetically ...

M.I.N.D. Institute researchers call for fragile X testing throughout the lifespan

... copy of the fragile X gene, a vital protein is not made and the result is the onset of characteristic mental disorders, which can range from learning disabilities to severe cognitive or intellectual disabilities, such as autism. In fact, 30 percent of boys with the fragile X mutation are diagnosed with ...

Disability Rights Legal Center honors Ossur

... the DRLC's executive director. "Ossur's manufacture of prosthetics and bionics - that have effectively revolutionized the way people with mobility disabilities experience the world - reinforces our organization's values of inclusion and equality. In addition, Ossur's inventors' vision and limitless ...

International team discovers gene associated with epilepsy

... affect activities, such as limiting a person's ability to drive. Most seizures do not cause brain damage but some types of epilepsy lead to physical disabilities and cognitive problems. Medications can control symptoms, but there is no cure. "The study results were surprising not only because the PRICKLE1 ...

Microarray analysis improves prenatal diagnosis

... as that seen in Down Syndrome. In some of these cases where small amounts of DNA are lost or duplicated, children often have significant learning disabilities or health problems that could not be picked up with an ultrasound or other means of prenatal diagnosis, she said. "This test adds information we ...

Virus weaves itself into the DNA transferred from parents to babies

... problems in fetuses. If a mother contracts cytomegalovirus (CMV) while pregnant, her fetus is at risk of hearing or vision loss, developmental disabilities and problems with the lungs, liver and spleen. Some of those health problems don't show up until months or years after birth. HHV-6 virus is a ...

Robotics research: Enhancing the lives of people with disabilities

... Robots may be the solution for people with disabilities who are struggling to regain the use of their limbs, thanks to a research team that includes engineers and students from Rochester Institute of ...

Drug reverses mental retardation caused by genetic disorder

... TSC is a devastating genetic disorder that disrupts how the brain works, often causing severe mental retardation. Even in mild cases, learning disabilities and short-term memory problems are common. Half of all TSC patients also suffer from autism and epilepsy. The disorder strikes one in 6,000 people, ...

Analysis of millions of US births shows association between birth defects and preterm birth

... The causes of most birth defects are still not known, says Margaret Honein, PhD, MPH of the CDCs National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental disabilities and lead author of the study. While it is likely that the most common defects are caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, the ...

Green tea compounds beat OSA-related brain deficits

... been increasingly recognized as a serious and frequent health condition with potential long-term morbidities that include learning and psychological disabilities [], wrote David Gozal, M.D., professor and director of Kosair Childrens Hospital Research Institute at the University of Louisville, lead author of ...

New gene discovered for new form of intellectual disability

... the C2, or calcium-binding, domain. This protein mutation results in faulty cell function, which leads to MR with RP. Most genes for intellectual disabilities that have been found so far are on the X chromosome. As Dr. Vincent explains, this mutation was found on the autosome (The 22 pairs of non-sex ...

Study suggests new way to screen infants for fetal alcohol syndrome

... and psychomotor development during the first two years of life. She also notes that early intervention for such at risk children could minimize disabilities and improve developmental outcomes. Measuring the levels of FAEE in an infants first bowel movement could be a useful method for identifying ...

Physician-scientists seek solutions to reproductive problems related to chromosomal variations

... is a high likelihood that research into these chromosomal variations will make substantial contributions to knowledge about breast cancer, learning disabilities and other seemingly unrelated phenomena as more is discovered concerning the relevance of genes located on the X and Y chromosomes." Most ...

MSU researcher helps develop computer game for Ugandan children recovering from cerebral malaria

... computer program Captains Log originally used with individuals diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, brain injuries or learning disabilities is being adapted to rehabilitate Ugandan children who are survivors of cerebral malaria. Michael Boivin, a Michigan State University associate ...

UCI researchers restore memory process in most common form of mental disability

... in a gene on the X chromosome. The majority of males with fragile X syndrome have a significant intellectual disability, ranging from learning disabilities to severe mental retardation, and autism. Females often have milder intellectual disabilities. There is currently no treatment that improves ...

How brain injury leads to seizures, memory problems

... Institutes of Health, over 5 million Americans currently have permanent disabilities resulting from TBIs. The study, which was done in animals, appears in ... learn new things." Epileptic seizures and impaired memory are two of the disabilities caused by TBI. Further animal studies, said Dr. Cohen, will ...

Innovative method for creating a human cytomegalovirus vaccine outlined

... or CMV, and about 8,000 of these children suffer permanent disabilities due to the virus ?almost one an hour. These disabilities can include hearing loss, vision loss, mental disability, a lack of ...

Researchers reveal structure of protein altered in autism

... said first author Davide Comoletti, Ph.D., UCSD research associate at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy. Autism spectrum disorders are developmental disabilities that cause impairments in social interaction and communication. Both children and adults with autism typically show difficulties in verbal and ...

Research finds music training 'tunes' human auditory system

... are consistent with studies by Kraus and her research team that have revealed anomalies in brainstem sound encoding in some children with learning disabilities which can be improved by auditory training. "We've found that by playing music -- an action thought of as a function of the neocortex -- a ...

Robotic therapy helps restore hand use after stroke

... than 700,000 Americans suffer strokes annually. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the country. And stroke causes more serious long-term disabilities than any other disease. Nearly three-quarters of all strokes occur in people over the age of 65 and the risk of having a stroke more than doubles ...

Researchers discover gene crucial for nerve cell insulation

... Scott E. LeBlanc, and Rebecca M. Ward, to conduct the study. Dr. Svaren is an affiliate of NICHD-funded mental retardation and developmental disabilities research center at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin. Until this discovery, researchers did not fully understand the complex ...

Prenatal cocaine's lasting cellular effects

... the 1980s was greatly exaggerated, cocaine use during pregnancy can cause subtle but disabling cognitive impairments -- attention deficits, learning disabilities and emotional problems. A recent study by investigators at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development may help explain the ...

Experimental vaccine given during pregnancy reduces stillbirths from common virus

... have a long-term disability such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, and hearing loss. The infection could potentially cause other developmental disabilities such as autism or attention deficit disorder. The virus can also damage the placenta, leading to pregnancy loss. CMV is present in bodily ...

Chromosomal microarray analysis proves accurate

... with identifying the problem in all children, but there is a five to 12 percent chance that it will identify an abnormality in children with various disabilities where the previous chromosomal testing did not. This study involved two versions of the test, and the newer version was more successful in ...

HIV dementia alarmingly high in Africa

... of a multi-institutional study that will be published Jan. 29 in Neurology. HIV dementia is defined as memory, learning, behavioral and motor disabilities that interfere with normal daily life and in extreme cases lead to total disability and a bedridden state. Unlike Alzheimer’s- and stroke-induced ...

Researchers discover new gene responsible for brittle bone disease

... with osteogenesis imperfecta. Funding for the research came from the National Institutes of Health, the Baylor College of Medicine Developmental disabilities Research Center, and the Shriners of North America. Others institutes participating were the Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro in Genova, ...

Hope I die before I get old?

... the ability of individuals to remember or predict happiness over the lifespan. Most studies of happiness have focused on people with chronic illness, disabilities or other major life challenges, or have taken "snapshots" of current happiness among older people. The senior author of the new paper, Peter ...