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Eye Diseases Diagnosed Through Genetical Testing

... Michigan Kellogg Eye Center had developed a rapid genetical testing to diagnose eye diseases in people. Scientists have created a first-of-its-kind test on a // microchip array that will help physicians hone their diagnoses for patients with the blinding disease known as retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The screen...

Risk Of Pre-eclampsia May Be In The Genes Of The Parents.

The risk of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women may be genetical and both the parents’ genes of the pregnant lady may have the gene expressions that can trigger this // condition in her. The report is published in the online edition of BMJ. Pre-eclampsia is a serious condition where abnormally high blood pressure...

Bone Fractures In Elderly Can Be Genetical

...of increasing risk to bone fractures may be due to genetical reasons, said a study in the September issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. Bone fractures resulting from osteoporosis have a profound impact on quality of life // , with only one third of patients regaining their pre-fracture level of function a...

Gene Decides How Much Exercise In Needed For The Elderly People

...ity to exercise for better physical ability may be genetical by //nature. Researchers found that an enzyme involved in blood pressure regulation may also influence how the body responds to exercise. The findings, by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues, are reported today in...

Scientist discover secrets of ageing

...by protecting the DNA of the mitochondria from the genetical mutations. Such insight could also lead to strategies to restore some functions such as hearing by protecting mitochondrial DNA from naturally occurring mutations. Researchers who had worked with genetically engineered mice that ages faster, have ...

Low birth weight in babies may mean health risk for fathers

...earchers have accounted for the result as it being genetical by nature. The report also points out that mothers may be at risk of death from cardiac problems more than fathers of babies of low birth weights. Reference: Karolinska Institutet, news release, June 2005...

Testing genes for disease does not cause harm to children of people with Alzheimers

...ne had conducted the study that had focused on the genetical testing for the biomarker ApoE4, which is the part of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene of adult children of patients with Alzheimers. ApoE4 is linked with incidence of Alzheimer's disease. The data was a comparison between two sets of participants, o...

Chronic kidney disease has genetical origins

Researchers have discovered two common genetical variants that increase the risk for developing// chronic kidney disease. Chronic kidney disease is a condition in which kidneys of the body are unable to function properly in maintaining the correct fluid and waste balance that is part of the metabo...

Blood test developed for malignant hyperthermia

...perts have developed a blood test to determine the genetical predisposition for a rare condition// called malig...muscle relaxants that have to work together with a genetical predisposition to cause the condition. The symptoms often include tachycardia, arrhythmia and rising...

New insight for dopamine transporter

... of dopamine// transporter in healthy persons with genetical variations that may be associated with substance abuse or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Dopamine is a protein produced in the hypothalamus and some areas of the central and peripheral nervous system. Dopamine and its agonists play...

Gene to identify risk of stroke in sickle cell anemia

...shows that stroke is complex phenomena will strong genetical influence....

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