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Certain Gene Mutations Numbs Pain

...discovered a rare genetic disorder. People with an inherited genetic disorder have been identified// who suffer no physical pain because of mutation of a particular gene. Members of the family affected, are noticed to be numb to pain.Three related families in northern Pakistan have been identified with this d...

Over 500 Sudden Unexplained Deaths Every Year, Mostly in Young Men

...r in England. Families affected by SADS have an inherited genetic heart defect, which makes them prone to severe abnormalities in heart rhythm, and sudden death, suggest the authors. SADS should be a certifiable cause of death, which should prompt automatic screening of other family members, they contend...

First Gene Chip Discovered by Cincinnati Researchers

...tion of the most common mutations in children with inherited causes of jaundice. "Other chips have been deve...zed to diagnose genetic mutations in patients with inherited types of liver diseases." The chip uses a new technology that rapidly and accurately discloses the...

Study Offers Window into Human Behavior, Brain Disease

...sease – two mutated genes are associated with most inherited forms of the disease and major misprocessed proteins have been identified – but "discoveries at the genetic and molecular level do not yet explain why specific populations of neurons are dying," he says. "This observation gives us a new window int...

Researchers Identify New Drug Targets for Cancer

...ne. “We found that, with age, having cells which inherited the wrong composition of chromosomes resulted in a larger number of spontaneous tumors,” said Cleveland. But the more unexpected feature of their findings was discovered when the research team added other genetic errors to mice with a high rate of an...

Genetic Tests in the Treatment of Depression Not Yet Useful

...fic diseases or conditions, such as a rare type of inherited colorectal cancer. Source-Newswise SRM...

Selective Marker Found to Indicate Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer

...tudies showing that breast cancers associated with inherited mutations in BRCA1 display the basal phenotype, DiRenzo and colleagues found high levels of nestin in these tumors as well. Nestin is a long filamentous protein found in adult stem cells in the central nervous system. While scientists do not know ...

Selective Marker Found to Indicate Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer

...tudies showing that breast cancers associated with inherited mutations in BRCA1 display the basal phenotype, DiRenzo and colleagues found high levels of nestin in these tumors as well. Nestin is a long filamentous protein found in adult stem cells in the central nervous system. While scientists do not know ...

Childhood Obesity Linked to Foot Pain

...eight children suffer foot pain from congenital or inherited foot conditions, such as bunions, hammertoes, pediatric flatfoot and tarsal coalition, an abnormal connection between two or more bones in the back of the foot. Children with these deformities may be less active because of pain. Sometimes a child wil...

Probing the Effect of Endurance Exercise on Athletes' Hearts

...any underlying causes of VA and often it is due to inherited diseases. Previous studies have found that VA in endurance athletes, such as cyclists, runners and kayakers, often originates from the right ventricle (RV), even when there are no previous symptoms that would enable a diagnosis of a condition called ...

Common BP Drug Treats Muscular Dystrophy

...ity to regenerate muscle over time is seen in many inherited and acquired muscle diseases and is even part of the normal aging process," adds Cohn. "We may only be seeing the tip of the iceberg." Losartan first approved for use as a blood pressure medication in 1995 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,...

Young People Who Died Suddenly, Inexplicably Had Genetic Heart Defects

...involve a careful and sleuth-like search for these inherited glitches in the heart’s electrical system.” The Mayo Clinic report appears as the featured article and editorial topic in the Jan. 16, 2007, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Significance of the Mayo Clinic Research ...

Garlic Hope in Infection Fight

...sity Hospitals NHS Trust. Cystic fibrosis is an inherited condition that affects around 7,000 people in the UK, half of whom are children. The disease causes difficulties in digesting food and children may be slow to put on weight and grow properly. Both children and adults with the condition are vulnerable...

FDA Approves New Product to Treat Von Willebrand Disease

...oing major surgery. The disease is the most common inherited bleeding disorder, affecting about one percent of the U.S. population. Alphanate is the first biologic product approved for treatment of surgical and invasive procedures in patients with vWD. Alphanate is already approved for the prevention and co...

New Test May Better Identify Certain Colorectal Cancer Types

...se mutations indicate that the cancer is likely an inherited condition called Lynch syndrome. It's important to identify patients with Lynch syndrome because they and their family members are at an increased risk of colorectal and other cancers. Patients with a non-hereditary form of colorectal cancer that s...

Genetic Testing Sheds Light on Degenerative Eye Disease

...disease. He says, “Across all of the categories of inherited retinopathy, careful screening of known disease genes leads to detection of pathogenic mutations in 25 percent to 90 percent of patients, an extraordinary accomplishment.” It is to the patient’s advantage to have a molecular diagnosis on file, obs...

Computer Tool Helps Pinpoint Risky Gene Mutations

... In their experiments, the researchers focused on inherited mutations in the BRCA1 gene. A significant number of breast and ovarian cancer cases are believed to be caused by such mutations, possibly because they disable a gene that normally suppresses cancer. To test the computer tool, Karchin and her colle...

Human Genetic Code for ALS Identified

... at risk of developing the disease. Genes behind inherited forms of ALS -- responsible for about only 5 percent of all cases -- were discovered a decade ago, but no genetic roots have previously been found for sporadic ALS, which occurs in people without a family history of the disease. In the Johns Hopkin...

Irregular Heartbeat Linked to Genetic Mutation

... of a genetic mutation that clearly established an inherited predisposition to atrial fibrillation. "Why cer...g of atrial fibrillation in younger patients as an inherited disease of ion channels, the building blocks of electrical pathways," says Timothy Olson, M.D., a pe...

New Imaging Technique Tracks Traffic Patterns of White Blood Cells

...ding that of Sickle Cell disease which is a common inherited blood disorder in the United States, affecting 72,000 Americans according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Sickle Cell disease is a blood disorder that affects hemoglobin, a protein inside red blood cells that help carry oxygen throughout ...

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