Defective Gene Linked to Two Inherited Immune Deficiencies
Defects in a single gene can result in two immune system disorders that leave affected individuals vulnerable to frequent or unusually severe infections, according to new findings reported in the August issue of Nature Genetics. The discovery may lead to new diagnostic tests for these two inherited conditions ?immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency and common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). Currentl...First SCID gene chip to be introduced at Academy meeting on immunodeficiencies
The first gene chip ever to be developed for detecting SCID (primary immunodeficiency) in newborns will be presented to researchers for the first time at the New York Academy of Sciences' and Jeffrey Modell Foundation's one-day conference, Primary Immunodeficiencies: Past, Present, Future. The meeting will take place on April 25 at Rockefeller University, Caspary Auditorium, 1230 York Avenue, NY...Carnegie Mellon researchers discover key deficiencies in brains of people with autism
In a pair of groundbreaking studies, brain scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have discovered that the anatomical differences that characterize the brains of people with autism are related to the way those brains process information. Previous studies have demonstrated a lower degree of synchronization among activated brain areas in people with autis...Birth Defects Caused By Deficiencies In Cell Signaling Pathway
Cell signaling pathways are particularly essential for proper embryo development and disorders in these cellular pathways// can lead to birth defects such as cleft palate, spina bifida, reports a new study. The research is a collaborative effort of the University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center, and the Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute. The findings of the research report,...Improved Wheats Could Reduce Magnesium Deficiencies: Research
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have reported that the newly developed low-phytate breeding// lines of wheat have been found to produce flour with 25% more magnesium than commercial varieties. Edward J. Souza, research leader of the ARS Soft Wheat Quality Research Unit at Wooster, Ohio and colleagues Mary J. Guitteri and Karen M. Peterson at the University of Idaho Res...A Pratical Tool to Detect Bone Mass Deficiencies in Children With Chronic Diseases
According to a new study at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, pediatricians now created a screening tool to determine whether children with chronic diseases like Crohn's, juvenile arthritis and anorexia nervosa -- or those undergoing cancer treatment -- are at increased risk for bone mass deficiencies, fracture or osteoporosis as they get older. There is a huge demand...Doctors Warn of Deficiencies in Antenatal HIV Testing
Last month, the BMJ reported that rates of mother to child transmission of HIV are dramatically reduced by antiretroviral use, caesarean section, and avoidance of breastfeeding. However, none of these interventions can take place without awareness of the mothers HIV status, argue two senior doctors from Warwickshire Hospital in Coventry. In the United Kingdom, all antenatal clinics...Lymphocyte Subset Panel 7-Congenital Immunodeficiencies
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