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Genetic Testing of Diseases

Genetic testing helps to confirm a genetic condition in an individual and involves q complex laboratory techniques

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Urocortin 3 Gene Therapy Improves Systolic, Diastolic Function in Heart Failure

Urocortin 3 Gene Therapy Improves Systolic, Diastolic Function in Heart Failure

Urocortin 3 gene therapy can significantly improve systolic and diastolic function in heart failure, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Human Gene T...

Risk Factors Associated with Advanced Liver Disease in Cystic Fibrosis Patients Identified

Risk Factors Associated with Advanced Liver Disease in Cystic Fibrosis Patients Identified

New study can help identify a group of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis who are at a higher risk of developing advanced liver disease. Children's Hospital Colorado (Childre...

Hypertonic Saline May Aid Kids with Cystic Fibrosis Breathe Better

Hypertonic Saline May Aid Kids with Cystic Fibrosis Breathe Better

Infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) may breathe better by inhaling hypertonic saline, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the American Journal of Respiratory and C...

New RNA-based Technique Could Make Gene Therapy More Effective

New RNA-based Technique Could Make Gene Therapy More Effective

RNA circuits designed by biological engineers enable precise control over the dose of therapeutic protein a patient receives. Delivering functional genes into cells to replace mutated ...

DNA Spelling Mistakes may Cause Dementia

DNA Spelling Mistakes may Cause Dementia

Why are so many people developing dementia or Alzheimer's without any family history of the disease? . New research may help us find an answer to this enigmatic question. Islands of ...

DNA That Ages: DNA of People With Depression or Childhood Abuse Age Faster

DNA That Ages: DNA of People With Depression or Childhood Abuse Age Faster

DNA samples of people who have had faced childhood abuse or depression at an early age could be older than the rest of the people of their age genetically, finds a new study. DNA from ...

Phenylketonuria, the Genetic Disease Healed Using Genome Editing

Phenylketonuria, the Genetic Disease Healed Using Genome Editing

CRISPR/Cas9 system was found to show promising results to correct both mutated genes in the liver cells and thus heal the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria. Parents of newborns may be...

Novel DNA Analysis Tool May Help Forensic Experts Fight Crime

Novel DNA Analysis Tool May Help Forensic Experts Fight Crime

New test developed by Australian researchers can reveal the DNA amount people shed that would help forensic examiners catch criminals. The findings of the study are published in the journal ...

New 3D Technology Holds Promising Answers for Muscular Dystrophy Patients

New 3D Technology Holds Promising Answers for Muscular Dystrophy Patients

University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have combined 3D technology with science to discover a stem cell population that could hold promising answers for muscular dystrophy patien...

New DNA Tool Predicts Height, Offers Hope for Serious Illness Assessment

New DNA Tool Predicts Height, Offers Hope for Serious Illness Assessment

Novel DNA tool can help predict people's height and assess their risk for serious illnesses, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Genetics . A ne...

Mitochondrial Diseases Could be Treated With Gene Therapy

Mitochondrial Diseases Could be Treated With Gene Therapy

In mice, the use of experimental gene therapy had successfully targeted and eliminated the damaged DNA in mitochondria which causes the devastating conditions. The study was conducted by Uni...

DNA Vaccine: New Hope for HPV-related Head and Neck Cancer

DNA Vaccine: New Hope for HPV-related Head and Neck Cancer

MEDI0457, a DNA vaccine was found to have a therapeutic benefit to fight off human papillomavirus (HPV)-related head and neck cancer, revealed new study. Researchers from the Abra...

New Gene Therapy Can Help Treat Rare Inherited Disorder

New Gene Therapy Can Help Treat Rare Inherited Disorder

New gene therapy, Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec) is recommended for granting marketing authorization by the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human U...

New Gene Therapy Through Skin Can Help Fight Cocaine Addiction

New Gene Therapy Through Skin Can Help Fight Cocaine Addiction

New cutaneous gene therapy can help fight cocaine addiction, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering . Scientists ha...

New Tool Predicts Risk for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm from DNA

New Tool Predicts Risk for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm from DNA

Artificial intelligence (AI) helps predict an individual's risk for developing a complex cardiovascular disease using only his or her genome sequence. Detecting inherited risk fact...

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Genetic Testing of Diseases

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Gene Therapy - Potential Treatment for Incurable Diseases Gene therapy is a novel procedure in which genetic material is introduced into a patient's cells to replace a faulty gene in order to try and cure disease. It holds promise in ...

Muir-Torre Syndrome (MTS)

Muir-Torre syndrome is a subtype of Lynch syndrome or HNPCC. It is a rare autosomal dominant cancer syndrome, characterized by neoplasms of the sebaceous glands and visceral organs, especially colon cancer.

Hunter syndrome

Hunter Syndrome is a rare inherited disease in which the breakdown of sugars that build connective tissues is impaired due to the malfunctioning of an enzyme.

Apert Syndrome

Apert syndrome is a rare inherited condition marked by abnormal shape of the face and skull due to premature fusion of the bones, and webbing of hands and feet.

Incurable Diseases

Incurable diseases are disorders of infectious, non-infectious, genetic, metabolic, neoplastic or autoimmune nature that do not currently have a cure.

Turner Syndrome

Turner syndrome, a genetic developmental disorder in females is caused by a missing or incomplete X- chromosome. Girls are short and have dysfunctional ovaries.

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