Sentences with phrase «as dyskeratosis congenita»
Our physicians and scientists are working on a number of initiatives, including collecting blood and bone marrow from patients to better understand the causes of bone marrow failure syndromes and MDS; exploring possible genetic factors that guide medical care; collecting blood and bone marrow to identify specific proteins that are faulty and how these defects relate to clinical complications and outcomes; and clinical trials to improve stem cell transplants for disorders such as dyskeratosis congenita.
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Dysfunction in telomere maintenance pathways plays an integral role in aging, cancer, and certain rare diseases such as dyskeratosis congenita (DC).
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Genetic and molecular processes underlying telomere diseases such as cancer and dyskeratosis congenita
Another is dyskeratosis congenita, a rare bone marrow disorder accompanied by much more serious effects such as early aging and predisposition to cancer.