Sentences with phrase «faulty gene results»
George Daley of Harvard Medical School said on December 1 that he and his team have seen multiple patients affected by NEMO deficiency syndrome, a disorder where an inherited faulty gene results in a weak immune system and leaves patients prone to serious infections.
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A therapy that replaces the faulty gene responsible for cystic fibrosis in patients» lungs has produced encouraging results in a major UK trial.
The results could eventually be relevant to the treatment of a much more common cause of blindness, age - related macular degeneration, which is caused by whole host of faulty genes.
Their results could be relevant to the treatment of a more common cause of blindness, age - related macular degeneration, which is caused by a host of faulty genes.
The faulty gene leads to cell death in neurons in the brain resulting in gradual physical, mental and emotional changes, and ultimately death.
The aim is to prevent the diseases that result from faulty genes in mitochondria, which are passed from mothers to their babies.
Earlier studies suggested many immune diseases run in families and result when people inherit a faulty gene.
Less than 2 % of diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, Huntington's chorea, and beta thalassemia, result from a single faulty gene, and only about 5 % of cancer patients can attribute their diseases to heredity.