Sentences with phrase «genetic oral diseases»

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According to the paper, this is one of the first times an oral biologic has been used successfully to change the natural history of a genetic disease; in this case, a mutation that puts individuals at very high risk for colon cancer.

In this study, a team led by Panos N. Papapanou, DDS, PhD, professor and chair of oral, diagnostic and rehabilitation sciences at the College of Dental Medicine at CUMC, «reverse - engineered» the gene expression data to build a map of the genetic interactions that lead to periodontitis and identify individual genes that appear to have the most influence on the disease.

Oral Abstract Presentations Amy Shealy — «Novel Microduplication of 12q13.12 Including TUBA1A and DHH Detected in a Boy with Abnormal Brain MRI Findings, Cryptorchidism, Urethral Stricture and Pubertal Delay» Marissa Smith — «Expanding Genetic Counseling Services to an Executive Health Program: Identifying Risk for Genetic Disease in a Low - Risk Population» Jessi Moline — «Approach to Systematic Screening of Endometrial Cancers for Lynch Syndrome: the Cleveland Clinic Experience» Brandie Leach — «A Time Study of Genetic Counselor Only versus Traditional Care Genetic Counselor / Geneticist Patient Care in a Cancer Genetics Setting» Jill Polk — «Ethico - legal Obligations in Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Kindred with Novel CDH1 Mutation»

Their goal is to identify genetic - expression profiles that correlate with the development of oral cancer, a disease with a five - year survival rate of only about 50 percent.

This genetic variant was being evaluated to see if it impacted the severity of disease or the response to the oral medication, sildenafil citrate, the most commonly used drug for the treatment of this condition.

There are many factors that influence the development of periodontal disease: age, diet, shape of teeth, occlusion, bacterial flora, immune status, general health, genetic predisposition, lack of oral hygiene, size and shape of dental arches, breed and chewing habits or motion.