Sentences with phrase «genetically related diseases»

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In February, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics recommended that minors not be genetically tested for DNA - based diseases unless there is a health - related reason to do so.

Celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that affects about 1 percent of the U.S. population, is triggered by the ingestion of wheat and related cereals in genetically susceptible individuals.

Moreover, this CRISPR technique may eventually be an important intervention in situations where parents want to have a genetically related child but have a homozygous condition — say both parents have two copies of a disease - causing mutation like that which causes sickle cell — which would result in all embryos being affected by the disorder.

For the first time, this definitively proves that PSC, although genetically related to IBD, is a distinct disease.

The donated mitochondria are placed within unfertilized eggs, which can then be fertilized so that women can give birth to genetically related, disease - free children.

Genetically engineered mice carrying the progeria mutation were used to test the effectiveness of farnesyltransferase inhibitors (FTIs) in combating progeria - related cardiovascular disease.

«Very few studies have investigated Alzheimer's disease pathology in chimpanzees, the species closest in phylogeny and most genetically related to humans,» said senior author Mary Ann Raghanti, Ph.D., associate professor and interim chair of anthropology at Kent State.

To study diseases that cause blindness in people, scientists typically genetically «knock out» cone - related genes in animals like mice.

The council, an independent and influential think tank based in the United Kingdom, released its report today evaluating various methods that could potentially allow women who have mitochondrial disease to bear healthy, genetically related children.

As the committee explains, «If effective, MRT could satisfy the desire of women seeking to have a genetically related child with a significantly reduced risk of passing on mtDNA disease, yet the techniques raise ethical, social, and policy issues» [1].

The Allen Chair was established in 1990 to support the research of foods, which influence human health and nutrition including the development of new, genetically altered foods, which can prevent diet - related disease.

«Very few studies have investigated Alzheimer's disease pathology in chimpanzees, the species closest in phylogeny and most genetically related to humans,» said senior author Dr. Mary Ann Raghanti, associate professor and interim chair of anthropology at Kent State.

«In all the research on dogs, the question comes up over and over how modern breeds are related to one another genetically,» said Ostrander, whose research has concentrated on using the power of genetics to understand canine diseases.

The researchers isolated two related but genetically diverse strains of H. pylori from a 90 - year - old patient with gastric ulcer disease.

The agency could not have predicted the advances in science that would uncover not only the addiction - like process that compels us to gobble up these foods, nor could they have predicted the mechanisms that reveal how these foods can change the expression of our genetic material and predispose a generation of children to metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes.13, 14 The agency could not have guessed that its recommendations would have especially devastating effects on minorities whom scientists believe may be genetically susceptible to diseases related to a diet high in processed grains and cereal products.15, 16

Of particular interest are samples from young affected dogs as these are most likely to be suffering from an inherited form of the disease, as opposed to age related kidney disease, which may be genetically different.

Because a breed group is genetically related, mutations and diseases in ancestors or within a breed put all breeds within that group at risk for the same inherited disorders.

Shedding on various parts of the body, clumps of shedding, and skin discoloration may also be signs of an array of serious issues, including bacterial infections, ringworm and other fungal infections, thyroid disease, Cushing's disease, skin allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, and genetically related skin problems.

The resolution to the problem of inherited disease is also somewhat different for dogs because they are partitioned into so many breeds that are genetically related to varying degrees.

Because members of a breed are closely related, genetically based diseases are often first identified in a family of purebred cats.

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