Sentences with phrase «hereditary form»

Mutations in PINK1 and its partner molecule Parkin cause hereditary forms of Parkinson's disease.

New understanding of epigenetics, or the molecular processes that control genes, show how it underlies hereditary forms of obesity and cancer

The researchers studied DNA variants in the gene encoding the enzyme sucrase - isomaltase (SI), due to the observation that SI mutations are often found in hereditary forms of sucrose intolerance, whose main characteristics diarrhea, abdominal pain and bloating are also common in IBS.

If the new approach to financing research hastens the discovery of a treatment, «it can serve as a model for other hereditary forms of neurodegenerative diseases like muscular dystrophy and Huntington's disease,» he added.

Androgenetic alopecia is a common hereditary form of hair loss in both men and women.

Photo credit: noyava When Angelina Jolie announced last month that she decided to get a prophylactic double mastectomy, she based her decision on the presence of the BRCA1 gene in her body — a gene that was detected via a costly medical test.The Supreme Court today unanimously struck down patents on BRCA1 and BRCA2 — two genes linked to hereditary forms of breast and ovarian cancer — when the genes occur in the body.

The treatment, called Luxturna and made by Spark Therapeutics, treats Leber congenital amaurosis, a hereditary form of blindness.

They transplanted either normal or gene - corrected macrophages into the respiratory tracts of mice, which were bred to mimic the hereditary form of a human disease called hereditary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (hPAP).

Researchers have discovered that mutations in a specific gene are responsible for a hereditary form of melanoma.

NMD is known among the medical community for the role it plays in the development of genetic diseases such as Cystic Fibrosis and some hereditary forms of cancers.

Scientists have pinpointed the gene that, when defective, causes a hereditary form of Parkinson's disease in a large Italian family.

A rare, hereditary form of autism has been found — and it may be treatable with protein supplements.

A HEREDITARY form of blindness has been delayed or reversed for the first time by a daily drug treatment.

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom have determined the crystal structure of Parkin, a protein found in cells that when mutated can lead to a hereditary form of Parkinson's disease.

About 40 percent of those have a hereditary form of the disease.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have identified subtle defects in a single gene that underlie a hereditary form of age - related macular degeneration, the leading cause of...

Thanks to the discovery of new genetic markers for a hereditary form of Alzheimer's though, researchers can now examine people genetically predisposed to the condition to see what changes their bodies go through well before symptoms appear.

Personalized Genome Sequencing Reveals Coding Error Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists used «personalized genome» sequencing on an individual with a hereditary form of pancreatic cancer to locate a mutation in a gene called PALB2 that is responsible for initiating the disease.

Cause of Hereditary Lung Disease Found Scientists at Johns Hopkins identified the genetic culprits that trigger a hereditary form of a fatal lung disease.

Some diseases, such as a hereditary form of sensory neuropathy accompanied by dementia, are directly caused by methylomic changes.

Six months of consuming the phytonutrients curcumin, the bright - yellow pigment in turmeric, and quercetin, which is found naturally in such fruits and vegetables as red onions and grapes, appeared to decrease the number and size of polyps by more than half in patients with a hereditary form of colorectal cancer.

The Bouvier des Flandres has a hereditary form of laryngeal paralysis that is able to affect young dogs.

And since the hereditary form that afflicts some German shepherds produces the most pronounced symptoms, like the kind Maya had, more often veterinarians will see dogs with milder symptoms that are less obviously suggestive of EPI.

Unfortunately some hereditary forms are undetectable when the dog is alive.