Sentences with phrase «other genetic abnormalities»

There are other genetic abnormalities that affect canines generally that can also exist in Rottweilers.

The process, known as prenatal screening, is already used to determine whether an embryo exhibits signs of conditions like Down syndrome and diseases like sickle cell anemia, but it could also be used to identify any other genetic abnormalities — particularly genetic mutations — exhibited by an embryo.

The main focus seems to be more on mutation and other genetic abnormalities that lead to cancer.

Elizabeth had the tests to rule out Down syndrome and a few other genetic abnormalities.

Not exact matches

The clinic also screens embryos for «albinism or other ocular pigmentation disorders» as well as a range of genetic abnormalities such as Down syndrome and haemophilia.Eugenics is fine, as long as you don't alter eye and hair colour.

You'll have blood tests, such as the glucose screening test to check for gestational diabetes, and you'll be offered screening tests or amniocentesis to test for Down syndrome as well as other chromosomal abnormalities, genetic disorders, and neural tube defects.

Other causes can include placental abruption, infection, pre-eclampsia, problems with the umbilical chord, obstetric cholestasis, or genetic abnormalities.

«While there are clearly other factors that can cause these types of abnormalities, including genetic vulnerabilities, demonstrating that immune activation alone can produce these effects offers new hope for treatments that might reduce their severity, or prevent them altogether, in certain individuals.»

Further testing could reveal genetic abnormalities or other problems with the cells that would prevent their use in therapies.

New research has found that routine screening using a non-invasive test that analyzes fetal DNA in a pregnant woman's blood can accurately detect Down's syndrome and other genetic fetal abnormalities in the first trimester.

Despite the genetic turmoil this causes, scientists have disagreed for nearly a century about whether this abnormality and other types of genomic instability are the starting gun for cancer or merely collateral damage.

Therefore, it is more than evident that fetal structural malformations and other fetal abnormalities revealed through prenatal ultrasound are characterized by considerable phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity.

The short form of the serotonin transporter gene promoter does not explain autism, insists Dr. Cook, who heads a nationwide consortium of researchers looking for the genetic underpinnings of this disease, but it does appear to play a significant role, perhaps in concert with other abnormalities which we've not yet uncovered.

Finally, there are other causes of microcephaly, brain abnormalities, and other birth defects, including genetic and infectious causes, about which the USZPR has limited information.36 - 38

Other cancer - promoting genetic abnormalities may be randomly acquired through errors in DNA replication, or are inherited, and thus present in all cells from birth.

Yes, the two conditions (bicuspid or other aortic valve defect and weakening of the adjacent segment of the aorta) indeed tend to go together — but perhaps only because of a predisposition to aortic weakening (thought to be caused by hydraulic abnormalities in flow from the diseased valve); perhaps the predisposition need not be fulfilled if the artery and its lining are healthy as a result of adequate diet — just as a genetic predisposition to heart disease in general need not result in actual disease if diet is adequate.

Other causes of acute pancreatitis include abdominal trauma, medications, infections, tumors, and genetic abnormalities of the pancreas.

Responsible breeders are those who carefully select a mate for Puffin or Princess; make sure she's hale and hardy before breeding; and get her checked for hip dysplasia, eye diseases, deafness, or any other breed - related genetic abnormality.

A rabbit with malocclusion or other tooth alignment abnormality, trauma or genetic defect may need routine tooth trims, but this should be done by a qualified rabbit veterinarian.

Some of these maladies are genetic; others are acquired through infections or parasites or as a result of other abnormalities, diseases, injuries, or old age.

As in many other breeds, hip dysplasia, progressive retinal atrophy (an eye abnormality), and von Willebrand's disease (VWD; a blood clotting disorder) are genetic issues being addressed by responsible breeders.

Many other abnormalities, located throughout the body, are also common when pets harbor this genetic abnormality.

However, there are many different types of breeders; some of whom maintain poor conditions, breed without care, and fail to back up their puppies with support, while others study the bloodlines of the stud and bitch before they breed, certify their breeding stock for genetic abnormalities, and prove their dogs in the show ring.

This sounds like one - off genetic dwarf since dwarfism produces a compact, short - bodied cat, often with a disproportionately large head and possibly other abnormalities.

I am finding out that my ex-wife may have kept from me a genetic predisposition to Down syndrome and other abnormalities in the baby.

He has defended clinical laboratories and other healthcare providers and institutions in litigation arising out of gynecologic, skin, breast, and other cancers; neurological birth defects; chromosomal abnormalities; blood disorders; genetic diseases; wrongful birth; terminations of pregnancy; and drug abuse.