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Dercum disease is a rare condition that is characterized by multiple, painful fatty tumors that occur chiefly in post-menopausal, obese women of middle age.
… Dercum disease - also known as Adiposis Dolorosa, Anders' syndrome and Dercum-Vitaut syndrome - is a rare condition that is characterized by … condition. In addition, it tends to be progressive. … This syndrome consists of four cardinal symptoms: (1) multiple, …
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Autism is a developmental brain disorder characterized by impaired social interactions, communication problems, and repetitive behaviors.
… behaviors. … Autism Spectrum Disorders, Asperger Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, ASD, Developmental Disorder … Autism is a condition …
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SJS/TEN is a severe drug reactions that affect the skin, and one of the most severe of adverse reactions affecting any system in the body
… soon by a rare genetic condition known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (SJS/TEN). SJS/TEN is the … victim to the fatal genetic condition, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, or SJS/TEN. Photo … many more such variants and understand how they cause the syndrome so we can develop effective treatment and prevention …
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An expert panel from the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) has critically reevaluated the scientific evidence for all 17 reported genes, disputing nine of the genes and revealing only three of the genes to be definitively associated with the most common form of the disease.
… three genes believed to be associated with long QT syndrome … Geneticists and heart specialists around the world had previously reported 17 genes to cause long QT syndrome, a little-known inherited heart condition. However, … as having limited or disputed evidence for causing the syndrome. Their results were published in Circulation , the …
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Polydactyly is a condition in which a person has more than the normal number of fingers or toes.
… … Autosomal Dominant, Dominant, Birth Defect, Mutation, Syndrome … Polydactyly is a condition in which a person has …
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Using a recently developed DNA base-editing technique, researchers correct accelerating aging disorder.
… which is also known as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, is caused by a mutation in the nuclear lamin A  … DNA-editing, CRISPR, progeria, Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, base editing … Using a recently developed DNA …
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Dr. Suzanne Hart was the deputy director of the Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine Fellowship Training Program until she retired in late 2023.
… established a multidisciplinary clinic for Prader-Willi syndrome. She then joined the faculty at the University of … as an isolated inherited condition, as part of a genetic syndrome, or as a side effect of certain medications. Dr. … forms of gum overgrowth, such as Zimmerman-Laband syndrome and juvenile hyaline fibromatosis, as well as gum …
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Diana Bianchi is an adjunct investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… commitment to developing prenatal treatments for Down syndrome. They hypothesize that giving safe and efficacious … chromosomes, and fetuses with trisomies 21 or 18, Turner syndrome (45, X), Fragile X, twin to twin transfusion syndrome, and myelomeningocele. We have also explored the …
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William J. Pavan, Ph.D. is the chief of NHGRI's Genetic Disease Research Branch.
… factor SOX10 , which is associated with Waardenburg Syndrome IV and with human melanoma, and also identified the … disease and melanocyte deficiencies of Waardenburg (WS) syndrome. Subsequently, germline SOX10 mutations were … Res . 30(3):339-352. 2017. [ PubMed ] Chandler RJ, Williams IM, Gibson AL, Davidson CD, Incao AA, Hubbard BT, …
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Laura Koehly, Ph.D., has been named chief of NHGRI's Social and Behavioral Research Branch.
… on the psychosocial impact of genetic testing for Lynch Syndrome-associated cancer . The genes associated with Lynch syndrome had just been discovered. "Jill was working on a … as they say, is history." People with identified Lynch syndrome mutations were waiting a long time before informing …