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How having too much or too little of CHRNA7 can lead to neuropsychiatric disorders

November 28, 2017Autism, calcium channel, cellular stress, CHRNA7, cognitive impairment, genetic condition, Genetics, Human genetics, neuron, Neuropsychiatric disorders, neuropsychiatric disordrs

Studying the genetic code allows researchers to know whether some patients with neuropsychiatric disorders either have extra copies of the CHRNA7 gene or are missing

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Sometimes, scientists solve medical mysteries in a day’s work

June 19, 2017developmental disability, flexible joints, gene datasets, GSPT2, Human genetics, MAGED1, X chromosme, Xp11.22

It all began on a Thursday, the day Dr. Daryl Scott goes to clinic to visit patients. One of the patients was a young male with

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Of mice, men and proteasomes; OTUD6B variant causes intellectual and physical disability

May 3, 2017developmental disorders, Human genetics, intellectual disabilities, Mouse models, OTUD6B, physical disabilities, proteasome, whole exome sequencing

One of Dr. Magdalena Walkiewicz’s patients had not received a genetic diagnosis for his condition that included a number of intellectual and physical disabilities. After

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ABL1 gene plays a role in cancer and in a developmental disorder

April 18, 2017ABL1 gene, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Genetics, genomic data, Human genetics, Marfan syndrome, Philadelphia chromosome

The human gene ABL1 is well-known for its association with cancer. In this case, a piece of chromosome 9 containing the ABL1 gene and a

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A striking number of genetic changes can occur early in human development

April 6, 2017Baylor Genetics, clinical genomic studies, copy number variants, de novo genetic changes, developmental disorders, embryonic development, Human genetics

Dr. Pengfei Liu has a challenging job. As the assistant laboratory director of Baylor Genetics and assistant professor of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, he

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Collaboration matters when looking for answers to undiagnosed diseases

February 10, 2017data sharing, de novo mutation, developmental delay, Human genetics, NACC1, Rare Diseases, undiagnosed diseases, whole exome sequencing

It used to be that identifying genes involved in a particular disease was like finding a needle in a haystack. Nowadays, scientists still have to

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New mutations in gene PKD1L1 are associated with disarrangement of human internal organs

December 9, 2016congenital heart malformations, Human genetics, internal organ disarrangement, laterality defects, PKD1L1, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, prenatal diagnosis

Scientists have linked gene PKD1L1 with disarrangement of human internal organs, known as laterality defects, and complex congenital heart disease. This discovery contributes to a

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Genomic approaches can provide answers to undiagnosed primary immunodeficiency diseases.

November 18, 2016Genetic Sequencing, Human genetics, Immunology, molecular causes of disease, next generation genome sequencing, PIDD, primary immunodeficiency disease

Lea este artículo en español, aquí. An international team of physician-researchers set out to change the approach by which they genetically diagnose primary immunodeficiency diseases

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$27.9 million from NIH to support Baylor’s Knockout Mouse Project

October 24, 2016Award, Genetics, Human genetics, International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium

Nearly $28 million has been awarded to Baylor College of Medicine’s Knockout Mouse Project led by Dr. Arthur Beaudet, professor of molecular and human genetics,

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Variations in gene ATAD3A can result in distinct neurological syndromes

October 21, 2016ATAD3A, fruit fly, Human genetics, mitochondria, miyophagy, neurodevelopmental disorders

Research has revealed that a group of rare neurological syndromes for which there was no cause can be the result of variations in the gene