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In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth

Medical Xpress

A toddler is thriving after doctors in the U.S. and Canada used a novel technique to treat her before she was born for a rare genetic disease that caused the deaths of two of her sisters.

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$8 million awarded to landmark genetic research project

Drug Discovery World

Landmark genetic research could allow doctors to accurately predict whether a patient is at risk of developing common diseases, decades before any symptoms would become evident. The post $8 million awarded to landmark genetic research project appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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AI and genetics could help doctors treat alcohol addiction, research shows

Medical Xpress

The provider asks the patient some basic questions, like alcohol cravings and stress levels, and collects a blood sample for genetic testing. Imagine a patient has been diagnosed with alcohol use disorder, and their health care provider is reviewing medication options to help them curb their drinking.

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Researchers design genetic therapy to prevent brain deterioration

Drug Discovery World

A research team at the Francis Crick Institute and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)/UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health have identified potential treatments for children with rare genetic conditions. The researchers have shown that problems with calcium underlie these progressive diseases.

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UK agency pilots biobank to study links between genetics and drug side effects

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) aims to launch a pilot genetic biobank that will gather patient data to associate drug-related adverse events to their genetic makeup. The first patients will have their genetic makeup sequenced in Spring 2024 and this data will be shared in 2025.

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Opinion: Genetic research provides new clarity about the ‘whys’ of autism

STAT News

The doctor was empathetic but serious when she said that he showed “symptoms consistent with an autism spectrum diagnosis.” It was an appropriately hazy afternoon on the day my son Dylan, age two years, seven months, and sixteen days, was diagnosed with autism.

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Researchers reverse the in vitro and in vivo effects of the mutation that causes Stormorken syndrome

Medical Xpress

That was the case when Thilini Gamage was to carry out one of the studies in her doctoral work with Professor Eirik Frengen at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo. They study gene variation and mutations that cause rare genetic diseases. A mutation is a permanent change in the genetic material.