Elhers-Danlos syndrome: what is this chronic disease suffered by Sia and Lena Dunham?
Also called "chewing gum disease", the term includes several genetic diseases that affect the production of collagen. Paparazzi have pushed ...
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A new drug for genetic heart failure
US scientists have found that a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration may help prevent symptoms of genetic ...
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Bioethics law: the “baby medicine” technique will not be included
Monday, October 7, the National Assembly voted on an amendment tabled by the group Les Républicains proposing to abandon the ...
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Hemochromatosis: why the disease is more common among Bretons
This pathology causes an excess of iron in the blood, and is sometimes difficult to diagnose. World Hemochromatosis Week is ...
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Zolgensma: a $2.1 million treatment soon on the American market
Intended for children with spinal muscular atrophy, Zolgensma has just obtained the green light from the authorities for marketing in ...
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No, there are no ‘depression genes’
Without questioning the sometimes hereditary nature of this mental disorder, a new study suggests that there are no isolated genetic ...
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Hemochromatosis: 20% of carriers of the genetic mutation have complications
The frequency of complications is largely underestimated in people carrying the genetic anomaly. A factual element to reorganize prevention in ...
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Diseases without diagnosis: the key is genetic sequencing and its interpretation
For chronic diseases without diagnosis, the realization of a genetic sequencing within a dedicated medical network allows the diagnosis in ...
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Pregnancy: children’s genetic diseases could be treated before they are born
For the first time, researchers have successfully used gene therapy to cure a genetic disease present in mice, paving the ...
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This beautiful little girl owes her big, dark eyes to a rare genetic disease
At two years old, little Mehlani suffers from Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by abnormalities in the anterior ...
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Antisense: therapeutic revolution in sight and first clinical applications
Antisense, assemblies of molecules capable of specifically blocking a mutated gene and the production of an abnormal protein, find their ...
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Polygamy: a community of Mormons with a rare disease
Several children suffer from fumaric aciduria, a rare genetic disease that is very debilitating and favored by polygamy practiced in ...
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Sara Geurts: covered in wrinkles at 26 because of a rare disease
At 26, Sara Geurts has fragile, wrinkled skin due to a rare disease. She made this particularity an asset in ...
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Progeria: researchers curb accelerated aging
A molecule capable of greatly slowing down their accelerated aging in old children has been discovered. THE ESSENTIAL Progeria is ...
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Sickle cell disease: a successful gene therapy
A teenager with severe sickle cell disease has been successfully treated with gene therapy. Fifteen months later, he was able ...
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Death of Gaspard: 90,000 Internet users share their emotion
Little Gaspard, who became a social media star, died of Sandhoff's disease. This rare genetic disease has no cure.Gaspard's fight ...
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World first: 3 DNA for a baby
A baby is born using a new technique that uses a donor's mitochondrial DNA to prevent the transmission of hereditary ...
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Telethon: from association to the production of therapies
The Telethon has created its own laboratories grouped together within the Institute of Biotherapies for Rare Diseases. Its mission is ...
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Health democracy: the AFM-Telethon coup
SURVEY - The establishment of the generalized third-party payment in the law is a further step towards health democracy. But ...
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Prader-Willi syndrome: effective bariatric surgery
Bariatric surgery would be a hope for a lasting treatment for this rare genetic disease.It is the Tantalus torture of ...
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Bubble babies: gene therapy more effective than transplant
The absence of an effective immune system is no longer inevitable. Gene therapy is very effective in promoting the production ...
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