Purpose: Alagille syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition characterized by a paucity of interlobular bile ducts and chronic cholestasis, cardiac disease, skeletal abnormalities, ocular ...
A patient report submitted to the FDA provides insights on living with ARPKD and unmet medical needs. An “ARPKD Therapeutic Development Roadmap” is forthcoming. Current treatments for autosomal ...
Organoids - lab grown cells or tissues that resemble organs - serve as a new tool for disease modeling, but researchers often have difficulty replicating the biophysical conditions in which the organs ...
New review highlights evolving Pompe disease management, from screening to next-generation therapies and monitoring. Read ...
In a recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, researchers identified that individuals with a deficiency of myeloid differentiation primary response 88 (MyD88) and interleukin-1 ...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health challenge that affects more than 800 million people worldwide. 1 CKD can be caused by a variety of disease processes. Many causes are difficult to ...
For the first time researchers from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Radboudumc, Maastricht UMC+ and international colleagues have gained insight into the "hidden genetic defects" of the general ...
Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot as it should. Usually, people have VWD due to their genes, which may come from a male or female parent. Blood ...
A gene defect identified in Karelian Bear Dogs causes a severe bone disease. A gene test has been developed for diagnostic and breeding purposes. A research group led by Professor Hannes Lohi at the ...