Transplant May Treat Metabolic Disorders in Womb Oct 20, 2009
She and her team are studying the new procedure in a pilot trial open to pregnant women at risk for having children with fatal metabolic disorders, including Krabbe disease, metachromatic leukodystrophy, Pelizaeus-Maerzbacher disease, Tay-Sachs disease and Sandoff disease. If untreated, these metabolic disorders can lead to bone, brain and central nervous system problems, and early death, the study authors noted in a Duke news release. (MEDLINEplus)
DNA trawl shows long history of India's castes Sep 24, 2009
DNA trawl shows long history of India's castes - Yahoo. Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
INDIA CASTES Sep 24, 2009
He said his group and others should look in to that, to see if Indians have higher rates of recessive diseases, which can include deadly and incurable cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, and Tay-Sachs disease. Reich's team, including a group at the Broad Institute at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, looked at genetic mutations in people from 25 different Indian groups -- a small sampling of the 6,000 or so estimated groups that restrict intermarriage. (AlertNet)
Patients from across US take part in study of galactosemia at Children’s Hospital Boston Aug 31, 2009
And families and foundations have supported a consortium of local researchers and others working on gene therapies for Tay-Sachs disease with a $600,000 grant, which this month helped the researchers win a $3. 5 million National Institutes of Health grant to bring animal research to the stage where it is ready for human clinical trials. (Boston Globe)
The Citizen's Cinema Aug 20, 2009
TheCitizensCinema wrote on Aug 19, 2009 2:07 PM:" Prior to watching "Two Lovers" last week, all I'd known about the film was that it was Joaquin Phoenix's last - or so he proclaimed - and that shooting it somehow warped Phoenix into the hermetic, shuddering beard-o who freaked David Letterman out last winter.Phoenix's foray into hip-hop at the expense of his film career would be hilarious if the waste of talent wasn't so frustrating. In "Two Lovers" more so than "Walk the Line" or any other... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Man, 100, to finally meet sick great-grandaughter Jun 22, 2009
The disease occurs in about 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 10,000 babies _ about the same incidence as Duchenne muscular dystrophy or, in the Jewish population, Tay-Sachs disease, according to the foundation. It says more than 25,000 Americans are believed to suffer from the disease, which it describes as the leading genetic cause of death in infants and toddlers. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Simple test, complex questions Feb 8, 2009
But CEO Harry Stylli said the company plans to develop screening tests for a range of other disorders, such as cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia and Tay-Sachs disease. Yet even before the completion of large trials for Down syndrome, the company has been fielding calls from women across North America anxious to try the new screening test, he said. (Globe and Mail -- National)
