Blame defective gene for malformed faces
July 6th, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 6 (IANS) Scientists have located a gene whose mutation wrecks the shape of human faces as well as triggers mental retardation.They looked at patients with Potocki-Shaffer syndrome, a ... Read more...
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Parents of mentally disabled kids look for filmmakers
November 28th, 2011 - 10:51 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 28 (IANS) If Aamir Khan's "Taare Zameen par" (TZP) triggered a ripple of social consciousness vis-a-vis autism, three women have come to IFFI this year armed with ... Read more...
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Scientists isolate gene behind mental retardation
July 17th, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 17 (IANS) With the help of a new sequencing technology, scientists have isolated a gene linked to mental retardation.
Mental retardation, also called intellectual disability, denotes certain limitations ... Read more...
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Virus causes hearing loss among newborns
June 22nd, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 22 (IANS) A viral infection that causes hearing loss and intellectual disability in newborn babies is greatly under-diagnosed, a report said.Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common viral infection that ... Read more...
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US spends billions to treat kids sickened by pollution
May 5th, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 5 (IANS) The US is spending billions of dollars every year for the medical treatment of children who fall
ill due to environmental pollution, says a new report.In ... Read more...
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New discovery explains link between epilepsy and fragile X syndrome
April 13th, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 13 (ANI): The discovery of a potential mechanism may now help explain how individuals with fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of intellectual disability, often develop epilepsy.Scientists at ... Read more...
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Drug used to treat alcoholism may help those with Fragile X, autism
April 5th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 05 (ANI): In a new study, adults and children with autism and Fragile X syndrome have shown improved communication and social behavior when treated with acamprosate.Acamprosate, which affects chemicals in ... Read more...
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New drug shows promise in treating Fragile X
January 8th, 2011 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): A new drug to treat the underlying disorder instead of the symptoms of Fragile X has shown some promise in a study conducted by researchers from Rush University ... Read more...
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Genetic deletion identified as major risk factor for autism, schizophrenia
November 5th, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 5 (ANI): An international team of scientists led by Emory University has identified the deletion of a genomic region on chromosome 17 as a significant risk factor for autism spectrum ... Read more...
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Why autism is more prevalent in boys
September 16th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington Sept 16 (ANI): A new study provides further clues as to why boys are far more likely than girls to be diagnosed with autismThe new research from the Centre for Addiction ... Read more...
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Jennifer Aniston Faces Rage For Using R Word
August 21st, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Aug 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) "The Good Girl" actress Jennifer Aniston was promoting her movie "The Switch" on American chat show "Live With Regis and Kelly". The former "Friends" actress did ... Read more...
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First drug to demonstrate therapeutic effect in a type of autism identified
May 21st, 2010 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 20 (ANI): American researchers have identified a drug that improves communication between nerve cells in a mouse model of Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (PMS).Previous research has shown that a gene mutation ... Read more...
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More evidence that autism is a brain ‘connectivity’ disorder
January 11th, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 11 (ANI): New research has added to a growing body of evidence that autism is a brain 'connectivity' disorder.Senior investigator Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD, of Children's Department of Neurology, Boston, ... Read more...
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Gene behind some forms of intellectual disability identified
December 16th, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have identified a gene, called TRAPPC9, which is involved in some forms of intellectual disability.Two international research teams ... Read more...
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Girl sues KFC for $10M over brain damage from Chicken Twister
August 3rd, 2009 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
KFC sued after salmonella from Chicken Twister damages 7yr-old girl's brainMelbourne, August 3 (ANI): A healthy seven-year-old girl was crippled and brain damaged from salmonella poisoning after eating a Chicken Twister from ... Read more...
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Children often diagnosed with intellectual disability at age 3
July 12th, 2009 - 11:22 am ICT by ANI
Washington, July 12 (ANI): Despite efforts to create awareness, children are often older than 3 years before they are diagnosed with common inherited form of intellectual disability, according to a new study.The ... Read more...
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Novel way to detect intellectual disabilities
June 24th, 2009 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 24 (ANI): Scientists from University of California, Davis have devised a novel technique to measure intellectual disability in patients with fragile X syndrome.Fragile X syndrome is the most common form ... Read more...
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Mutant gene causing epilepsy, intellectual disability in women discovered
May 13th, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by admin
London , May 13 (ANI): Making the worlds first discovery, scientists at Adelaide s Womens & Childrens Hospital and the University of Adelaide, Australia, have found a mutated gene that causes ... Read more...
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Scientists discover novel gene for new form of intellectual disability
April 25th, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by admin
Washington , Apr 25 (ANI): Researchers at The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have found that a gene, called CC2D2A, causes a previously unidentified form of intellectual disability, characterised ... Read more...
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Exposure to ‘corrective’ sex education makes sexual offenders more dangerous
November 14th, 2007 - 2:24 am ICT by admin
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