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  One Shot Of Gene Therapy Spreads Through Brain In Animal Study

  October 8, 2007 — By targeting a site in a mouse brain well connected to other areas, researchers successfully delivered a beneficial gene to the entire brain -- after one injection of gene therapy. If these results ... > full story
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  Memory Processes Restored In Mice With Mental Impairment

  October 5, 2007 — Scientists have discovered how to reverse the learning and memory problems inherent in the most common form of mental impairment. The findings suggest the possibility of fragile X syndrome therapies ... > full story
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  Possible Genetic Risk For Fetal Alcohol Disorders

  September 23, 2007 — New research in primates suggests that infants and children who carry a certain gene variant may be more vulnerable to the ill effects of fetal alcohol exposure. The study's results may also help to ... > full story
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  Toward A Faster Prenatal Test For Down Syndrome

  September 18, 2007 — Scientists are reporting an advance toward rapid testing for prenatal detection of Down syndrome and other birth defects that involve an abnormal number of chromosomes. The test has the potential for ... > full story
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  Fragile X Syndrome: Fundamental Brain Defect And Probable Drug Target Identified

  September 17, 2007 — Scientists have discovered how the gene mutation responsible for fragile X syndrome -- the most common inherited form of mental retardation -- alters the way brain cells communicate. In neurons ... > full story
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  Stem Cell Research Produces A Key Discovery For Fragile X Syndrome

  September 10, 2007 — An important finding has been made about fragile X syndrome, a sex-linked genetic disorder that affects approximately one in 4,000 males and one in 6,000 females. Fragile X syndrome is the most ... > full story
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  New Mechanism In Development Of Severe Inherited Disease Discovered

  August 31, 2007 — Scientists have shown that the genetic defect that causes Cockayne Syndrome affects a key function of the cell - the transcription of genes coding for ribosomal RNA. Cockayne Syndrome is a ... > full story
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  Designing Better Markers For Pregnancy-Associated Pathological Conditions

  August 23, 2007 — Researchers report the most complete list so far of proteins present in the human amniotic fluid, the liquid that surrounds a fetus during pregnancy. The new information may be used to develop new or ... > full story
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  Is Ultrasound As Useful As We Think?

  August 16, 2007 — The usefulness of fetal 'nuchal thickness' as a technique for attempting to diagnose Down's syndrome in obstetric ultrasound is overstated and reliance on this surrogate marker may result in the ... > full story
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  Proteins Involved In New Neurodegenerative Syndrome Identifed

  August 15, 2007 — The interplay of two proteins that bind to messenger RNA, a molecule that mediates translation of the information encoded in genes into proteins, triggers the appearance of fragile X-associated ... > full story

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