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Enzyme Variant May Contribute to Off-task Behaviour in ADHD
A single genetic change to an enzyme that regulates dopamine in the brain could account for the difficulties some children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have staying on task.
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Prenatal Test for Devastating Skin Disorder
A rare genetic disorder that causes extremely fragile skin and mucosa can be easily diagnosed in a first trimester fetus thanks to a non invasive immunofluorescence procedure.
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Improving Stroke Therapy
The mechanism that may cause the undesirable bleeding associated with blood clot 'dissolving' enzymes is described in a paper published online.
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Arthritis Drug May Help Combat Kidney Disease
A drug currently used to treat rheumatoid arthritis could be used to treat people with a genetic kidney disease.
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Cut Off the Food to Spite the Tumour
Researchers have uncovered the important role of a molecule in directing the formation of blood supply to tumours.
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Gene Addiction Reveals Cancer's Achilles' Heel
Blood cancer cells are hooked on the expression of a normal gene.
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New Heart Progenitors Found
A new type of heart stem cell is described online.
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Muscle Degeneration
Researchers have identified a molecule that is involved in muscle ageing, and show that a balance between this and another known factor interferes with regeneration.
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