He suffers from neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes massive life-threatening tumors on his face.
Another drug program might help reduce the impact of the genetic disorder that causes Down syndrome.
Cystic fibrosis is a serious genetic disorder which damages the lungs and digestive system.
The teenage sister of Coleen Rooney has died after a lifelong battle with a rare genetic disorder.
An estimated 200 children are believed to be born with the genetic disorder in the U.S. each year.
And to understand different diseases, they'll need to create lines from human embryos that suffer from a genetic disorder.
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Born with a rare genetic disorder, Bella has defied the odds by surviving.
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This is the very worst form of a genetic disorder called familial hypercholesterolemia.
It studied a similar group of patients, people who have a genetic disorder that predisposes them to have high cholesterol.
The sequencing came up with a result: Calvin has a rare genetic disorder called Pitt-Hopkins syndrome, which causes intellectual and developmental disabilities.
One of the French face transplant recipients was a man who had a genetic disorder that created large tumors on his face.
One said that the agency would not approve Lumizyme, to treat a rare genetic disorder called Pompe disease, before a deadline of Feb. 28, as expected.
Thalidomide UK says that tests at a top London hospital have ruled out the possibility that the deformity was the result of some unrelated genetic disorder.
Couples planning to have children who know they have a genetic disorder running in their family often opt for IVF treatment and select healthy embryos for implantation.
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But in January results from an artery-imaging study showed that adding Zetia to Zocor didn't slow heart-attack-causing atherosclerosis in patients with a genetic disorder that causes high cholesterol.
The life-threatening genetic disorder damages the lungs and digestive system.
In 2007, a French team performed the third partial facial transplant on a man who was disfigured by a genetic disorder that created large tumors on his face.
In a surprise move, Shire Pharmaceuticals has ended its bid for FDA approval for its Replagal biologic for treating Fabry disease, a rare, but life-threatening genetic disorder.
Pfizer and its partner, Protalix BioTherapeutics, just got some good news from the Food and Drug Administration: Elelyso, a treatment for a rare genetic disorder called Gaucher disease, was approved.
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This month, a committee from the European Medicines Agency recommended the approval of a gene therapy drug, named Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec), for the treatment of a rare inherited genetic disorder.
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However, he said it was important that individuals are not instinctively attracted sexually to people who look like them as inbreeding can increase the risk of disease and genetic disorder significantly.
In April, it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for not one but two drugs: Aldurazyme, a treatment for the rare genetic disorder MPS I that is co-marketed with Novato, Calif.
In another study of patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, a genetic disorder that caused high cholesterol, patients who took REGN727 saw their cholesterol decline between 30% and 65% depending on how the medicine was dosed.
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Moreover, he says, the drug seems to work best in patients with the cholesterol-related genetic disorder, which is unexpected but could be a big help for these patients, who are at risk for heart attacks and strokes.
It seems a true genetic disorder.
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The study, which tracked 1000 patients in 16 countries for more than four years, was conducted by researchers from Queens University and Newcastle University in the UK. They focused principally on people with Lynch syndrome, an inherited genetic disorder that causes cancer by affecting genes responsible for detecting and repairing DNA damage.
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Venkatesh, 25, was suffering from a genetic neurological disorder and was on life-support for more than seven months.
So the first thing to say regarding how to protect children at increased genetic risk for bipolar disorder is that they should be shielded from environmental adversity.
In particular, there's a strong genetic component to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, as well as to several mood and anxiety disorders, including depression, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The fact that bipolar disorder has a strong genetic component also means you can help protect your unborn baby from the condition by providing her the best environment possible.
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