Potential drug could become first effective treatment option for Prader-Willi...
Duke Health researchers have identified a drug-like small molecule that, in animal experiments, appears to be an effective treatment for a genetic disorder called Prader-Willi syndrome.
View ArticleDiscovery may offer new therapeutic approach for kids with Prader-Willi syndrome
Stem cell researchers at UConn Health have reversed Prader-Willi syndrome in brain cells growing in the lab, findings they recently published in the Human Molecular Genetics.
View ArticleFerring announces FDA approval of ZOMACTON for injection in four new...
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved ZOMACTON for injection in four additional pediatric indications
View ArticleausEE promotes Australia’s Feeding Tube Awareness Week
ausEE Inc. is promoting Australia’s Feeding Tube Awareness Week which is held nationally 3 – 9February 2019. There are many reasons why children or adults may require a feeding tube.
View ArticleNew approach to waking up sleeping genes could help people with Prader-Willi...
New funding is enabling Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers to develop new approaches to potentially help people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a devastating and incurable genetic condition.
View ArticlePWSA (USA) announces support for H.R.4144 - Ending the Diagnostic Odyssey Act...
Today, PWSA (USA) announced its support for H.R.4144 - Ending the Diagnostic Odyssey Act of 2019, a bill to enable States to better provide access to whole genome sequencing clinical services for...
View ArticleIBR receives $1.95 million NIH grant for research on rare diseases
The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities' Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities has received a $1.95 million grant, for a five-year period, from the...
View ArticleResearch team publishes findings from study of TAF1 syndrome
An international, multidisciplinary research team from more than 50 institutions, led by geneticist and psychiatrist Gholson Lyon, MD, PhD, of the New York State Office for People With Developmental...
View ArticleStudying the genomes of hibernating mammals could improve understanding and...
A discovery about mammalian genomes and hibernation could aid understanding and treatment of obesity and metabolic disorders.
View ArticleHibernators reveal genetic clues to better understand and treat obesity,...
Hibernation is one of nature's strangest quirks, inducing bears and other mammals to pack on massive weight- amounts that would be unhealthy for humans-;so they can survive months of slumber. Yet when...
View ArticleDrug trial seeking treatment option for hyperphagia in patients with...
One in every 15,000 children is affected by Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a complex, genetic endocrine condition caused by a disorder of chromosome 15. It's non-inheritable, meaning the condition isn't...
View ArticleFirst biobank in Australia for chromosome 15 disorders
The first biobank in Australia aiming to improve research and treatments into rare genetic diseases caused by changes to genes on chromosome 15, including Prader-Willi Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome,...
View ArticleMother's protein found to be involved in genomic imprinting process
Mothers leave their mark on their children in many ways - and Australian researchers have discovered a protein called SMCHD1 is involved in this 'imprinting' process.
View ArticleMachine learning approach helps study human hypothalamus at the single-cell...
Human brain organoids are remarkable platforms for modeling features of human brain development and diseases.
View ArticleResearchers find brain alterations in obese children
Obesity is generally linked to poor eating habits and the availability of tasty, high-calorie foods. However, a new study led by researchers from the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Unit in the...
View ArticleChildhood and adolescent obesity: time to act
In a recent review published in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics, researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin presented an overview of the pathophysiological mechanisms, health implications, and...
View ArticlePathophysiology, comorbidities, and interventions related to childhood obesity
Researchers discuss the psychological and physiological impacts of obesity on children.
View ArticleNew molecule is one step closer to becoming a treatment for Phelan-McDermid...
A molecule created at the University of Auckland is one step closer to becoming a treatment for an extremely rare and severely debilitating neurological disorder called Phelan-McDermid syndrome.
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