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Must say that this is really something ! Baby with rare disease cured in world medical first 'Baby Z', an infant who was cured of molybdenum cofactor deficiency by doctors at Monash Medical Centre in Victoria Sophie Tedmanson in Sydney   An Australian infant with a rare and fatal disease has been cured with treatment which has only previously been used on mice, in what doctors are claiming is a world first medical procedure. The infant, known as Baby Z, was born with molybdenum cofactor deficiency type A, a rare progressive neurodegenerative disorder in which a build-up of toxic sulphite causes fits and brain damage, and results in death in infancy. Until now, there has been no known cure for the metabolic condition, which kills about 100 babies each year. A team from the Monash Medical Centre in Victoria scoured medical literature around the world looking for a miracle cure for Baby Z after she was diagnosed with the condition when she began suffering seizures just 60 hours after she was born in May, 2008..... This is just amazing! |
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UCL researchers discover genetic cause of inflammatory bowel disease UCL researchers were part of the team to discover that mutations in either of two related genes can cause a severe form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in young children. Dr Erik Glocker (UCL Infection & Immunity) said: “This discovery is a milestone in research on inflammatory bowel disease, and will enable us to gain further insights into the physiology and immunity of the intestine.” Dr Glocker found the first mutation in the protein IL10R2 identified in the study. Analysis of additional patients with early onset colitis revealed mutations in IL10R1..... |
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Gene therapy cures girl with severe combined immunodeficiency
----------------------------------------"For years, gene therapy produced tons of hype but no results. Recently, though, new approaches have yielded its first successes: breakthrough treatments for blindness, cancer, and the deadly bubble boy disease." |
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Test improves Alzheimer diagnosis
A multi-tasking test can help avoid confusion between symptoms of depression and early Alzheimer's, Edinburgh researchers have discovered. People developing Alzheimer's suffer from impaired reasoning and memory, which can be mistaken for depression. As a result often patients with the dementia illness are misdiagnosed and fail to receive early treatment.... |
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Lawmaker Wants Probe of E. Coli and School Lunches
The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., is worried about a recent outbreak that killed at least two people and sickened about two dozen others in 11 states.... |
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Meet the brave 'crystal girl'
A five-year-old must a daily cocktail of drugs to avoid her body turning - into a crystal. Little Lillie Sutcliffe has a faulty kidney which fails to clean her blood - allowing excess a chemical called cystine to build up in her system. If too much cystine remains, her cells start to solidify. But to mother Laura Milner and father Simon Sutcliffe, she is their perfect little girl, who has battled against all odds to try and live a normal life. |
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Mutant genes 'key to long life'
There is a clear link between living to 100 and inheriting a hyperactive version of an enzyme that prevents cells from ageing, researchers say. Scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the US say centenarian Ashkenazi Jews have this mutant gene. They found that 86 very old people and their children had higher levels of telomerase which protects the DNA.... |
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Study Raises New Questions About Merck Pill Zetia
A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin — drugs that are still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work. In the study, Zetia failed to shrink buildups in artery walls while a rival drug, Niaspan, did so significantly. Zetia users also suffered more heart attacks and other problems although the numbers of these events are too small to draw firm conclusions.... |
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