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Metabolic Defects

Metabolism is the sum total of all chemical and physical changes that take place in any organism that enables it to function and grow.

Maintaining the Ends of Chromosomes for Cancer Cell Immortality

Maintaining the Ends of Chromosomes for Cancer Cell Immortality

Cells that are able to continuously divide need to maintain the ends of chromosomes, called telomeres.

Melanoma Understanding With Chromosome Buffers

Melanoma Understanding With Chromosome Buffers

The key to better understanding of malignant melanoma could be the buffers that guard against damage to the ends of chromosomes, reveals a new research.

Chromosome Confusion Avoided by Cells

Chromosome Confusion Avoided by Cells

A simple, mechanical solution to avoid chromosome sorting errors has evolved in reproductive cell division, report researchers in the September 11 <i>Science</i> Express.

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Repair the Muscles, Not the Genetic Defect in Muscular Dystrophy

Repair the Muscles, Not the Genetic Defect in Muscular Dystrophy

A potential way to treat muscular dystrophy is to directly target the muscle repair instead of the underlying genetic defect that usually leads to the disease.

Scientists Suggest 'Fragile Y Hypothesis' to Explain Chromosome Loss

Scientists Suggest 'Fragile Y Hypothesis' to Explain Chromosome Loss

A UT Arlington research team says their study of genetic information from more than 4,000 beetle species has yielded a new theory.

Few Women at a Higher Risk of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Receive Genetic Counseling

Few Women at a Higher Risk of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Receive Genetic Counseling

A new study has found how a very small percentage of women opt for genetic counseling despite the fact that gene mutations are responsible for 25% of hereditary breast cancers

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Fetal Chromosome Detection Now Without Any Risk!

Fetal Chromosome Detection Now Without Any Risk!

Given the current prenatal screening techniques that are invasive and pose risk, the chromosomal abnormalities that cause birth defects and genetic disorders still remain a global health burden

Risk of Cancer in Males Increased by Y Chromosome Loss

Risk of Cancer in Males Increased by Y Chromosome Loss

The loss of Y chromosome, previously considered as a normal part of aging in men, can actually increase the risk of developing cancer.

Genes on the Y Chromosome Prove Essential for Survival of Men

Genes on the Y Chromosome Prove Essential for Survival of Men

The human Y chromosome has over the course of millions of years of evolution managed to preserve a small set of genes that has ensured not only its own survival but also the survival of men, despite a well-documented history of dramatic genetic decay.

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Down Syndrome: Extra Little Chromosome Which Throws Entire Genome Off Balance

Down Syndrome: Extra Little Chromosome Which Throws Entire Genome Off Balance

Down syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is one of the most common cause of intellectual disability and occurs in one in every eight hundred births.

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Birth Defect - Structural Defects

Birth Defect - Structural Defects

A structural birth defect means that a specific body part is missing or mal-formed during the embryonic development.

Environmental Birth Defects

Environmental Birth Defects

Birth defects caused due to environmental teratogens like drugs, microorganisms or exposure to radiation are called as environmental birth defects.

Birth Defects - Infections

Birth Defects - Infections

Birth defects are abnormalities, which occur before the birth of the baby and can be caused due to genetic, environmental and other unknown reasons.

Birth Defect - Genetic

Birth Defect - Genetic

Achondroplasia is a genetic disorder which is one of the leading causes of dwarfism

Multifactorial Birth Defects

Multifactorial Birth Defects

Encyclopedia section of medindia gives in brief General Info about About Multifactorial Birth Defects.