July 30, 2024 by Uppsala University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainChronic cough is among the most common reasons for seeking medical care, with middle-aged women the group most affected. New studies at Uppsala University also show that this condition appears to be a hereditary phenomenon. The studies have been published in ERJ Open Research and PLOS...
by University of Auckland Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA group of patients with a hereditary disorder have had their lives transformed by a single treatment of a breakthrough gene-editing therapy, according to the lead researcher of a trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The patients from New Zealand, the Netherlands and the UK have...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) tends to run in families and appears to have a strong genetic link. While researchers acknowledge that some genetic variants increased a person’s risk of ADHD, they do not fully understand whether some genes require environmental triggers to switch on. Furthermore, due to the complexity of the condition, researchers are...
