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The only possible treatment for cystic fibrosis at present aims at the mitigation of symptoms, since the cause is genetic. Only now researchers have started to experiment some first attempts of genetic therapy: through a randomized, double-blinded study, sponsored by pharmaceutical industry, 39 [...]
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It is an evident fact that regular physical activity improves blood pressure, insulin sensitiveness and lipid profile, reducing, at the same time, abdominal fat and inflammation markers. But now, a team of researchers in Germany has also shown that physical exercise is capable to increase the [...]
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Fragile X syndrome (or Martin Bell syndrome) is one of the commonest causes of mental retardation, caused by a complex chromosome mutation involving an unstable CGG sequence in the FMR1 gene, present on the X chromosome and being hereditarily transmitted. In normal people there are no more than 45 [...]
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The most frequent cause of death in patients with Marfan syndrome is aortic dissection. Since beta-blockers are generally used to slow aneurysm dilation down, researchers have wondered whether the use of these drugs can improve prognosis in patients with Marfan syndrome. 63 children (average age 9 [...]