Fruit Flies Aid Search for Heart Defects
November 7, 2011
A novel study involving fruit flies and mice has allowed biologists to identify two critical genes responsible for congenital heart defects in individuals with Down syndrome, a major cause of infant mortality and death in people born with this genetic disorder. credit: UC San Diego
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Health Medical Pharma, Syndromes, Genetic disorders, Biology, Joubert syndrome, Congenital heart defect, Medical genetics, Down Syndrome, Congenital disorder, Developmental biology, congenital heart disease, Medicine, congenital heart defects, Genetic disorder
