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Cerebral palsy is a group of neurological disorders that affects the muscle coordination and body movement of children and adults for their entire lives. Cerebral palsy is one of the most serious types of birth injuries newborn children can encounter. There are many causes of cerebral palsy including medical malpractice. When children and their families are impacted by cerebral palsy because of medical malpractice, this is unacceptable according to an announcement by medical malpractice...

-Myopathy refers to a disease characterized by muscular weakness and wasting. -Vitamin D deficiency is a well-recognized cause of myopathy, and excessive drinking is often associated with low or subnormal levels of vitamin D. -A new review indicates that vitamin D deficiency might partly explain the occurrence of the frequently observed myopathy in chronic alcoholism. Myopathy refers to a muscular disease in which muscle fibers do not function, resulting in muscular weakness and wasting....

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers from Duke University Medical Center and Rockefeller University recently discovered that the gene responsible for fragile X syndrome is connected to almost 100 other genes that have been linked to autism. While researchers have long been aware of a relationship between fragile X syndrome and autism, this is the first time that they have begun to trace out the exact genetic pathways that link the two disorders...

CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS) announced today that the United States Food and Drug administration has granted ISIS-TTR(Rx) fast track designation for the treatment of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP). ISIS-TTR(Rx )is an antisense drug in development with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for the treatment of transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis, a severe and rare genetic disease characterized by progressive dysfunction of peripheral...

-University of Granada researchers have developed the Picaa application, which can be downloaded free from App Store. -A study demonstrates that this application –which is also available in English, Galician and Arab– enhances perception, vocabulary acquisition, phonetic and syntactic performance, memory development and eye-hand coordination in children with Down syndrome and autism-related disorders. -University of Granada researchers have developed a cell phone that can be downloaded...

A new study published in Biological Psychiatry suggests that autism is associated with reductions in the level of cellular adhesion molecules in the blood, where they play a role in immune function. Cell adhesion molecules are the glue that binds cells together in the body. Deficits in adhesion molecules would be expected to compromise processes at the interfaces between cells, influencing tissue integrity and cell-to-cell signaling. In the brain, deficits in adhesion molecules could...

CINCINNATI, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers conducting a preclinical study in mice successfully used targeted molecular therapy to block mostly untreatable nerve tumors that develop in people with the genetic disorder Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110406/MM79025LOGO) Scientists from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center report their findings online Dec. 10 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. "We can for the...

Genetic signatures point to disrupted neuro-immune pathways BOSTON, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have developed a blood test for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) that outperforms existing genetic tests, while presenting evidence that abnormal immunologic activity affecting brain development may help explain some of autism's origins. The findings also suggest a new direction for genetic research on autism and the search for...

TIRAT CARMEL, Israel, December 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ExAblate treatment is indicated for use for essential tremor, tremor dominant Parkinson's disease and neuropathic pain InSightec Ltd. announced that its transcranial focused ultrasound system, ExAblate Neuro, has been awarded the European CE mark for the treatment of neurological disorders in the brain including essential tremor, Parkinson's disease and neuropathic pain....

Down syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is the leading cause of genetically defined intellectual disability. In the brain, Down syndrome results in alterations in the connections between neurons and a reduction in the development of new neurons (neurogenesis) that usually occurs during learning. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Laura Gasparini at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genova, Italy report that lithium, a drug commonly used...