Background The 11p15 region contains two clusters of imprinted genes. Opposite genetic and epigenetic anomalies of this region result in two distinct growth disturbance syndromes: Beckwith-Wiedemann ...

1 Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of ...

Background Monogenic hypertension describe a series of hypertensive syndromes that are inherited by Mendelian laws. Sometimes genetic testing is required to provide evidence for their diagnoses, ...

Correspondence to Dr Norbert Weiss, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha 166 10, Czech Republic; weiss{at}uochb.cas.cz; Dr Gerald W Zamponi, Department of ...

Background Early detection of lung cancer to allow curative treatment remains challenging. Cell-free circulating tumour (ct) DNA (ctDNA) analysis may aid in malignancy assessment and early cancer ...

Background Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a multisystem disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance, caused by the abnormal expansion of the CTG triplet in the DMPK gene. Biomarker discovery in ...

A 13 year old female presented with ambiguous external genitalia, right inguinal ovotestis, left ovary, apparently normal Mullerian system, and absent Wolffian system. Cultured lymphocytes showed a 46 ...

Background Heterozygous PURA (Purine-rich element-binding protein A) variants cause PURA syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by hypotonia, seizures and intellectual disability.

Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA A Gregory, Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson ...

Background Caring for children with pathogenic neurodevelopmental Copy Number Variants (CNVs) (ie, deletions and duplications of genetic material) can place a considerable burden on parents and their ...

2 Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 Prenatal Diagnosis and Medical Genetics Program, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ...

Correspondence to Dr Ricardo Rodriguez-Calvo and Professor Luis Masana, Vascular Medicine and Metabolism Unit, Research Unit on Lipids and Atherosclerosis, ‘Sant Joan’ University Hospital, Universitat ...