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Melanie Dallas: Highland Rivers will implement a new model

Melanie Dallas: Highland Rivers will implement a new model

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It’s no secret that we in the public sector use a lot of abbreviations: CSB, which stands for Community Service Board, a Georgia public safety net behavioral health service provider, such as Highland Rivers Behavioral Health ; DBHDD, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, which is Georgia’s statewide behavioral health agency; and SAMHSA, …

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Ionis Announces European Medicines Agency Accepts Marketing Authorization Application for Tofersen to Treat Rare Genetic Form of ALS

Ionis Announces European Medicines Agency Accepts Marketing Authorization Application for Tofersen to Treat Rare Genetic Form of ALS

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SOD1-ALS affects approximately 2% of people living with ALS worldwide1 If approved, tofersen would be the world’s first treatment to target a genetic cause of ALS EMA acceptance follows FDA acceptance of tofersen NDA earlier this year CARLSBAD, Calif., December 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IONS) announced today that the European Medicines …

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Promising trial targets genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease

Promising trial targets genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease

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In a bold attempt to halt the progression of some cases of Alzheimer’s disease, a group of researchers are trying something new: injecting a protective gene into patients’ brains. The trial only involved five patients with a particular genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease. They received a very low dose of gene therapy – a safety …

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Harmful gut bacteria co-opt genetic susceptibility to trigger Crohn's disease

Harmful gut bacteria co-opt genetic susceptibility to trigger Crohn’s disease

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Changes in a single gene open the door for harmful gut bacteria to trigger the inflammation that leads to Crohn’s disease, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers. These findings could one day help doctors better select targeted treatments for patients with this immune disorder. This particular host gene, …

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To trigger Crohn’s disease, pathogenic bacteria co-opt genetic susceptibility

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Changes in a single gene open the door for harmful gut bacteria to trigger the inflammation that leads to Crohn’s disease, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers. These findings could one day help doctors better select targeted treatments for patients with this immune disorder. This particular host gene, …

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Scientists Link Rare Genetic Phenomenon to Neural Function, Schizophrenia | Writing

Scientists Link Rare Genetic Phenomenon to Neural Function, Schizophrenia | Writing

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Led by Jin Szatkiewicz, PhD, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and colleagues at the University of Toronto have found that a rare form of a common genetic variant called tandem repeats is strongly associated to the development of schizophrenia. Jin Szatkiewicz, PhD CHAPEL HILL, NC – In our cells, the language of DNA …

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Genetic profiling and the future of therapeutics in dermatology

Genetic profiling and the future of therapeutics in dermatology

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The precise etiology of a myriad of dermatological diseases and conditions remains unknown; however, all share inflammation as a causative factor. A recent study1 identified how precision medicine and genetic profiling can be used to better target inflammatory skin diseases and help clinicians make optimal treatment decisions. Precision medicine is a cutting-edge approach in which …

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Animal study highlights a gene vital for the development of early social behaviors

Animal study highlights a gene vital for the development of early social behaviors

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Little is known about how social behavior develops in the early stages of life. But most animals, including humans, are born with an innate ability to socially interact or bond with others. And that contributes to lifelong success. Now, a new animal study points to a gene important for the early development of basic social …

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A new family of adeno-associated viral vectors has been shown to be more efficient in delivering genetic cargo

A new family of adeno-associated viral vectors has been shown to be more efficient in delivering genetic cargo

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Gene therapies can treat and even cure some genetic diseases, but it is difficult to deliver the treatments to the parts of the body where they are needed. The researchers engineered viruses called adeno-associated viruses (AAV) to deliver the cargo -; as a functional copy of a gene -; to specific cells and organs, but …

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Opinion: To realize the promise of DNA-based medicine, genetic libraries need to be more diverse

Opinion: To realize the promise of DNA-based medicine, genetic libraries need to be more diverse

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Here’s what a future doctor’s visit might look like: The patient provides a saliva sample for genetic testing and receives personalized health counseling based on their DNA, environment, diet, and lifestyle. The test not only measures an individual’s risk of inherited diseases; it can also predict the effectiveness of a treatment. Although it may sound …

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