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Familial Mediterranean Fever is an inherited disease, characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, inflammation, painful, swollen joints, and ankle rash.
… the disease. A common therapy for FMF is daily use of the drug colchicine, a medicine that reduces inflammation. This … attacks of fever in 75 percent of patients who take the drug regularly, and over 90 percent of patients demonstrate a … every day is very important. If a patient stops taking the drug, an attack can occur within a couple of days. Since the …
Policy Issues
Las pruebas genéticas se están convirtiendo en algo más común en la práctica clÃnica.
… La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos ( Food and Drug Administration , FDA) de EE.UU. tiene la autoridad de … de Alimentos, Medicamentos y Cosméticos ( Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ). El hecho de que la FDA regule o no … medicamento bajo investigación  ( Investigational New Drug , IND), está diseñada para asegurar que haya una …
Fact Sheets
Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person's environment.
… studies needed to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Screening and diagnostic tests, however, … about a patient's genetic make-up to better tailor drug therapy to their individual needs. Clearly, genetics …
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Cloning describes a number of different processes that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity.
… The great advantage of using cloned animals for drug testing is that they are all genetically identical, … scientists and experts in cloning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided in January 2008 that meat …
Genetic Disorders
The porphyrias are a group of different diseases, each caused by a specific abnormality in the heme production process.
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A DNA microarray is a tool used to determine whether the DNA from a particular individual contains a mutation in genes.
Genetic Disorders
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer.
… A woman who tests positive can also consider taking the drug tamoxifen, which has been found to reduce the risk of … trials are now under way to determine whether another drug, raloxifene, is also effective in preventing breast …
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Funding to advance understanding of RNA biology and development of RNA-based technologies
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NIH will fund researchers to develop computational approaches to figure out which differences in DNA make people more susceptible to disease.
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A genetic mutation that triggers bladder cancer in dogs is identical to a mutation that is implicated in multiple human cancers.
… to combat BRAF -associated cancers and seeking ways around drug resistance. Moreover, "because of the very high …