New Gene for Severe Childhood Epilepsy Identified

Published January 23, 2014

New Gene for Severe Childhood Epilepsy Identified
Dravet syndrome is a severe genetic epilepsy with onset during infancy, with initial seizures often triggered by fever. For most Dravet patients these seizures cannot be treated adequately with currently available anti-epileptic drugs, and therefore …
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Groundbreaking research on schizophrenia and addictive drug cravings …
CHICAGO – (January 22, 2014) One neuroscientist is part of a research team in North Chicago that is working to unlock ways to suppress drug-seeking behaviors triggered by cocaine and other drugs, and the other runs a genetics research company in …
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Grant from Li Ka Shing Foundation to fund big data initiative and conference …
grant-from-li-ka-shing-foundation-to-fund-. big data speaker Researchers at the School of Medicine and Oxford University are currently developing ways to mine the vast amounts of biomedical data housed in public databases to speed the discovery of new …
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