Accumulation of fat molecules is detrimental to the cell. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National ...

Tay-Sachs disease is a rare hereditary disorder that ... They cause the nerve cells to stop functioning properly. Progression ...

New research has made a breakthrough in understanding how our cells manage to stay healthy by recycling important fat ...

within the lysosomes of cells. In one particular variant of this disease known as mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I), a deficiency of the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase causes a build up of GAGs in ...

Sickle Cell disease is an autosomal recessive disorder ... the disease-causing allele would increase the population. Carrying Tay-Sachs disease may protect against tuberculosis (TB).

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. In their 2019 paper, Liu’s team used prime editing to alter the gene mutations causing sickle cell disease and Tay-Sachs disease. Liu explained ...

The protein Spns1 helps transport fat molecules out of lysosomes, preventing harmful buildup and offering insights for rare ...

A single cell is removed from each embryo of an in ... Diagnosing Down Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, Tay-Sachs Disease and Other Genetic Disorders A genetic screen can potentially diagnose more ...

PRNewswire/ -- jscreen, a national non-profit public health initiative dedicated to preventing genetic diseases, announces the sixth annual Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week (JGSAW), taking ...