Researchers have carried out work on treatment by gene therapy consisting of transplanting the patient's own genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells as part of a phase I/II clinical trial in 8 patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS). ...
Researchers carried out work, to study the genetic cause of bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia with diet-induced Cushing's syndrome. This rare disease affects the two adrenal glands located above the kidneys and causes an overproduction of cortisol, a steroid hormone whose excess has ...
Researchers, doctors and teacher-researchers analyzed blood samples from a cohort of 56 pediatric patients admitted to Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades AP-HP. What they saw was the abnormal expression of several genes associated with the development of severe forms of myocarditis. ...
Une équipe de chercheurs a découvert que la diminution chez la souris de la concentration d'une hormone dans le placenta altérait le développement du cerveau sur le long terme, entraînant l’apparition de comportements de type autistique chez les descendants mâles. ...
Most of us carry human papillomaviruses (HPVs) – particularly skin papillomaviruses that generally cause warts or benign local lesions. However, on very rare occasions worldwide patients develop severe forms of these viral diseases, including "tree man" syndrome. This highly debilitating disease manifests ...
L’achondroplasie, forme de nanisme la plus courante, concerne environ une naissance sur 20 000. Le 30 mars 2021, un premier enfant français atteint d’achondroplasie a reçu un inhibiteur de tyrosine kinase, l’infigratinib, traitement expérimental en développement par QED Therapeutics, à l’Hôpital Necker-Enfants ...