Overjoyed by their first pregnancy, newlyweds from North Carolina hadn’t made it very far into their pregnancy when they learned their unborn baby son had a severe genetic disorder and a form of dwarfism affecting roughly one in 100,000. Led by faith, the couple refused an abortion, embracing whatever the future may hold. Native Floridian…
‘Jesus Is the Author of Life’: Parents Refuse to Abort Son With One-in-a-Million Disorder, Celebrate His 9th Birthday
Is Schizophrenia Always Genetic?
Aside from being a lifelong chronic disorder, schizophrenia is a mystery to researchers as its exact cause still remains undetermined. Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that makes people interpret reality abnormally or in a distorted manner. Symptoms include continuous or relapsing mental episodes of psychosis where the individual develops delusion, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking,…
Novel Newborn Genetic Screen Possible for Earlier Diagnosis and Treatment
Research led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has reported that their novel newborn genetic screen may be feasible and reliable to test for three rare genetic disorders simultaneously. The research, led by Professor David Godler from the MCRI, developed a method to screen for Prader Willi, Angelman and Dup15 simultaneously from a sample…
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