A novel scientific method developed at Tel Aviv University promises to accelerate our understanding of the gene PTEN, a key ...

There’s growing evidence that mutations in PTEN, which reduce its activity, contribute to diseases like autism, macrocephaly, cancer, and epilepsy. Despite its critical role, scientists have ...

2 National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK ...

Further, obstetricians should be made aware that many fetuses with both lethal and nonlethal skeletal dysplasias delivered at or near term manifest relative macrocephaly and vaginal delivery may ...

Rare diseases (RDs), more than 80% of which have a genetic origin, collectively affect approximately 350 million people worldwide. Progress in next-generation sequencing technology has both greatly ...

This blockage allows excessive CSF to accumulate, swelling the ventricle and putting pressure on the brain. This swelling can increase the child's head size resulting in a condition known as ...

The cerebellum plays a major role in balance, motor control and sensorimotor integration, but also in cognition, language, and emotional regulation. Several neuropsychiatric disorders such as ...

The South Santa Maria Rotary Foundation awarded grants to nine local organizations on Monday totalling nearly $10,000.