Latest Panel Analyzes 397 Genes Associated with Several Epilepsy Conditions, Offering an Analysis of Well-studied, Actionable Genes Related to Many Syndromic and Non-Syndromic Epileptic Disorders Baylor Genetics, a clinical diagnostic laboratory at the forefront of genetic testing and precision medicine, today announced the availability of an Epilepsy Panel and a STAT Epilepsy Panel – with the latter intended for […]
New version may be more suited for long-term research than other models. Researchers have created a new rat model of Dravet syndrome that captures early features of the disease that may make it more suitable for long-term studies than other models. The study, “A novel rat model of Dravet syndrome recapitulates clinical hallmarks,” was published in Neurobiology of […]
Only three hospitals in the UK currently offer this procedure, which aims to help patients with epilepsy become seizure free. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has recently performed its first procedure using technology that enables clinicians to pinpoint and destroy an area of the brain where seizures are arising from in people with epilepsy. The […]
Researchers have analyzed data identifying that alcohol increases the risk of around 61 diseases and conditions – some of which were never previously linked to boozing Drinking alcohol can put you at risk of developing 60 diseases and conditions, including many which were never previously linked boozing – a recent study has found. The consumption […]
A Kendal man is walking the entire length of Hadrian’s Wall in memory of his partner who died from epilepsy. Ewan Duff is walking 84 miles without stopping to raise money for SUDEP, Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, Action. His partner Rachel Morgan died despite having no formal diagnosis for epilepsy. In January had a […]
The researchers hope to see the treatment reach clinical settings to benefit children affected by Dravet syndrome Researchers at Tel Aviv University, among other institutions, have developed an innovative gene therapy that may help children suffering from Dravet syndrome (DS), a severe developmental epilepsy caused by a random mutation in the SCN1A gene during […]
