Hemophilia is a genetically caused hemorrhagic disorder that arises from a deficiency of factors VIII or (and) IX of blood coagulation with normal activity of von Willebrand factor. The World Hemophilia Day is celebrated annually on April 17 at the initiative of the World Federation of Hemophilia and the World Health Organization. Today Genetics-info dispels the most popular hemophilia myths.
From early prenatal development through childhood, the prefrontal cortex of the human brain undergoes an avalanche of developmental activity.
In some cases, it also contains seeds of neuropsychiatric illnesses such as autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia, according to a new genetic analysis led by researchers at Yale University and the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF).
Scientists have studied oscillating patterns of gene expression, coordinated across time and space within a tissue grown in vitro, to explore the molecular causes of a rare human hereditary disease known as spondylocostal dysostosis.