In December 2020, Utah’s Newborn Screening Program identified the first patient with Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) deficiency solely through newborn screening. GAMT deficiency is an inherited condition that...
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In a new analysis, researchers at University of Utah Health’s Huntsman Mental Health Institute have detected more than 20 genes that could have a role in death by suicide.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a trio of five-year grants totaling more than $12 million to a group of University of Utah Health scientists at the forefront of congenital heart disease (CHD) and arrhythmia...
The outlook looks promising for a Utah child receiving a new gene therapy for a lethal condition, spinal muscular atrophy.
More than 25 years in the making, scientific discoveries made by U of U Health chair of Neurology, Stefan Pulst, MD, Dr Med, have reached the milestone of entering human clinical trials with a unique treatment for amyotr...
In a new study, researchers at University of Utah Health recently detected how alterations in this gene could disrupt the formation and function of synapses in the hippocampus,
Differences in the rate that genetic mutations accumulate in healthy young adults could help predict remaining lifespan in both sexes and the remaining years of fertility in women, according to University of Utah Health ...
University of Utah Health scientists led a study demonstrating for that genome-wide alterations in DNA copy number that predict life expectancy in glioblastoma patients, a significant improvement over current indicators ...
