Testing for cancer may soon be as simple as a pinprick. Researchers in the United Kingdom say they are developing a universal blood test to detect cancer. So far, the team from the University of Bradford has tested their lymphocyte genome sensitivity test on patients with melanoma, lung cancer and colon cancer.esting for cancer may soon be as simple as a pinprick. Researchers in the United Kingdom say they are developing a universal blood test to detect cancer. So far, the team from the University of Bradford has tested their lymphocyte genome sensitivity test on patients with melanoma, lung cancer and colon cancer.
Aicardi syndrome is a rare neurologic disorder first described by the French neurologist, Dr. Jean Aicardi, in 1965. It occurs almost exclusively in females (46,XX), however, it can also occur in males with Klinfelter Syndrome (47,XXY). A handful of reports in the literature exist of Aicardi syndrome in a normal male. Some of these reports have been disputed, and it is possible that these cases are caused by mosaic mutations of the Aicardi syndrome gene(s).
They are the chromosomes that determine gender, or sex chromosomes as they are often referred. Females have two X chromosomes, while males have an X and a Y chromosome. These chromosomes play a huge role in Rett Syndrome. Rett Syndrome is caused by a genetic mutation in one X chromosome. A gene known as MECP2 (pronounced meck-pee-two) found on the X chromosome, not only supplies essential MeCP2 proteins to the brain necessary for proper development, but also regulates other genes.