A Woman With a Rare Gene Mutation Fights to Avoid Her Mother ...
Dec 22, 2024 · Linde’s mother, Allison, had died just four weeks before, after a mutant gene gradually laid waste to her brain. In her 50s, Allison transformed from a joyful family ringleader …
Fighting to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate, for Her Daughters’ Sake
Dec 22, 2024 · Her husband was dropping off their older daughter at school. Their younger daughter was downstairs, occupied by a screen. Linde wanted to be alone when she learned …
Mom of 4-Year-Old Living With Rare Disorder Fights to Find a ...
Apr 6, 2024 · KIF1A Associated Neurological Disorder is a rare severe neurodegenerative disease caused by mutations in the KIF1A gene, Amanda Burrett says. Only about 550 known …
How one couple could reshape treatment of rare brain diseases
Jun 27, 2024 · In a paper published Thursday in the prestigious journal Science, Vallabh and her husband, Eric Minikel, and their co-authors offer a way to disrupt brain diseases like the one …
Linde Jacobs’s mother died after a... - The New York Times
Linde Jacobs’s mother died after a genetic mutation gradually laid waste to her brain. Now the same gene is coming for her own mind. Can she find a way...
Clinical trial gives women with gene mutation power over ...
When Juana Padron, a 40-year-old mother of four, chose to have a genetic test, going against her friends and family’s advice was the last thing on her mind. Padron’s aunt died from breast …
One Woman’s Fight To Expose The Genetic Disease That Made …
Dec 22, 2024 · Casey Mulligan Walsh only found out she had a genetic disease after the death of both her parents and her brother. She now advocates for early cholesterol testing in children. …