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Breakthrough in the search for allergy cure

A group of researchers in the Netherlands have announced a breakthrough in allergy research. They have reported making significant inroads in their search for a cure for allergies. There is also talk of a single jab for various allergic conditions

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Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

Congenital (present at birth) nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is rare genetic disorder. The mode of transmission is mainly by way of the X chromosome, and so is fully manifest in males and has variable levels of manifestation in females. The responsible gene is on long arm of the X chromosome in region 28(XC28). In rarer cases though, the condition is transmitted in an autosomal recessive fashion (i.e. the two copies of the responsible gene are faulty). In this case the.....