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Phenylketonuria (PKU): Why Newborn Screening Has Transformed This Disease
When baby Arjun’s newborn screening blood spot test came back with elevated phenylalanine levels at just 48 hours old, his…
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Fragile X Syndrome: The Most Common Inherited Cause of Intellectual Disability
When 4-year-old Rohan’s parents brought him to a developmental specialist concerned about his severe speech delays, hyperactivity, hand-flapping, and tendency…
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Rett Syndrome: The Neurological Condition That Primarily Affects Girls
When 18-month-old Naina suddenly stopped using the words she’d learned, lost interest in toys she previously loved, and began repetitive…
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Angelman Syndrome: The ‘Happy Puppet’ Disorder and Why That Name Is Outdated
When 2-year-old Diya’s parents brought her to a neurologist concerned that she still wasn’t speaking, walked with a stiff, jerky…
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Prader-Willi Syndrome: Understanding This Complex Genetic Disorder
When 2-year-old Aarav suddenly transitioned from being a “failure to thrive” infant with severe muscle weakness and feeding difficulties requiring…
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Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: The Lung and Liver Disease You May Have Never Heard Of
When 42-year-old Kavita developed severe shortness of breath and was diagnosed with COPD despite never smoking a cigarette in her…
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Hemochromatosis: The Iron Overload Disease Most People Don’t Know They Have
When 45-year-old Vikram visited his doctor complaining of chronic fatigue, joint pain in his hands, and a “bronze” skin tone…
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Wilson’s Disease: When Copper Accumulates and Poisons the Body
When 19-year-old Meera started experiencing tremors in her hands that made writing difficult, along with slurred speech and unexplained personality…
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Niemann-Pick Disease: What Happens When Lipid Metabolism Fails
When 18-month-old Rohan started losing developmental milestones he’d already achieved—no longer reaching for toys, losing the ability to sit up…
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Why the Southeast is burning – extreme drought is only part of the cause
Large parts of the southeastern U.S. are in the midst of an exceptional drought, and it is fueling dozens of…
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Bought a new EV? Here’s a quick guide to driving and charging
Electric vehicle purchases in Australia have surged amid the ongoing war in Iran, as drivers worry about rising fuel costs.…
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Is oil king again? China’s surging cleantech exports show the opposite is true
Over the last two months, nations have scrambled to shore up oil supplies as the Iran war prevented oil tankers…
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Antarctica’s ice shelves are vulnerable to melting from below – knowing how far ocean heat reaches is crucial
A rare dataset collected by instruments at the point where Antarctica’s largest ice shelf begins to float reveals ocean processes…
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Possums and gliders are pushing a native bird to extinction. What can we do?
From brightly coloured birds to the much-loved sugar glider, Australia’s native animals are a sight to behold. The island continent…
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Why Australia has to boost fuel supply – and electrify transport
As Australia’s immediate fuel crunch eases after successful efforts to diversify supply, policymakers are turning their attention to dealing with…
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