London, Jan 26 (PTI) Scientists have identified 14 new childhood developmental disorders and provided diagnoses of some rare conditions for over a thousand kids. There are over 1,000 recognised genetic causes, however many individual developmental disorders are so rare that the genetic causes are not known. The Deciphering Developmental Disorders (DDD) study aims to find diagnoses for children with as yet unknown developmental diseases and demonstrate that new genomic technologies can provide improved diagnostic tests. The study team was able to diagnose children who had new mutations in genes already linked to developmental disorders - approximately one quarter of the patients in the study. In addition, they identified 14 new developmental disorders, all caused by spontaneous mutations not found in either parent.

Source: India Today January 26, 2017 09:08 UTC