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Article: Gene defect may be a cause of miscarriage.
- Article from:
- World Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- December 28, 2004
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2004 DEC 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Rochester, New York, scientists studying a vital protein called Serum Response Factor (SRF) in mice have learned new and unexpected facts about SRF's role in early cardiovascular development, and how a defect in this gene may be an underlying cause in human miscarriages.
The research was reported in the December 8, 2004, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.
At this point it is unclear whether subtle defects in SRF might also be linked to adult cardiovascular disease; however, the research provides a foundation for understanding how gene mutations may disrupt heart function, perhaps ...