Most cells in the human body each contain about six feet of DNA. Yet the nucleus, where DNA is coiled, is no larger than a ...

First linked to mutations in the CHD7 gene in 2004, CHARGE syndrome is a rare genetic disorder occurring in approximately 1 in 8,500 to 15,000 births. According to the National Institute of Health ...

“CHARGE” originally came from the first letter of some of the most common features observed in theses children: A mutation of the CHD7 gene is the suspected cause of CHARGE syndrome. Gene testing is ...

Implications for pathogenesis of genetic diseases: Validation of tissue-specific, maternal allele-specific methylation of the CHD7 gene suggests a potential mechanism for the paternal bias ...