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Genetic research gives hope for women with endometriosis
Gene research gives hope for women with endometriosis. They identified chromosome 1 and chromosome 7 as being crucial to a women's risk of developing the condition. Dr Krina Zondervan, lead author in the study and research fellow in the University of Oxford, said: There study is really a breakthrough because it supplies the first strong evidence that variations in DNA make some women prone to develop endometriosis.
Endometriosis is a common gynaecological disease which affects around six to 10 percent coming from all women in their reproductive years. Common symptoms include chronic pelvic pain, painful periods along with serious fertility problems in certain women. The situation takes place when cells like those involved with the lining with the womb are located elsewhere within the body. After a women monthly cycle, hormones stimulate the endometriosis, causing it growing, then stop working and bleed. This may lead to inflammation, pain, as well as the formation of adhesions. The best way to diagnose endometriosis is through a process referred to as a laparoscopy which happens under general anaesthetic.
Current treatments are limited by surgery and hormonal drugs which can have side effects. Dr Stephen Kennedy, senior author with the study and head from the Nuffield department of obstetrics and gynaecology at Oxford, said this can now change. We have great confidence the results of this study may help towards developing less invasive ways of diagnosis plus much more effective treating endometriosis. Helen North, from Endometriosis UK, welcomed case study. However, that which you require is to see how this discovery may lead towards effective treatments.
The genomes of 5,500 women with the condition from your UK, US and Australia were than these of 10,000 healthy volunteers. The Nature Genetics study can lead to more potent treatments and diagnosis, researchers said. An endometriosis charity said more research was had to show how this may lead to better treatments. |
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