Deepti Kumar

Did you know hemophilia B is also called Christmas disease? Despite the name, it has nothing to do with Christmas. Stephen Christmas a 5-year old boy, born in England in 1947, used to get bruised easily and had been hospitalized nine times for hematomas i.e. his blood would collect outside a blood vessel. Initially he was diagnosed with classic hemophilia amongst variety of other conditions. But researchers looking into his case found that he lacked the clotting factor IX not VIII. The...

What is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive genetic neuromuscular disorder primarily affects males. It is the most common type of muscular dystrophy with one in 3,500 new born males developing DMD worldwide. Females inherit the defective gene and pass it on, thereby serving as carriers. The average age of diagnosis is 5 years. Cause of DMD: The missing muscle protein DMD is causes by a genetic mutation in the DMD gene, located on the X...

Photo Credit : Wix Diabetes is the ranked the seventh leading cause of death in the United States and a major contributor to cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. According to the latest Center for Disease Control (CDC) report, 40.1 million people in the United States had diabetes in 2023, with a 90%-95% having Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). What is T2DM? T2DM is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia, insulin resistance and relative...