A new visualization tool, created by Dutch researchers, details the genetic pathways of deleted genes in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and…
Iqra Mumal, MSc
Iqra holds a MSc in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada. She also holds a BSc in Life Sciences from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. Currently, she is completing a PhD in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology from the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada. Her research has ranged from across various disease areas including Alzheimer’s disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, bleeding disorders and rare pediatric brain tumors.
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Articles by Iqra Mumal, MSc
Imprinting of the UBE3A gene – a phenomenon linked to Angelman syndrome – did not evolve as a method to…
The melatonin secretion profile of patients with Angelman syndrome is impaired, leading to a variety of sleep problems, a new…
A test that assesses a fetus’s risk of having a chromosome disorder can help rule out the possibility that a…
Arc-dependent synaptic response differs in a mouse model of Angelman syndrome (AS) from that seen in healthy mice, and may…
Levodopa failed to improve the neurodevelopment or behavior of children with Angelman’s syndrome, a study shows. Patients tolerated the therapy…
The genomic deletions associated with Angelman syndrome, 1p36, cri-du-chat, and Prader-Willi can…
Researchers at the National Brain Research Centre in India have shown that inhibitors of the proteins HDAC1/2 might be a potential…