‘White man’s disease’

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Ich (White Spot Disease)

Fish infected with Ich may have white specks on their skin as though they were sprinkled with salt (Fig. 1). Because of this appearance, Ich is sometimes called white spot disease. The skin of the fish may also look bumpy. Mature forms of the parasite are large (up to 1 mm or 1/32 inch across) and can be seen without magnification. Ich often causes the fish to have large amounts of mucus slough...

Vanishing White Matter Disease

Vanishing white matter disease 1 (VWM) is a puzzling leukoencephalopathy caused by mutations in any of the five genes encoding eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B (eIF2B), an ubiquitously expressed protein complex with a crucial role in initiation of mRNA translation for virtually every protein in the human body. VWM is one of the most prevalent inherited childhood white matter disorder...

AQUAVETPLAN Disease Strategy: White spot disease

Thomas Vicary and the Anatomie of Mans Body

Dysfunction of prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia includes changes in GABAergic mRNAs, including decreased expression of GAD1, encoding the 67 kDa glutamate decarboxylase (GAD67) GABA synthesis enzyme. The underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Alterations in DNA methylation as an epigenetic regulator of gene expression are thought to play a role but this hypothesis is difficult to tes...