Introduction: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted everyone, including
students. Accurate information about the disease, its spread, preventive measures and …

Nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group F member 2 (NR2F2 or COUP-TF2) encodes a
transcription factor which is expressed at high levels during mammalian development. Rare …

Conotruncal heart defects (CTDs) are among the most common and severe groups of
congenital heart defects. Despite evidence of an inherited genetic contribution to CTDs, little is …

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) affect approximately 1% of newborns. Epidemiological
studies have identified several genetically-mediated maternal phenotypes (eg, pregestational …

Background— Maternal and inherited (ie, case) genetic factors likely contribute to the
pathogenesis of congenital heart defects, but it is unclear whether individual common variants …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a positive sense, single-stranded
RNA virus, responsible for the ‘coronavirus disease-2019’ (COVID-19) pandemic. …

Conotruncal and related heart defects (CTDs) are a group of serious and relatively common
birth defects. Although both maternal and inherited genotypes are thought to play a role in …

Background Advances in antiretroviral therapies have greatly improved the survival of
people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (PLWH); yet, PLWH have a …

Background Craniosynostosis (CS), the premature fusion of one or more neurocranial
sutures, is associated with approximately 200 syndromes; however, about 65–85% of patients …

BACKGROUND Based on studies in animals and humans, PAX3 and T (brachyury) are
candidate genes for spina bifida. However, neither gene has been definitively identified as a risk …