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Join this welcoming, safe, and friendly place and be able to participate and receive important treatment information. We, parents and caregivers from 60 countries, might not know all the answers, as you, we are always looking to find the best way to improve the life of our child with Bohring-Opitz Syndrome (BOS). But – together we are not…
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ASXL Natural History Study This registry, formerly called the ASXL Chromatin Disorders Registry/ASXL Registry, has been created to collect information about Bohring-Opitz Syndrome and ASXL related disorders in order to achieve a better understanding of these rare conditions for patients, caregivers and medical professionals. A well run registry helps produce scientific literature and leads to…
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By Christina Vallianatos We live in an age where oversharing is overabundant. From your best friend’s artsy food pictures (#boozybrunch), to your coworker live-Tweeting her labor experience (“C-section in 20 minutes!”), it seems like we know the intimate details of everyone’s lives, all the time. But what if some of those TMI moments weren’t necessarily…
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Recently, key laboratory researcher Wang Qianfei from Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Medical accurate genome and professor Yang Fengchun of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine cooperated to reveal the critical role of germline newborn Bohring-Opitz syndrome mutations ASXL1 multipotent progenitor cells in the bone marrow stromal…
Research from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, and Beijing Institute of Genomics, China demonstrate, by using Asxl1-targeted mouse models, a crucial role of ASXL1 in the maintenance of Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) functions and skeletal development. The heterogeneous novo mutation of the ASXL1 gene causes Bohring-Opitz syndrome (BOS), a rare congenital disorder. Asxl1 global loss as well as…
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We are very excited that families of a child with Bohring-Opitz syndrome (BOS) have submitted until now 150 new images. A while ago we asked parents of the BOS family, united in the Bohring-Opitz syndrome support group, to help Face2Gene by uploading images of their children. Face2Gene is a genetic search and reference tool powered by…
Read MoreThe Department of clinical genetics and pediatrics, Christian Medical College Vellore, India published a new case study on Bohring-Opitz Syndrome in Clinical Dysmorphology, April 7, 2016. The authors presented a baby girl with a novel de-novo frameshift mutation of the ASXL1 gene who shows the features of a classic case of Bohring-Opitz syndrome. » Read here the case study “A…
Read MoreWe are so excited! The new Trailer of KULUUT is promising to be a great documentary. A documentary made by C Amzing Films about a family with an extraordinary child with a rare syndrome, the Bohring-Opitz Syndrome, but most of all about the happiness of the family, even when they experience some difficult times. See…
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Yesterday it was a great day. Through your support you all have made the 5th Anniversary of the Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Support Group on BOS Awareness Day 2016 even more special! It feels like heaven and we are grateful for what you have done! Thank you so much! Our HIGH 5 for YOU!
Read MoreOn April 6th, the day that the first support group for families and carers of children with Bohring-Opitz syndrome (BOS) is created, is BOS Awareness Day! On this day we honor all the children, born with Bohring-Opitz Syndrome, their families and friends as well as all the caregivers of these children. For this day we…
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