A newly identified mutation in the TNXB gene, which leads to the loss of the Tenascin X protein, is associated…
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
The Ehlers-Danlos Society presented Jameela Jamil, a British actor and activist, with the Patient Advocate of the Year award…
Children with classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome are more sensitive to diagnostic low-dose radiation that other children, leading to a higher rate…
Dancers have a high prevalence of generalized joint hypermobility — a condition in which joints can actively or passively move…
Patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) with abnormally rapid breathing and pain may be experiencing a diaphragmatic rupture, a situation that…
An anonymous $1 million donation gifted to The Ehlers-Danlos Society will be used to establish an international research network committed…
Invasive Cardiac Procedures in EDS Patients Require Caution, Consideration, Case Study Suggests
Invasive cardiac procedures in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) should be performed with extreme caution and only after a…
Case Report Describes Patient with Unusual Symptoms of Spondylodysplastic Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Patients with spondylodysplastic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with a specific mutation in the B4GALT7 gene may show hearing loss and lower…
Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) can develop due to a mobile cecum, an abnormality that…
COL3A1 Mutations in Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome May Lead to Cardiomyopathy, Case Study Finds
Patients with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) can, in rare cases, develop cardiomyopathy — a condition affecting the heart muscle —…