Medizinische GenetikPub Date : 2025-07-17eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1515/medgen-2025-2014
André Reis
{"title":"Awarding of the GfH Medal of Honor 2025 to Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Mundlos: Laudatio by Prof. Dr. med. André Reis, Institute of Human Genetics, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, on the occasion of the 35. GfH Conference on 02.04.2025 in Innsbruck.","authors":"André Reis","doi":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2014","DOIUrl":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51130,"journal":{"name":"Medizinische Genetik","volume":"37 3","pages":"231-232"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12268250/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medizinische GenetikPub Date : 2025-07-17eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1515/medgen-2025-2015
Saranda Nimani, Miriam Barbieri, Marina Rieder, Katja E Odening
{"title":"Current and future precision therapy approaches in the long QT syndrome.","authors":"Saranda Nimani, Miriam Barbieri, Marina Rieder, Katja E Odening","doi":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2015","DOIUrl":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The long QT syndrome is a genetic arrhythmia disorder that predisposes patients to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Pronounced genotype-specific differences in molecular mechanisms, arrhythmia triggers, and arrhythmogenic risk are well established, making the disease a prime candidate for precision medicine approaches in cardiology. In this review, we first highlight the genetic basis of long QT syndrome, clinical genotype differences, and risk prediction approaches. In the second part, we discuss the current standard therapies applicable to all genotypes, as well as both established and emerging gene-specific precision therapy approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":51130,"journal":{"name":"Medizinische Genetik","volume":"37 3","pages":"189-196"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12268256/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medizinische GenetikPub Date : 2025-07-17eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1515/medgen-2025-2025
Ilona Krey-Grauert, Irene Ferro, Matias Wagner
{"title":"Antisense oligonucleotide therapies for monogenic disorders.","authors":"Ilona Krey-Grauert, Irene Ferro, Matias Wagner","doi":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2025","DOIUrl":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are a promising therapeutic modality for monogenic disorders, offering precise RNA-targeting strategies to modulate gene expression. Despite challenges in delivery, toxicity, and off-target effects, ASO therapies have advanced rapidly, with several approved treatments and numerous candidates in clinical development. Their application spans neurogenetic, metabolic, and oncologic disorders, also with emerging n-of-1 approaches for ultra-rare conditions. This review describes the different mechanism of how ASOs work depending on their chemistry and discusses the considerations of which patients could be amendable for treatment highlighting the role of human genetics for decision making.</p>","PeriodicalId":51130,"journal":{"name":"Medizinische Genetik","volume":"37 3","pages":"179-187"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12268252/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medizinische GenetikPub Date : 2025-07-17eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1515/medgen-2025-2016
{"title":"Tagungsbericht des Tagungspräsidenten Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Johannes Zschocke, Ph.D.","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2016","DOIUrl":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51130,"journal":{"name":"Medizinische Genetik","volume":"37 3","pages":"227-229"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12268248/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medizinische GenetikPub Date : 2025-07-17eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1515/medgen-2025-2023
{"title":"Save the Date - BVDH Herbsttagung 2025.","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2023","DOIUrl":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51130,"journal":{"name":"Medizinische Genetik","volume":"37 3","pages":"253"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12268245/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medizinische GenetikPub Date : 2025-07-17eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1515/medgen-2025-2020
{"title":"Protokoll der 37. ordentlichen Mitgliederversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Humangenetik am 03.04.2025 anlässlich der 35. GfH-Jahrestagung in Innsbruck, 02.-04.04.2025.","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2020","DOIUrl":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51130,"journal":{"name":"Medizinische Genetik","volume":"37 3","pages":"235-243"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12278365/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144692357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medizinische GenetikPub Date : 2025-07-17eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1515/medgen-2025-2013
Martin Mensah
{"title":"Berlin: Prof. Dr. med. Martin A. Mensah - Humangenetik am Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch und Professur für Humangenetik an der MSB Medical School Berlin.","authors":"Martin Mensah","doi":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2013","DOIUrl":"10.1515/medgen-2025-2013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51130,"journal":{"name":"Medizinische Genetik","volume":"37 3","pages":"207"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12268242/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}