News tagged with common diseases
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A dead gene comes back to life in humans
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that a long-defunct gene was resurrected during the course of human evolution. This is believed to be the first evidence of a doomed gene - infection-fighting human ...
Mar 06, 2009 |
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We are all mutants: Measurement of mutation rate in humans by direct sequencing
An international team of 16 scientists today reports the first direct measurement of the general rate of genetic mutation at individual DNA letters in humans. The team sequenced the same piece of DNA - 10,000,000 or so letters ...
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Researchers report progress using iPS cells to reverse blindness
Researchers have used cutting-edge stem cell technology to correct a genetic defect present in a rare blinding disorder, another step on a promising path that may one day lead to therapies to reverse blindness ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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The gene-environment enigma
Personalized medicine centers on being able to predict the risk of disease or response to a drug based on a person's genetic makeup. But a study by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in ...
Dec 03, 2010 |
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Genetic interactions are the key to understanding complex traits
In recent years, genetic studies have uncovered hundreds of DNA variations linked to common diseases, such as cancer or diabetes, raising the prospect that scientists can gauge disease risk based on information ...
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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Doctors advised to curtail antibiotic dosages
It's a common scene: Mom brings aching child with some bug to the doctor's office, expecting the doctor to do, well, something.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 11, 2009 |
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New strain of 'high-runner' rats uniquely resistant to disease -- all disease
Everybody knows that if you're physically fit, you're less likely to get a wide range of diseases. What most people don't know is that some people are "naturally" in better shape than others, and this variation in conditioning ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Licorice root found to contain anti-diabetic substance
It provides the raw material for liquorice candy, calms the stomach and alleviates diseases of the airways: liquorice root. Chosen as the "Medicinal plant 2012", the root has been treasured in traditional healing since ancient ...
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Researcher finds there could be up to 200 cold viruses
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bad news for the immune system: New research has boosted the number of likely common-cold viruses waiting to make you miserable from the long-accepted 100 to perhaps double that number.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Two-pronged model could help foil tough cystic fibrosis infections
Dartmouth Medical School researchers have devised a novel approach for thwarting the relentless bacterial infections that thrive in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis (CF), unlocking new possibilities against a tenacious ...
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Mutation leading to kidney disease in Cypriot families is traced back to one ancestor more than 300 years ago
A study published Online First in The Lancet has identified a genetic mutation in the immune system which leads to chronic kidney disease in those affected. Furthermore, all the families affected so far are of Cypriot origin ...
Aug 25, 2010 |
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There are no cures for the common cold
Americans catch an estimated 1 billion colds each year. And by this time of year, as weary cold sufferers line up at local pharmacies, it may not sound surprising that Americans spend at least $4.2 billion annually on over-the-counter ...
Feb 21, 2011 |
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