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Researchers prove that leukemias arise from changes that accumulate in blood stem cells
(Medical Xpress)—Imagine that a police bomb squad comes upon a diabolically designed bomb controlled by a tangled mass of different wires, lights and switches, some of which have a real function while others are decoys. ...
Cancer
Aug 30, 2012 |
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Early use of stents better than medical therapy alone for certain patients
For patients with stable coronary artery disease who have at least one narrowed blood vessel that compromises flow to the heart, medical therapy alone leads to a significantly higher risk of hospitalization and the urgent ...
Cardiology
Aug 28, 2012 |
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5 Questions: Yvonne Maldonado on whooping cough
(Medical Xpress)—The United States is on track to have its biggest whooping cough epidemic in 60 years, with more than 21,000 cases already reported in 2012. The highly contagious and potentially fatal disease, officially ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 27, 2012 |
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Study details power of new chip to diagnose disease, analyze protein interactions
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Intel Corp. have collaborated to synthesize and study a grid-like array of short pieces of a disease-associated protein on silicon chips normally used in computer ...
Medical research
Aug 20, 2012 |
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Blocking destruction of defective proteins unexpectedly delays neurodegeneration in mice
One might expect that ridding a brain cell of damaged proteins would be a universally good thing, and that impairing the cell's ability to do this would allow the faulty proteins to accumulate within the cell, possibly to ...
Medical research
Aug 15, 2012 |
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Substance involved in Alzheimer's can reverse paralysis in mice with multiple sclerosis
A molecule widely assailed as the chief culprit in Alzheimer's disease unexpectedly reverses paralysis and inflammation in several distinct animal models of a different disorder — multiple sclerosis, Stanford University ...
Medical research
Aug 01, 2012 |
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Study shows benefits of cochlear implants in deaf babies with developmental delays
(Medical Xpress) -- Doctors should reconsider the common practice of avoiding the use of cochlear implants in deaf children with developmental delays, according to a new study from the Stanford University ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 01, 2012 |
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Birth control counseling may reduce AIDS transmission in Africa, say researchers
Family planning counseling could prove to be a cost-effective way to help minimize the number of children born HIV-positive in sub-Saharan Africa, a new study by School of Medicine researchers suggests.
HIV & AIDS
Jul 26, 2012 |
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Study first to determine entire genetic sequence of individual human sperm
The entire genomes of 91 human sperm from one man have been sequenced by Stanford University researchers. The results provide a fascinating glimpse into naturally occurring genetic variation in one individual, ...
Genetics
Jul 19, 2012 |
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Free online tool to provide deeper analysis of microarray data
Imagine listening to a child plinking out a rudimentary tune on the piano. He uses only one octave and one hand — notes he can't reach are skipped. You can pick out the basic melody, but just barely. But you have an ...
Genetics
Jul 18, 2012 |
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Scientists discover key pathway for development of insulin-producing cells
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a molecular signaling pathway that drives the growth and maturation of young human beta cells — the insulin-producing cell ...
Medical research
Jul 17, 2012 |
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Novel surgery at Packard Children's repairs boy's airway, voice box
Noah Jackson was born without a voice. Because of a rare genetic disease, his airway was so narrow he couldn't cry at birth. In fact, he could scarcely breathe, and had surgery when he was 5 days old to implant ...
Surgery
Jul 16, 2012 |
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Scientists identify potential target for treating anhedonia - major symptom of depression
Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have laid bare a novel molecular mechanism responsible for the most important symptom of major depression: anhedonia, the loss of the ability to experience pleasure. While ...
Medical research
Jul 11, 2012 |
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Christopher Gardner on non-nutritive sweeteners
It sounds like a no-brainer: To cut your sugar intake, just switch to foods and drinks with no-calorie, artificial sweeteners. That way, you’ll still satisfy your sweet tooth without packing on the extra ...
Health
Jul 10, 2012 |
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New method enables sequencing of fetal genomes using only maternal blood sample
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have for the first time sequenced the genome of an unborn baby using only a blood sample from the mother.
Genetics
Jul 04, 2012 |
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