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A middle-ear microphone
(Medical Xpress) -- Cochlear implants have restored basic hearing to some 220,000 deaf people, yet a microphone and related electronics must be worn outside the head, raising reliability issues, preventing ...
Medical research
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Study reveals insight into how key protein protects against viral infections
Scientists from the University of Utah School of Medicine have discovered that a mouse protein called IFITM3 contributes to the body's defense against some types of viral infections by binding to an enzyme responsible for ...
Immunology
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Genes for learning, remembering, forgetting: Proteins important in embryos found to change the adult brain
Certain genes and proteins that promote growth and development of embryos also play a surprising role in sending chemical signals that help adults learn, remember, forget and perhaps become addicted, University ...
Medical research
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Researcher's microdissection device hits the market to fight cancer
A new device designed to more effectively produce DNA samples for genetic testing from slide-mounted tissue samples is better equipped than most models on the market to help in the diagnosis and treatment ...
Cancer
Mar 29, 2012 |
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People know more than they think they do, study finds
(Medical Xpress) -- The process of melding individuals into effective, problem-solving groups should involve empowering individuals to realize they have important ideas to share.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Math can save Tylenol overdose patients
University of Utah mathematicians developed a set of calculus equations to make it easier for doctors to save Tylenol overdose patients by quickly estimating how much painkiller they took, when they consumed ...
Medical research
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Why bad immunity genes survive: Study implicates arms race between genes and germs
University of Utah biologists found new evidence why mice, people and other vertebrate animals carry thousands of varieties of genes to make immune-system proteins named MHCs – even though some of those ...
Medical research
Feb 06, 2012 |
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University of Utah, Google seek answers for autism
These days, we hear a lot about the disorder of autism, but researchers at the University of Utah have created a program that helps kids with autism focus on building their skills and utilizing an aptitude ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Mutation in gene that's critical for human development linked to arrhythmia
Arrhythmia is a potentially life-threatening problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat, causing it to go too fast, too slow or to beat irregularly. Arrhythmia affects millions of people worldwide.
Genetics
Dec 27, 2011 |
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Gene is first linked to herpes-related cold sores
A team of researchers from the University of Utah and the University of Massachusetts has identified the first gene associated with frequent herpes-related cold sores.
Genetics
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Will my breast cancer spread? Discovery may predict probability of metastasis
Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah have discovered a new way to model human breast cancer that could lead to new tools for predicting which breast cancers will spread and new ways to ...
Cancer
Oct 23, 2011 |
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Targeting HIV's sugar coating: New microbicide may block AIDS virus from infecting cells
University of Utah researchers have discovered a new class of compounds that stick to the sugary coating of the AIDS virus and inhibit it from infecting cells – an early step toward a new treatment to ...
HIV & AIDS
Sep 23, 2011 |
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Autism, intellectual disabilities related to parental age, education and ethnicity, not income
New research from the University of Utah in collaboration with the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) shows that the presence or absence of intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) varies with risk factors ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Novel analysis method organizes genomic cancer data
The technology that allows scientists to profile the entire genome of individual tumors offers new hope for discovering ways to select the best treatment for each patient's particular type of cancer. However, these profiles ...
Genetics
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Social marketing is best option for helping consumers navigate new health care system, study says
New research out of the University of Utah (the U) David Eccles School of Business shows social marketing tools are crucial to the success of health care providers in their efforts to help consumers navigate the new ...
Health
Jun 15, 2011 |
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