Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects about 1 in 50,000 people. Well-known people who suffered from ALS include baseball player Lou Gehrig, who lived two years after he was ...
Apr 13, 2022
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Conduct disorder (CD) is a common yet complex psychiatric disorder featuring aggressive and destructive behavior. Factors contributing to the development of CD span biological, psychological and social domains. Researchers ...
Apr 12, 2022
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Life events that influence levels of the female hormone estrogen may be linked to a woman's risk of developing dementia in later life, according to new research.
Apr 5, 2022
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African-American adult patients are more likely than white patients to receive substandard gastrointestinal cancer surgery, according a large study led by researchers at Yale Cancer Center. The findings are reported today ...
Apr 4, 2022
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A new study led by ISGlobal, an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation, identifies associations between DNA methylation patterns and gene expression levels in blood samples from children. The findings, published in ...
Apr 4, 2022
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New research shows a progressive exercise training program mitigates some physiological and psychological effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in otherwise healthy young women. These experiences are linked to "lasting, ...
Apr 3, 2022
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Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified variants in two genes that are associated with accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors. Their research looked at the difference between their ...
Mar 22, 2022
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Mayo Clinic researchers studied the differences in genomic data quality among racial groups in one of the largest and most widely used cancer research datasets, The Cancer Genome Atlas.
Mar 17, 2022
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Multiple factors play a role in complex diseases like COVID, and knowing what they are is important for predicting how different people will be affected. Early on in the pandemic, being older, overweight or smoking were identified ...
Mar 7, 2022
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New UC Davis MIND Institute research has identified a novel human gene linked to fetal brain development and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The discovery also links the gene to the mother's early prenatal vitamin use and ...
Feb 18, 2022
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