Scientists reverse sickle cell anemia by turning on fetal hemoglobin
Not long after birth, human babies transition from producing blood containing oxygen-rich fetal hemoglobin to blood bearing the adult hemoglobin protein. For children with sickle cell disease, the transition from the fetal ...
Medical research
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Risk factor for depression can be 'contagious'
A new study with college roommates shows that a particular style of thinking that makes people vulnerable to depression can actually "rub off" on others, increasing their symptoms of depression six months later.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 18, 2013 |
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New model may pinpoint timing of final menstrual period
For women enduring hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, a new model could better estimate the timing of the final menstrual period, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Mar 26, 2013 |
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Chronic alcohol and marijuana use during youth can compromise white-matter integrity
Chronic use of alcohol and marijuana during youth is associated with poorer neural structure, function, and metabolism, as well as worsened neurocognitive abilities into later adolescence and adulthood. This may be due to ...
Addiction
Dec 14, 2012 |
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New ruthenium-based drugs show promise for killing cancer cells
A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows how light and strained ruthenium-based drugs may be more effective at fighting cancer cells and less toxic to healthy cells than a similar and widely used drug.
Cancer
Jun 11, 2012 |
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College students work to sterilize air, kill pathogens on buses
The best place to enjoy a breath of fresh air may be a city bus, if Rice University students have their way. A team of graduating seniors has created a system for public transit that would continually clear ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 27, 2012 |
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Passion pitfall: Research finds that rekindling a romance often extinguishes a couple's happiness
Before renewing romance with an ex, it may be better to move on to the next.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Study underlines potential of anti-stress peptide to block alcohol dependence
New research by scientists at the Scripps Research Institute has underlined the power of an endogenous anti-stress peptide in the brain to prevent and even reverse some of the cellular effects of acute alcohol and alcohol ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2011 |
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BGI reports study results on frequent mutation of genes encoding UMPP components in kidney cancer
BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, announced that a study on frequent mutation of genes encoding ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis pathway (UMPP) components in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is published ...
Cancer
Dec 04, 2011 |
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Research discovers frequent mutations of chromatin remodeling genes in TCC of the bladder
BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital and Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, announced today that the study on frequent mutations of chromatin remodeling genes in transitional ...
Cancer
Aug 07, 2011 |
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As people live longer and reproduce less, natural selection keeps up
In many places around the world, people are living longer and are having fewer children. But that's not all. A study of people living in rural Gambia, published in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on Apr ...
Health
Apr 25, 2013 |
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Reading wordless storybooks to toddlers may expose them to richer language, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that children hear more complex language from parents when they read a storybook with only pictures compared to a picture-vocabulary book. The findings ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 18, 2013 |
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Misregulated genes common to tobacco-related cancers offer potential new prognostic tool
Believe it or not, while researchers have explored which genes are mutated in each type of tobacco-associated cancer, until now no one had thought to look across these types for common genes that might predict patient outcomes. ...
Cancer
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Study shows psychotropic drug dispensing increases on entry to care homes
A study by Queen's University Belfast has found that the dispensing of psychotropic drugs to older people in Northern Ireland increases on entry to care homes.
Health
Feb 21, 2013 |
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Common mental disorders, unemployment and psychosocial job quality: Is a poor job better than no job at all?
Employment is usually associated with health benefits over unemployment. However, an article published in Psychological Medicine by a group of researchers from Australia and the UK has shown that having a job with poor p ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 21, 2012 |
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