Archive: 13/12/2018

US traces lettuce outbreak to at least 1 California farm

U.S. health officials have traced a dangerous bacterial outbreak in romaine lettuce to at least one farm in central California.

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Renewed battle over using fetal tissue in medical research

Lawmakers clashed over science, ethics and politics at a House hearing Thursday on using fetal tissue in critically important medical research, as the Trump administration reviews the government's ongoing support for such ...

Dec 13, 2018

Study compares dialysis reimbursement around the globe

A new study has examined how countries around the world compare in providing reimbursement for dialysis care received by patients with kidney failure. The findings, which appear in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal ...

Dec 13, 2018

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Researchers uncover genetic marker, predictor of early relapse in pediatric ALL

Nova Southeastern University (NSU) researchers recently discovered that by testing the level of NER (nucleotide excision repair) gene expression, pediatric oncologists can determine the likelihood of early relapse (less than ...

Dec 13, 2018

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Fitness instructors' comments shape women's body satisfaction

Exercise has been called a double-edged sword for women when it comes to body image as some types of exercise seem to improve body esteem, whereas others have the potential to lower it.

Dec 13, 2018

Parents' brain activity 'echoes' their infant's brain activity when they play together

When infants are playing with objects, their early attempts to pay attention to things are accompanied by bursts of high-frequency activity in their brain. But what happens when parents play together with them? New research, ...

Dec 13, 2018

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Whether a urinary tract infection recurs may depend on the bacterial strain

Genetically diverse bacterial strains that cause urinary tract infections differ in their ability to trigger protective immune responses in mice, potentially explaining why these infections frequently recur in many patients, ...

Dec 13, 2018

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Control HIV by treating schistosomiasis, new study suggests

Of the 34 million people worldwide with HIV, and the 200 million with schistosomiasis, the majority live in Africa— where millions of people are simultaneously infected with both diseases. Now, researchers reporting in ...

Dec 13, 2018

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Noncoding mutations contribute to autism risk

A whole-genome sequencing study of nearly 2,000 families has implicated mutations in 'promoter regions' of the genome—regions that precede the start of a gene—in autism. The study, which appears in the December 14 issue ...

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Researchers uncover molecular mechanisms linked to autism and schizophrenia

Since the completion of the groundbreaking Human Genome Project in 2003, researchers have discovered changes to hundreds of places in the DNA, called genetic variants, associated with psychiatric diseases such as autism spectrum ...

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