Archive: 09/03/2015

Researchers engineer custom blood cells

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have successfully corrected a genetic error in stem cells from patients with sickle cell disease, and then used those cells to grow mature red blood cells, they report. The study represents an ...

Mar 9, 2015

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Surprising finding provides more support for Alzheimer's being an autoimmune

Brain levels of the lipid ceramide are high in Alzheimer's disease, and now scientists have found increased levels of an antibody to the lipid in their disease model.

Mar 9, 2015

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'Exercise hormone' irisin may be a myth

The discovery of the "exercise hormone" irisin three years ago and more than 170 related papers about it since have been called into question by recent research showing they were based on flawed testing kits.

Mar 9, 2015

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Mood, anxiety disorders common in Tourette patients, emerge at a young age

A new study of Tourette syndrome (TS) led by researchers from UC San Francisco and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found that nearly 86 percent of patients who seek treatment for TS will be diagnosed with a second ...

Mar 9, 2015

First look at hospitalized Ebola survivors' immune cells could guide vaccine design

In the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa, whose death toll is approaching 10,000, little information has been available about how the human immune response unfolds after infection.

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Assumptions of equality lead to poorer group decisions

People of differing competence tend to give each other's views equal weight, preventing them from making the best group decisions, finds new UCL-led research.

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Telling kids they're special may foster narcissism (Update)

Children who are told they are special by their parents are more likely to become narcissists, according to a study Monday that aimed to uncover the origins of extreme selfishness.

Mar 9, 2015

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New study finds digital clinical decision support tools save lives of pneumonia patients

A new study by Intermountain Medical Center researchers in Salt Lake City found that using advanced clinical decision support tools reduces mortality for the 1.1 million patients in the Unites States who are treated for pneumonia ...

Mar 9, 2015

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New gene sequencing technology like a high-powered microscope

A new gene sequencing technology allows us to explore the human genome at a much higher resolution than ever before, with revolutionary implications for research and cancer diagnosis.

Mar 9, 2015

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Study shows teens and adults hazy on Washington marijuana law

More than two years after Washington legalized marijuana, parents and teens may be hazy on the specifics of the law, if the findings of a new study are any indication.

Mar 9, 2015

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