When Dr. Bodo Beck first saw the three children of a family who had fled Syria sitting in his consultation room at University Hospital Cologne, the human geneticist was surprised. His genetic analysis diagnosed Bartter syndrome ...
Aug 23, 2023
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We have all felt the workings of the so called "brain-gut-axis," how our intestines get affected, for example, by stress. But still, researchers don't know a lot about the relation between our gut and our brain.
Aug 15, 2023
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Alzheimer's is considered a disease of old age, with most people being diagnosed after 65. But the condition actually begins developing, out of sight, many years before any symptoms emerge. Tiny proteins, known as amyloid-beta ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and King's College London have revealed the complex interactions between cancer and the immune cells that surround a tumor, with the potential to inform how patients will respond ...
Jun 9, 2023
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A new study led by Yale School of Medicine scientists has pinpointed why some adults—by some estimates, at least 50% of the population after 75 years of age—develop hearing problems.
May 16, 2023
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Pancreatic cancer is the seventh-leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and despite the increasing incidence of this disease, effective treatments are lacking and prognosis for patients with this tumor type remains poor, ...
May 16, 2023
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Findings from a recent UW Medicine study suggest that a large proportion of people who should receive genetic screening according to published guidelines are being missed.
Apr 18, 2023
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Multiple sclerosis patients do not have the same bacteria in their intestines as healthy people. There are also differences in the composition and function of the bacteria in the intestines of multiple sclerosis patients, ...
Jan 5, 2023
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Men are at an increased risk of a severe bout of COVID-19 compared to women. Researchers at Uppsala University have now shown that this may be due to loss of the Y chromosome in part of their white blood cells. The findings ...
Dec 14, 2022
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An international team led by researchers from the Cluster of Excellence PMI has found biomarkers that indicate at the beginning of anti-TNF alpha therapy whether it will be effective.
Nov 14, 2022
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