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Jaundice is one of the most common medical issues in newborns, affecting nearly 80% of full-term infants in their first days of life. The condition occurs when excess bilirubin, a yellow pigment formed as red blood cells ...
Aug 22, 2025
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Biomedical and genetic engineers at Duke University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed a technique that naturally increases the presence of a light-sensitive molecule throughout the body. This change ...
Aug 1, 2025
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Scientists say they have new experimental evidence of a novel role for bilirubin, a natural yellow pigment found in the body, in protecting humans from the worst effects of malaria and potentially other infectious diseases. ...
Jun 12, 2025
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For the first two to three weeks of their lives, infants have to undergo screening for neonatal jaundice (NNJ). It typically involves frequent clinic visits, which is not only inconvenient, but vulnerable infants could potentially ...
Jan 10, 2025
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Researchers have found a gene variant that almost completely protects 1 in 8 newborn babies from jaundice. The research, conducted at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, provides the opportunity to develop a treatment ...
Sep 17, 2024
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Researchers in China and Italy have made a significant breakthrough in understanding Dubin-Johnson syndrome (DJS), a rare inherited liver disorder. The team identified specific genetic mutations responsible for DJS in a pair ...
Apr 9, 2024
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A smartphone camera was able to detect changes in skin tone and eye color that require patients to seek medical help, in new research from UCL and the Royal Free Hospital.
Oct 9, 2023
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Cases of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are on the rise worldwide. The benefits of current medications to treat patients with these diseases are limited by problematic ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Atherosclerosis is the main underlying cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In this process, plaque made of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances builds up on the artery walls.
Apr 10, 2023
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Biomedical and genetic engineers at Duke University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have designed a small fluorescent protein that emits and absorbs light that penetrates deep into biological tissue. Tailored ...
Dec 5, 2022
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