We now know that the microbes that live in our intestines—our microbiome—influence our health in many ways. The balance among competing microbial species is believed to be important in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ...
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A central feature of type 1 diabetes is loss of the pancreatic beta cells that make insulin. Researchers led by Paolo Fiorina, MD, Ph.D., of Boston Children's Hospital and Francesca D'Addio, MD, of the University of Milan ...
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Hearing loss has been linked to mutations in at least 100 different genes, but up to 16 percent of genetic hearing loss can be traced to just one gene, STRC, the second most common genetic cause. A first-of-its-kind gene ...
Dec 15, 2021
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The delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has swept the planet, becoming the dominant variant within just a few months. A new study from Boston Children's Hospital, published in Science, explains why delta spreads so easily and infects ...
Nov 23, 2021
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We all know that if we don't get enough sleep or don't sleep well, we won't be on top of our game the next day. And we know that many teens and preteens get too little or poor-quality sleep. Now, a large, first-of-its kind ...
Nov 22, 2021
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Despite great progress with SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, there is still a need to accelerate vaccination in low- and middle-income countries and a need for more effective vaccine strategies in older adults, who tend to have weaker ...
Nov 16, 2021
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As we've seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, serious infections sometimes trigger an excessive inflammatory reaction that does as much harm—or more—than the infection itself. New research at Boston Children's Hospital ...
Nov 12, 2021
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Currently available COVID vaccines require cold storage and sophisticated manufacturing capacity, which makes it difficult to produce and distribute them widely, especially in less developed countries. A new type of vaccine ...
Nov 6, 2021
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the second most common leukemia diagnosed in children. It is hard to treat and can be fatal in some cases. While there have been some recent successes with genetically targeted therapies for ...
Nov 5, 2021
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As we age, many of us acquire mutations that cause some of our blood stem cells to multiply faster than others, forming their own distinct populations or "clones." This is known as clonal hematopoiesis. In some cases, a single ...
Nov 4, 2021
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