Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccine reduces likelihood of severe pneumonia
A new study has found severe pneumonia decreases by 35 per cent in children who receive a vaccine against a pneumonia-causing bacteria.
Nov 12, 2019
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Genetics
Study decodes gene function that protects against type 2 diabetes
An international research collaboration led by researchers from the Universities of Helsinki and Oxford has identified the biological mechanism through which a genetic variant protects against type 2 diabetes.
Nov 4, 2019
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Immunology
New insights into the mechanism of vaccine-induced T cell immunity
A team led by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has gained new insights into the mechanism of vaccine-induced T cell immunity utilizing single-cell RNA sequencing and metabolic profiling techniques. Though numerous ...
Aug 14, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene mutation combo linked to common cancer in women
Michigan State University researchers, in collaboration with the Van Andel Institute, have identified a combination of two gene mutations that is linked to endometrial cancer.
Aug 7, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The research effort on acute flaccid myelitis
Johns Hopkins Medicine and University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers will lead a multicenter, multinational study of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), the "poliolike" condition affecting children that causes loss ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Health
Children drink sweet drinks when they lack clean drinking water
Children deserve to get clean and safe drinking water. But, in developing countries such as Indonesia, not all children have access to it.
Jul 23, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Individual and community mental health: Uncertainty does even more harm than displacement
News of evacuations from cracked apartment buildings in Sydney and the need to replace combustible cladding across Australia illustrate how uncertainty compounds problems for those affected. Who is responsible for the remedy? ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Medical research
Can red cell exchange treat advanced sickle cell disease?
Medical advances have dramatically increased the life expectancy of patients with sickle cell disease, but as patients are living longer, they are increasingly experiencing organ damage leading to early death. Now, researchers ...
Jul 10, 2019
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Genetics
Individuals who attempt suicide carry an increased genetic liability for depression, regardless of their psychiatric dis
The largest genome wide association study (GWAS) to date on suicide attempt reveals that genetic liability to depression increases an individual's risk for suicide attempt regardless of the psychiatric disorder they are affected ...
Jun 5, 2019
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Neuroscience
Towards a new era of small animal imaging research
Have you ever spent half an hour trying to take the best photo of your pets but they won't stay still in the perfect angle? This is also true for small animal imaging research using positron emission tomography (PET). Because ...
May 30, 2019
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