Scientists at UCL have invented a new test to identify the earliest genetic changes of prostate cancer in blood: a process which could allow doctors to see if cancers have spread, monitor tumour behaviour and enable better ...
Mar 9, 2020
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Researchers at Princeton University have identified a set of human proteins that the hepatitis B virus (HBV) uses to establish itself permanently inside liver cells. The study, published in the journal Nature Microbiology, ...
Mar 9, 2020
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A sports stress test and psychosocial stress produce similar stress hormone increases. And yet, the first one is perceived as positive, the second one as negative. Researchers attempt to find out why.
Mar 5, 2020
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Epigenetic clocks are a new type of biological test currently capturing the attention of the scientific community, private companies and governmental agencies because of their potential to reveal an individual's "true" age.
Feb 24, 2020
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In the days before antibiotics, deaths from bacterial infections were common. Seemingly minor illnesses could escalate in severity, becoming deadly in a matter of hours or days.
Jan 22, 2020
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People with type 2 diabetes often suffer from poorly-healing infected wounds on their feet. Using existing methods, however, it takes two days to grow a bacterial culture used to identify the pathogens infecting the wound ...
Oct 1, 2019
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The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has successfully introduced a new genome sequencing technique for prenatal invasive genetic diagnosis. ...
Sep 18, 2019
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What is happening with Alzheimer's disease research and treatment? We heard from Maria Carrillo, chief science officer of the nationwide Alzheimer's Association, during a recent visit to San Diego. Here are some questions ...
Sep 4, 2019
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DNA changes throughout a person's life can significantly increase their susceptibility to heart conditions and other age-related diseases, research suggests.
Sep 2, 2019
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An operator of hospitals and clinics began offering free DNA testing on Wednesday to 10,000 Floridians in a partnership with a private genomics company. Some biomedical ethicists warn that participants need to realize their ...
Jul 24, 2019
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