Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why monkeypox may soon get a new name
Monkeypox may soon have a new name after scientists called for a change to dispel stereotypes of Africa being seen as a crucible of disease.
Jun 22, 2022
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News tagged with family tree
Oncology & Cancer
Q and A: What is the benefit of visiting a genetic counselor?
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My grandmother and mother, as well as an aunt and a cousin, have had breast cancer. Another cousin was diagnosed with colon cancer recently. It has been suggested that I undergo genetic counseling to determine ...
Jun 14, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More variants but delta still dominates
A new variant of COVID-19 detected in South Africa known as B.1.1.529 has caused flight bans and a scramble to determine vaccine efficacy.
Nov 26, 2021
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Genetics
New tools enable rapid analysis of coronavirus sequences and tracking of variants
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred genomic surveillance of viruses on an unprecedented scale, as scientists around the world use genome sequencing to track the spread of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The rapid accumulation ...
May 10, 2021
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Neuroscience
Researchers trace spinal neuron family tree
Spinal cord nerve cells branching through the body resemble trees with limbs fanning out in every direction. But this image can also be used to tell the story of how these neurons, their jobs becoming more specialized over ...
Apr 22, 2021
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Medical research
Understanding the evolution of SARS and COVID-19 type viruses
As COVID-19 sweeps the world, related viruses quietly circulate among wild animals. A new study shows how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and SARS-CoV-1, which caused the 2003 SARS outbreak, are related to each ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tracking virus mutations reveals success of stay-at-home orders
A family tree of more than 200 variations in the virus that causes COVID-19 helps explain why two Wisconsin counties—just 75 miles apart, but far from the origins of the virus—had such different early experiences with ...
Nov 6, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Genomic fingerprinting' helps us trace coronavirus outbreaks. What is it and how does it work?
If you had told me in January that "genomics" would become a buzzword in 2020, I'd have thought you were crazy.
Jul 21, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dutch farm worker likely got COVID-19 from mink: minister
A Dutch mink farm worker likely caught coronavirus from the animals kept there, in the country's first reported case of animal-to-human transmission, the agriculture minister said.
May 20, 2020
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Genetics
Cousin took a DNA test? Courts could use it to argue you are more likely to commit crimes
How similar do you think you are to your second cousin? Or your estranged great aunt?
Jan 21, 2020
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