Because of its high accuracy, laboratory-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is the gold standard for infectious disease diagnostics. However, PCR technology requires highly trained staff and costly equipment, hindering ...
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People who experience an arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) or transient ischemic stroke (TIA) are at an increased risk of suffering a second stroke or other major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE), making it critically important ...
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Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine) developed data designed to improve the diagnosis for Alagille syndrome, a complex ...
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The majority of rare diseases have a genetic cause. The underlying genetic alteration can be found more and more easily, for example, by means of exome sequencing (ES), leading to a molecular genetic diagnosis. ES is an examination ...
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Although factors such as social circles, income and health influence our levels of contentment, they are less significant than was previously thought, researchers say.
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The Stockholm3 blood test, developed by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, is equally effective at detecting prostate cancer in different ethnic groups, a new paper published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology reports. ...
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About 37 million people in the United States have chronic kidney disease and studies show that genetics may explain between 10% and 20% of cases in adults (and as many as 70% of cases in children).
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Women treated for ovarian cancer caused by an inherited faulty gene have a lower risk of developing breast cancer following that treatment, new research from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and The University ...
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New research led by UCLA Health has found that specific genes may be related to the trajectory of recovery for stroke survivors, providing insights useful to doctors developing targeted therapies.
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University of Calgary librarian Kathryn Ruddock had read about the lack of diversity in anatomy illustrations. As a visible minority librarian with a medical sciences background, the revelation struck a chord.
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