A hormone produced by the liver called fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) suppresses alcohol consumption in primates, finds a study published February 1 in the journal Cell Metabolism. Vervet monkeys with a strong preference ...
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Weill Cornell Medicine researchers are using machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence, to shed light on genetic mutations associated with spina bifida. In this birth defect, the neural tube that forms the spinal ...
Dec 20, 2021
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Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Although the development of these disorders is most commonly associated with lifestyle factors like obesity, increasing evidence suggests that events much ...
Dec 3, 2021
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More than 2.5 million Americans have a chronic condition arising in early childhood that can negatively impact their education, job performance and employability well into adulthood.
Dec 2, 2021
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A Michigan Medicine study found that combining genetic samples from patients of different ethnic backgrounds created a clearer picture for analyzing genetic variants in psoriasis patients and led to the discovery of new genetic ...
Dec 2, 2021
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Researchers from Uppsala University have been able to document and visualize hearing loss-associated genes in the human inner ear, in a unique collaboration study between otosurgeons and geneticists. The findings illustrate ...
Dec 2, 2021
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A large study led by Lund University in Sweden has identified a protein in the blood that could predict type 2 diabetes up to nineteen years before the onset of the disease. The study is published in Nature Communications.
Nov 11, 2021
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One of the traits that we usually use to physically describe people is their hair color. Hair is a useful descriptor because it varies so much among us.
Nov 9, 2021
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A genome-wide association study has identified several common genetic loci (genetic locations) associated with dilated cardiomyopathy in U.S. veterans of European and African ancestry, according to preliminary research to ...
Nov 8, 2021
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Throughout most of medical history, physicians have diagnosed individuals with various diseases based upon their description and presentation of clinical symptoms. In recent years, investigations using genome-wide association ...
Oct 25, 2021
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