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In Algeria, taboos and law deter organ donors
By donating one of her kidneys, Nawel gave her husband Boubaker Ziani a new lease on life after he had undergone 16 years of dialysis.
Sep 17, 2017
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Medical research
Superior pathological diagnosis using transparent tissues
RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center and Osaka University researchers show CUBIC, a tissue clearing and 3-D imaging technique, makes human organs transparent to improve pathology diagnosis
Sep 13, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Herpesvirus study in mice leads to discovery of potential broad-spectrum antiviral
After herpesviruses infect a cell, their genomes are assembled into specialized protein structures called nucelosomes. Many cellular enzyme complexes can modulate these structures to either promote or inhibit the progression ...
Aug 15, 2017
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Genetics
Blood test uncovers hidden diseases
Sufferers of rare mitochondrial disease have new hope with a new method developed at the University of Sydney. The method provides a diagnosis within weeks instead of months or years through a simple blood sample.
Aug 14, 2017
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Health
Europe's tainted egg scare reaches Spain
Liquid egg products tainted by fipronil were discovered at a food company in northern Spain, authorities said Saturday, the first time the chemical that has caused a Europe-wide crisis has been detected in the country.
Aug 12, 2017
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Health
Contaminated eggs scandal spreads from Europe to Asia
A scandal involving eggs contaminated with insecticide spread to 15 EU countries, Switzerland and as far away as Hong Kong on Friday as the European Commission called for a special meeting on the growing crisis.
Aug 11, 2017
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Health
Denmark says tainted egg total hits 22 tonnes
Two more tonnes of insecticide-contaminated eggs have been discovered in Denmark, bringing the country's total to 22 tonnes, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration said Friday.
Aug 11, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tackling sleeping sickness in Maasai communities
Pietro Ceccato remembers his first trip three years ago to a Maasai village located a two hour's drive south of Arusha, Tanzania. He was there with a team of public health researchers to learn more about the dynamics of trypanosomiasis, ...
Aug 7, 2017
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Neuroscience
Scientists become research subjects in after-hours brain-scanning project
A quest to analyze the unique features of individual human brains evolved into the so-called Midnight Scan Club, a group of scientists who had big ideas but almost no funding and little time to research the trillions of neural ...
Jul 27, 2017
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Immunology
Get to know the omentum: The apron of fat that protects your abdomen
The quirkiest organ in the human body may be a large sheet of fat that stretches over the intestines, liver, and stomach like an elastic apron. Sometimes called the "policeman of the abdomen," the omentum is known to secrete ...
Jun 1, 2017
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