Exposure to a chemical once used widely in plastic bottles and still found in aluminum cans appears to be associated with a biomarker for higher risk of heart and kidney disease in children and adolescents, according to an ...
Jan 9, 2013
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Since the advent of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become more like a chronic illness. Now that patients are able to live longer and remain free of developing AIDS, ...
Mar 4, 2019
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Each gene in the human genome has two copies. When researchers detect two mutations within a particular gene in a patient's genome, it can be difficult or expensive to determine if those two mutations are present in the same ...
Dec 7, 2023
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Sid Thakur is a professor of population health and pathobiology and the director of NC State's and the College of Veterinary Medicine's Global Health programs. He studies antibiotic resistance in Salmonella and how antibiotic ...
Nov 29, 2018
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New COVID-19 variants could potentially be contained where they arise using genetic sequencing, a new study from the University of Georgia has found. But it will require global cooperation.
Oct 12, 2022
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In order to reduce HIV and TB in African prisons, African governments and international health donors should fund criminal justice reforms, experts from Human Rights Watch say in this week's PLoS Medicine.
May 8, 2012
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Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered why a tiny alteration in a brain gene, found in 20 percent of the population, contributes to the risk for anxiety, depression and memory loss.
Sep 19, 2013
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More than 80 percent of immigrants residing in the U.S. without authorization near the California-Mexico border have a lifetime history of traumatic events, according to a new study from a psychologist at Rice University. ...
Nov 7, 2017
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One of civilization's most prolific killers shadowed humans for thousands of years without their knowledge.
Nov 6, 2019
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While some scientists report engineering a super virulent strain of the H5N1 influenza virus, which could potentially wipe out a significant percentage of the human population, another group of researchers from the United ...
Feb 29, 2012
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