Using human pluripotent stem cells and DNA-cutting protein from meningitis bacteria, researchers from the Morgridge Institute for Research and Northwestern University have created an efficient way to target and repair defective ...
Aug 12, 2013
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A new study helps explain how parts of the brain maintain their delicate balance of zinc, an element required in minute but crucial doses, particularly during embryonic development.
Jun 26, 2013
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You wake up one day with swollen legs. Your doctor, like many physicians, might prescribe a pill to help your body get rid of the excess water.
Jun 21, 2013
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Nearly 15 percent of all deaths in children under five can be prevented, and at least a fifth of all stunting averted, if 10 key nutrition interventions are scaled up to 90 percent coverage in the 34 countries most affected ...
Jun 5, 2013
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While considerable recent progress has been made against childhood diarrheal diseases, the number of children dying from diarrhoea remains unacceptably high.
May 14, 2013
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A healthy adult must generate as many as one hundred billion new red blood cells each day, to maintain the numbers circulating in his blood. A team of EPFL researchers has identified a key step in the process by which red ...
Mar 14, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—Almost every parent has to deal with it – diaper rash. Though the problem is common, it's also extremely painful and uncomfortable for the child and can leave parents at a loss for how to comfort their ...
Mar 8, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Bathing a baby and caring for the newborn's skin can intimidate new parents, an expert says.
Feb 10, 2013
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New research suggests that zinc helps control infections by gently tapping the brakes on the immune response in a way that prevents out-of-control inflammation that can be damaging and even deadly.
Feb 7, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—A team of Italian researchers studying the contents of a small tin found aboard the wreck of a second century B.C. cargo ship claim its contents are pills meant to cure eye or skin ailments. In their paper ...
