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L.A. Clinic Will Soon Offer Custom-Designed Babies
A Los Angeles clinic plans to make some monumental changes in the way babies are conceived. The...
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Doctors Testing New Warfarin Dosage System
Wednesday, researchers reported that they were testing a new system aimed at regulating the...
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Genetic Screening for Diabetes No More Useful than Traditional Methods
Genetic testing to see someone’s predisposition to type 2 diabetes
is not significantly better...
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No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes
The results of genetic testing for Type 2
diabetes are not significantly better than an assessment...
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Female Shark Reproduces through Virgin Birth
Scientists reported on Friday that a female blacktip shark, dubbed “Tidbit”, who resided in a...
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Scripps Conducts Study to Asses the Effects of Genetic Testing on Lifestyle Habits
San
Diego’s Scripps Translational
Science Institute announced its decision to conduct a study...
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How Does Gene Testing Influence Lifestyle Habits?
A 20-year, landmark study involving 10,000
participants, funded by a research group and three...
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Genetic Test Could ID Down Syndrome, Safer than Current Tests
Pregnant women may find out whether their baby is likely to
be born with Down syndrome or other...
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Wear Pink for the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is
dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of...
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Google Co-founder Sergey Brin Blogs About His Parkinson’s Risk
How would you react if you found out there are high chances
that you develop a certain condition...
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New Fingerprint Analysis Technique Can Tell Both Who and What
U.S.
scientists have elaborated technology that can spot trace amounts of
explosives, drugs...
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House Approves Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
The House of Representatives in a near-unanimous vote (414-1)
approved the Genetic...
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Washington Post Unforgettable Winner of 2008 Pulitzer Prizes
The Washington Post was the big winner at the Pulitzer
Awards on Monday, snatching six awards and...
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Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Novartis AG’s Afinitor for advanced...
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Premature Babies More Prone to Autism
According to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of Pediatrics, children who are...
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Peanut Butter Finally Linked To Salmonella Outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed yesterday a link between peanut...
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“New Face to Face the World”
An operation for replacing about 80 percent of a woman's face, transplanting bone, teeth, muscle...
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New Vatican Document on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Stirs Debate
A new Vatican document, titled “Dignitas Personae,”
is scheduled to be released at a news...
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Fatty Acid Study Points to New Strategies for Tacking Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease has long been associated with an
unhealthy lifestyle based on a wrong diet,...
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WHO Probes Mystery Deadly Disease in South Africa
The World Health Organization is currently investigating a mysterious disease that has killed three...
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20-Year Study To Asses Lifestyle Impact Of Genetic Testing
San Diego's
Scripps Translational Science Institute announced Thursday it will carry out...
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Study on How Genetic Testing Affects People’s Lives
Genetic testing is used for revealing what diseases a
certain person is most predisposed to;...
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Safer Test For Down Syndrome In Fetuses
Presently, pregnant women that are worried about their baby
suffering from Down syndrome have to...
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Safer Prenatal Test To Detect Down Syndrome
Researchers found a safer method to diagnose Down’s syndrome and several other genetic disorders, a...
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New TB vaccine offers hope for AIDS patients, German researchers say
Hamburg - An early tuberculosis vaccine dating back to the 1920s has been vastly improved thanks to...
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Think “Pink” for the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
October is our chance to show that we care about breast
cancer victims or survivors. It is our...
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Scientists Might Have Found The Origin Of HIV
In a recent study, to be published in tomorrow's issue of the journal Nature, scientists reveal new...
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October’s Focus – Raising Breast Cancer Awareness
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month kicks off
today, it is important to remember that early...
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Americans Mark the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
On a national level, breast cancer
represents the second leading cause of cancer death for women,...
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Medco Partners with the FDA in Pharmacogenomic tests
Pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions has announced that it stroke a partnership with the...
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Update 1: FDA Says Tomatoes Not Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday, July 17, that it has determined that...
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Cease and Desist for 13 Genetic Testing Companies in California
The state of California has sent cease and desist letters to 13 companies that are selling general...
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Family History Adds to People’s Chances to Survive Colon Cancer
People with a family history of colon cancer may now breathe
relieved, as scientific research...
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Gene Therapy Found to Slow Progression of Fatal Brain Condition
An experimental gene therapy had positive effects in slowing
the progression of Batten disease, or...
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DNA Test – A Reason for Discrimination in the US
Many patients often refuse to undergo genetic testing for
fear their negative results would make...
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British Scientists Create Embryo from 3 DNA Donors
British scientists revealed this week that they have been able to create a human embryo using DNA...
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Celera to Develop a Gene Test, Which Can Identify Heart Disease
A gene variant that increases the risk of heart disease can
be identified with a new test, which...
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Carbamazepine Receives FDA’s Black Box Warning
This Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration decided to strengthen the warning on carbamazepine...
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Find Out More About You!
DeCode Genetics, a company based
in Iceland,
revealed on Friday a brand new service that simply...
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Merck's Promising HIV Vaccine Canceled
Merck's HIV vaccine, which has been 10 years in development, has failed in a human trial and has...
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Breast Cancer Genetically Traced Back to…Fathers
Surprisingly or not, genetic studies have shown that breast cancer doesn’t strike out of the blue...
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A New Cure For Baldness May Be On The Way
Researchers have found a new cure for hair loss in humans. A
group of scientists at at the...
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