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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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Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure AIDS? Or Not?
A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
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Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome
Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
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Scientists Finally Decode Cancer Genome
Using DNA mapping, researchers have finally traced cancer to its genetic roots, according to a...
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US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer
US
researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who
develop...
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Virus hunters track HIV to 100 years back
Washington - A decades-old paraffin wax-encased block of tissue has added a curious chapter to the...
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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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Major Breakthrough In Cancer Research, A Promising Way To Study Cancer
Scientists with the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins University have managed...
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Gene Research Heightens Hope For Curing Autism
U.S. researchers have found six new genes involved in autism. More exactly, they found that these...
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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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Book Changes the Meaning of “Pretty”
Jessica Queller, a young, funny, attractive TV writer aged
35, had an exciting life and a...
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Columbus Responsible For Bringing Syphilis To Europe
Was it a simple coincidence that
when Columbus returned from the New World, the first epidemic of...
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Human Evolution: Homo Sapiens Sapiens Sapiens…?
How much wisdom (sapientia) would
humans be able to accumulate? Homo sapiens sapiens is on the...
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Health
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Autistic Kids Display Common Genetic Variations
Researchers have long blamed genetics for autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) but no study...
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Popular Flu Medicine Is No Longer Efficient Due to Mutations
Researchers reported Monday that Tamiflu-resistant influenza A viruses are now spreading widely...
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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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Women Can Now Make More Informed Decisions on Double Mastectomy
Women who have tumors in one breast usually decide to remove both the affected breast and the...
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Six Bird Flu Cases in China This Month
A 29-year old man has been diagnosed with bird flu and is in critical condition in southwest China,...
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China Announces Sixth Bird Flu Case from 2009
On Sunday, the Chinese Ministry of Health issued a public report that points out that there is a...
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Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder May Have Common Genetic Causes
A new study on the link between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia has found evidence that the...
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Study Says Bird Flu Could Be Resistant To Drugs
Scientists doubt if anti-viral medication would have any effect in the case of a bird flu pandemic,...
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Gene Predicts the Likelihood of ALL Recurrence
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL is the most common type of cancer in children affecting...
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Secrets Released About the 1918 Pandemic Flu
Researchers have recently discovered the cause which had led to the death of so many people...
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Obese Older Women Have an Increased Risk of Breast Cancer
A series of studies have shown that being obese or even
overweight may boost a person’s risk of...
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Bone Formation Linked to Serotonin in Gut, Research Brings Hope for Osteoporosis Sufferers
Bone formation appears to be controlled by
serotonin, a chemical in the brain that also influences...
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New Drug Set To Solve Mutation Problem
The bavituximab drug was tested on lab animals and it has shown remarkable success in tackling two...
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Family History Weighs Heavier Than Breast Cancer Gene Test
A study
conducted by University of Toronto
cancer specialist Dr. Steven Narod has recently...
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Breast Cancer Risk Up in Women with a Family History of the Disease
Women with a family history of breast cancer have a very
high risk of developing the disease even...
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Breakthrough In Medicine: Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure HIV?
A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
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Condoms Help Heal Genital Infections
Munich - Condoms can help support the healing process of viral infections that affect the cervix,...
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A Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome
Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
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Researchers Map Cancer Genes
Washington University researchers have decoded the complete
DNA of a patient suffering from...
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Genetic Map Of Cancer Unveiled
By using cells donated by a woman in her 50s who died of leukemia, the scientists at the Washington...
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Autism Gene May Play Role in Childhood Language Disorder As Well
University
of Oxford researchers discovered
that a gene implicated in autism may also play a...
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Scientists Decode Entire Genome Of A Cancer Patient For The First Time
For the first time, scientists have managed to decode the complete DNA sequence of a cancer...
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Erbitux Less Effective For Colon Cancer Patients With Second Gene Mutation
Treatment with cetuximab (Erbitux) was less
effective for patients with advanced colorectal cancer...
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Update: New Genes Related To Lung Cancer Discovered
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, United States have identified...
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Breast Cancer Post-Op Radiations Raise Risks Of Developing Contralateral Tumors
Breast cancer research for cure, cause and prevention is an
on-going struggle for scientists, for...
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Is Tanning Bed Use Safe? Definitely Not, Experts Confirm
Exposure to ultraviolet rays, no matter
where you get them from, is not good for you. At least...
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Update: Physical Activity Can Reverse Effects Of Obesity Gene
As obesity increasingly becomes a global health concern,
researchers all over the world try to...
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“Stand Up to Cancer” Telethon Raises more than $100 Million
The campaign to raise money for cancer
research which included the telethon that aired on ABC, CBS...
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Scientists Map Cancer Genome
A team of U.S. researchers claimed it found new genetic mutations involved in glioblastoma, the...
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Bird’s Eye View of Overall Genetic Changes In Cancer
Two revolutionary studies on cancer were published this week in the journal Science. It appears...
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