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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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New Method to Create Stem Cells Revealed
US researchers on Thursday reported that they found a safer way to create embryonic stem cells...
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Soy Intake during Childhood May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
A study involving Asian-American women appearing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers...
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Parents Can Now Predetermine Physical Traits of Their Future Child
Los Angeles's Fertility Clinic has offered parents the opportunity to pay in order to select the...
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Can Cord Blood Replace Bone Marrow Transplant In Children?
Amazing as it sounds, researchers from Duke University have just announced that umbilical cord...
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Stem Cell Research Moves Forward
As President Barack Obama is expected to lift federal restrictions on the field of stem cell...
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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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Genes Determine How Popular One Can Actually Become
According to a new study by researchers in the U.S., your popularity and social skills may weigh...
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The FDA Sets New Rules For The Genetically Engineered Animals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration presented yesterday the final regulations referring to the...
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Scientists Use Pluripotent Stem Cells to Study Nerve Disease
U.S. researchers have created the first human model in order to study a severe nerve disease. By...
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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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Leukemia and HIV Gone After Bone Marrow Transplant
Medical history was written recently, after a patient with both leukemia and HIV received a bone...
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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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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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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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More Exercise and Less Alcohol
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a lot of reports and studies linked to breast...
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Genetic Code Of Malaria Parasite Deciphered
About 40 researchers sequenced the genetic code of
Plasmodium vivax, one of four malaria parasites...
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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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New Discovery in Stem Cell Field: Stem Cells from Testicular Biopsies
The search for the best source of stem
cells continues, with many scientists supporting the field...
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20-Year Disease Risk Study Commences
Increasingly younger people are developing chronic, progressive
and consumptive diseases, such as...
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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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The Largest Human Health Study To Be Launched In The United States
The largest human health study ever conducted in the United States is about to be launched. The...
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Obesity And The Brain - “Switch” In Brain Triggers the “Vicious Cycle” of Overeating
Overeating triggers a metabolic response in
the hypothalamus region of the brain which prompts...
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Distinguished Biochemist Robert Tjian Elected as President of Howard Hughes Institute
Robert Tjian, a distinguished UC Berkley biochemist
and gene researcher, has been named president...
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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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The Risk of Obesity Can Be Blunted Through Regular Physical Activity
A new study from the University of Maryland
suggests that a person’s level of exercise can...
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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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FDA Issues Warning On Arthritis Drugs Over Deaths
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a statement which highlights that manufacturers of...
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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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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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New Obesity Treatment Discovered
One of the most widespread conditions in the United States is obesity. Except for being a...
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Study: Gene Mutation May Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
A small group of people carry a genetic mutation which helps protect their heart against the...
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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 Possibly Curing HIV
People suffering from the immunodeficiency virus may be soon
cured through a bone marrow...
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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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Hesitant about Sharing Your Genes? Personal Genome Project Needs Volunteers
Those who are hesitant about publicly
sharing any part of their genome data, including medical...
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The Beginning of Personal Genome Project: Positive and Negative Aspects
Harvard Medical School genetics professor
George Church, Harvard psychology professor Steven...
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Vitamin D Deficiency Could Result in Parkinson’s Disease
Vitamin D deficiency might be linked, among other diseases,
to an increased risk of Parkinson’s...
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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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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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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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Patrick Leahy Questions The FBI Investigation Into Anthrax Attacks
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.,
one of the two senators targeted in the...
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Mapping The Cancer Genome
A new discovery shows promise in cancer
fight. Scientists have managed to draw a map of the...
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Stem Cell Breakthrough Opens Door to Further ALS Research
For the first time, a team of US scientists
used an innovative technique to transform skin cells...
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First Animal-Human Embryo Created in U.K.
The creation of the first part-human, part-animal hybrid
embryo in the U.K. by researchers in...
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Researchers Decode Cow Genome
Good news for the cattle industry. A team of scientists managed to complete a research study which...
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Researchers Find Virus-Free Way Of Reprogramming Stem Cells
Stem cells have always been controversial, from ethical and biological point of view, but the...
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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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Internet genome scans are both popular and controversial in US
Washington - Some people who want their genome scanned are only worried about what their hair will...
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Scientists to Discuss Pharaoh Akhenaten’s Gender Mystery
After Pharaoh Akhenaten puzzled scientists for years, making
them wonder about his strangely...
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The 1000 Genomes Project Aims To Map DNA Of 1000 people
A consortium, which includes Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
in Hinxton, England,
the Beijing...
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Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements
No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
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South Korean Researchers Cloned Fluorescent Cats
These days, it seems that science out wins art. Up to now artists could get their imagination free...
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Anthropologist Say Humans Evolve More Rapidly
A new study led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison
anthropologist John Hawks revelead that we...
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Ian Wilmut, Dolly’s Creator, Abandons Human Embryos Use
Professor Ian Wilmut, the Scottish scientists who led the
team that created Dolly the sheep ten...
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Scientists Have Created First Primate Cloned Embryos
Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University have created for the first time cloned...
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