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Investigational drug tested for preventing muscle fiber death in muscular dystrophy

An investigational antiviral drug currently undergoing human trials in Europe for treating Hepatitis C infections may have potential to reduce muscle cell damage in Duchenne and other forms of muscular dystrophy (MD). A research ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Insight into HIV's 'on-off' switch shows promise for therapy, understanding cellular decisions

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered how a genetic circuit in HIV controls whether the virus turns on or stays dormant, and have succeeded ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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Scientists identify new leads for treating parasitic worm disease

A research team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has identified chemical compounds that hold promise as potential therapies ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Researchers discover second depth-perception method in brain

It's common knowledge that humans and other animals are able to visually judge depth because we have two eyes and the brain compares the images from each. But we can also judge depth with only one eye, and scientists have ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Scientists shine new light on inflammatory diseases

Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a new mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. The mechanism may also shed some light on why gene therapy ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Blood vessel protein reverses macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy in mice

Two major eye diseases and leading causes of blindness—age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy—can be reversed or even prevented by drugs that activate a protein found in blood vessel cells, researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Baby born with 4 eyes and two faces

An Indian woman has given birth to baby girl with four eyes and two faces, a report said Saturday.

Medicine & Health / Other

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Heart disease decimating zoo gorillas

U.S. researchers are trying to understand why so many gorillas in North American zoos are dying of heart disease.

Biology /

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FDA to test all heparin at U.S. border

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an import alert and plans to test all shipments of the drug heparin before they enter the country.

Medicine & Health / Medications

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