Genetic diversity of European Americans and disease gene mapping
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Jan 18, 2008 |
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Labels such as “European American”, “white”, or “Caucasian” are often viewed as representing a homogeneous category in gene mapping studies and census reports, but each of these labels actually groups together multiple populations, ...
Depression and anxiety can double chances of heart ailments
Jan 18, 2008 |
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Matters of the mind can affect matters of the heart. A new study by McGill University and Université de Montréal researchers has found that major anxiety and/or depression, can double a coronary artery disease patient’s chances ...
Stem cell research aims to tackle Parkinson's disease
Jan 18, 2008 |
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Scientists in Sweden are developing new ways to grow brain cells in the laboratory that could one day be used to treat patients with Parkinson’s disease, an international conference of biologists organised by the European ...
World's biggest heart model simulated
Jan 18, 2008 |
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Researchers from the Université de Montréal have used a supercomputer to conduct the largest-ever mathematical simulation of the electrical activity of a human heart – a 2 billion element model – to provide new insight into ...
Can hantavirus infection spread among humans?
Jan 18, 2008 |
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In connection with last year's epidemic, a research team at Umea University in Sweden has managed for the first time to show that hantavirus exists in human saliva. This raises the question of whether this contagion can spread ...
Panel wants regulations for genetic tests
Jan 18, 2008 |
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A federal panel contended that regulations for genetic testing have not advanced with the growing number of consumers who buy them.
Inaccurate cancer tests leave two dead
Jan 18, 2008 |
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Inaccurate cancer tests may have contributed to the deaths of two people and thousands must be retested after a North Wales doctor misread test results.
Recalled toy beads still available in the UK, warn doctors
Jan 18, 2008 |
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Toy beads that were internationally recalled last year, after concerns that they may be coated with a dangerous chemical, are still being advertised on toy shop websites for purchase in the UK, warn doctors in this week’s ...
