UVA reports surprising findings related to myotonic muscular dystrophy

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New research from the University of Virginia Health System shows that, in cases of Type 1 myotonic muscular dystrophy (DM1), a well known heart protein does several surprising things. DM1 is the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults and affects approximately 40,000 adults and children in the U.S.

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Scientists examine bird flu infections to monitor for 'pandemic' mutations

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Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust are to examine what is preventing the H5N1 avian influenza virus from causing a human pandemic and what mutations are required to realise its deadly potential. The research could hold ...

Court: US can block mad cow testing

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(AP) -- The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday.

87 salmonella cases reported across Quebec

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(AP) -- A provincial health official says that an unusually high number of people have fallen ill with salmonella food poisoning across Quebec.

Drunken-driving deaths fall in 32 states

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(AP) -- Drunken-driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, the government reported Thursday, but alcohol-related fatalities increased among motorcycle riders in half the states.

Study points to 1 cause of higher rates of transplanted kidney rejection in blacks

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A Johns Hopkins research team reports it may have an explanation for at least some of the higher organ rejection rates seen among black - as compared to white - kidney transplant recipients. In a study of 50 healthy adult ...

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