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Why men are more at risk of diseases caused by blood clots than women
Jul 11, 2008 |
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Being male increases your risk of diseases caused by the inappropriate formation of a blood clot (a process known as thrombosis), such as heart attack and stroke, but the reasons for this are not completely understood. However, ...
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New developments in reproductive medicine
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Three out of ten women who undergo polar body diagnosis go on to have a child. The extensive technique of polar body analysis (PBA) is described by researchers in reproductive medicine at Lübeck, Germany, in an article in ...
JAX publishes online tool for exploring autoimmune disease gene networks
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Currently, 5-8% of the U.S. population is afflicted with an autoimmune disease. Many of these are chronic and require life-long care. Moreover, different autoimmune diseases aggregate within a single family, ...
Finding a protective mechanism for retinal cells could save sight
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Determining what triggers the death of retinal cells, called photoreceptors, could hold the key to stopping blinding disorders caused by a wide range of eye diseases, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the November ...
Scientists use blood-brain barrier as therapy delivery system
Sep 21, 2009 |
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The blood brain barrier is generally considered an obstacle to delivering therapies from the bloodstream to the brain. However, University of Iowa researchers have discovered a way to turn the blood vessels ...
Designing probiotics that ambush gut pathogens
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Researchers in Australia are developing diversionary tactics to fool disease-causing bacteria in the gut. Many bacteria, including those responsible for major gut infections, such as cholera, produce toxins that damage human ...
Scientists crack gene code of common cancers
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Two common forms of cancer have been genetically mapped for the first time, British scientists announced, in a major breakthrough in understanding the diseases.
Placenta-derived stem cells may help sufferers of lung diseases
Jul 27, 2009 |
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An Italian research team, publishing in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (18:4), has found that stem cells derived from human placenta may ultimately play a role in the treatment of lung diseases, such as pulmon ...
Sick fish may get sicker: Climate change and other stresses expected to affect entire populations of fish
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Entire populations of North American fish already are being affected by several emerging diseases, a problem that threatens to increase in the future with climate change and other stresses on aquatic ecosystems, according ...
'Corrective genes' closer thanks to enzyme modification
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Scientists from the Université de Montréal and McGill University have re-engineered a human enzyme, a protein that accelerates chemical reactions within the human body, to become highly resistant to harmful ...
Understanding the brain's natural foil for over-excited neurons
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Glutamate is to the brain like coffee is to our bodies. A cup of Joe in the morning can wake us, but overloading on caffeine causes the stimulant to work against us.
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