News tagged with markers
Eating fish, nuts and olive oil may be associated with reduced risk of age-related blindness
May 11, 2009 |
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Regularly eating fish, nuts, olive oil and other foods containing omega-three fatty acids and avoiding trans fats appears to be associated with a lower risk for the eye disease age-related macular degeneration, according ...
Swine flu genes dissimilar to past pandemics
May 06, 2009 |
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Some genetic markers of influenza infection severity have been identified from past outbreaks. Researchers have failed to find most of these markers, described in the open access journal BMC Microbiology, in samples of the ...
Geneticists publish largest-ever study on African genetics revealing origins, migration
Apr 30, 2009 |
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African, American, and European researchers working in collaboration over a 10-year period have released the largest-ever study of African genetic data--more than four million genotypes--providing a library of new information ...
Older men more likely than women to die after pneumonia
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Differing biological response to infection between men and women may explain higher death rates among older men who are hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The findings, published online in the Critical Ca ...
Stem cell focus for IBD wound healing
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Scientists at The University of Nottingham are investigating whether stem cell markers could have a role to play in speeding up wound healing in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Immune cell type controls onset and course of severe malaria
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Scientists have determined that a subset of immune cells may cause malaria patients to contract the severe form of the disease, suffering worse symptoms. Led by Monash University immunologist Professor Magdalena Plebanski, ...
Beyond associations: Colorectal cancer culprit found
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Genetics plays a key role in determining risk for colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Several common genetic markers have been found to be associated with the disease, ...
Even modest exercise can reduce negative effects of belly fat
Apr 23, 2009 |
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A new University of Illinois study suggests that moderate amounts of exercise alone can reduce the inflammation in visceral fat—belly fat, if you will—that has been linked with metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors ...
Witnessing violence affects kids' health
Apr 21, 2009 |
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School-aged children who witness violence in urban communities show symptoms of post-traumatic stress. They also suffer physiological effects with a disruption to their normal cortisol production pattern during the day, which ...
Alpha-fetoprotein can affect the development of rat colons?
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Mammalian alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a single-chain glycoprotein and altered serum AFP levels have been observed concurrent with aberrant growth manifestations in some congenital defects and cancer. The gut development during ...
A new method for bone-marrow-derived liver stem cells isolation and proliferation
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Great interest has been aroused in the identification and isolation of liver stem cells from bone marrow cells. Several subsets of bone marrow cells have been found to have the potential to differentiate into hepatocytes, ...
Research moves a step closer to possibility of brain scan-assisted diagnosis for PTSD
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Florence, Italy: Preliminary research examining the difference in brain activity between soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder and those without it moves scientists a step closer to the possibility of being able one ...
New strategy developed to diagnose melanoma
Mar 30, 2009 |
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A UCSF research team has developed a technique to distinguish benign moles from malignant melanomas by measuring differences in levels of genetic markers. Standard microscopic examinations of biopsied tissue can be ambiguous ...
Newly identified genetic variants found to increase breast cancer risk
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A large-scale effort to identify genetic markers of breast cancer has uncovered two common genetic variants that increase risk of the disease in women of European ancestry.
A new molecular marker of gastric cancer
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignancies in the world with a high incidence and death rate. TNM staging system is used worldwide to predict prognosis and direct therapeutic decisions of patients with GC. ...
