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New research could advance research field critical to personalized medicine

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

It's the ultimate goal in the treatment of cancer: tailoring a person's therapy based on his or her genetic makeup. While a lofty goal, scientists are steadily moving forward, rapidly exploiting new technologies. Researchers ...


Study Puts Bariatric Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes to the Test

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A multi-disciplinary team of Penn researchers, including diabetes, weight loss and bariatric surgery experts, are conducting a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to determine if bariatric ...


Mutant gene lessens devastation of flesh-eating bacteria

Biology / Biotechnology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston recently discovered a simple gene mutation that decreases the chance people will get a flesh-eating disease called necrotizing fasciitis. ...


Addictive effects of caffeine on kids being studied by UB neurobiologist

Medicine & Health / Health

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Caffeine is a stimulant drug, although legal, and adults use it widely to perk themselves up: Being "addicted" to caffeine is considered perfectly normal.


COMPASS points to weight loss

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Obesity researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are recruiting families with overweight children for a study to help those kids, and their parents, lose weight. The two-year study, ...



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