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Mothers' Exposure To Air Pollutants Linked To Chromosome Damage In Babies
A new study of 60 newborns in New York City reveals that exposure of expectant mothers to combustion-related urban air pollution may alter the structure of babies' chromosomes while in the womb.
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Genotype Browser
Whole-genome patterns of common DNA variation in three human populations
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Test Could Improve Detection Of Prion Disease In Humans
A highly sensitive post-mortem test could help scientists more accurately determine if a person died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).
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Advances In Uterine Leiomyoma Research: 2nd NIH International Congress
This conference will bring together researchers to foster an exchange of scientific information among members of the uterine leiomyoma (fibroids) research and health care communities.
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Reducing The Pain Of Stem Cell Therapy
Paper reports that stem cell transplantation treatment can also worsen a problem suffered by some spinal cord injury patients.
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Helping Stem Cells Maintain Their Humanity
Report of a new technique for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) culture that reduces the use of animal-derived compounds, making them potentially safer and more reliable for biomedical applications.
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Uncovering the Details of a Viral Secret Weapon
Data from the rigorous analysis of a variety of viral genomes may provide important new insights into the mechanisms of viral pathogenesis.
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Hair Growth Restores Hearing
A gene therapy approach to replace lost hair cells in the inner ear can improve hearing in deaf mammals.
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New Insights Into Muscle Growth Regulation
Research identifies a way to regulate muscle growth in a way that should minimise the chance of unwelcome side effects, unlike current therapies.
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Leptin Regulates Bone Remodelling
New research into bone structure and function shows how the hormone leptin plays a vital role in these processes, and could help our understanding of osteoporosis
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Researcher links schizophrenia, gene mutations
Altered genes cause receptors to become highly sensitive to their own dopamine, leading to psychosis
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Separating Chromosomes Improves Genetic Test Results
Conversion analysis for mutation detection in MLH1 and MSH2 in patients with colorectal cancer
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Researchers Identify Enzyme That Activates Cancer Cell Growth And Invasion
PAR1 Is a Matrix Metalloprotease-1 Receptor that Promotes Invasion and Tumorigenesis of Breast Cancer Cells
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The Very Unexpected Life And Death Of A Leukemic Cell
In vivo measurements document the dynamic cellular kinetics of chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells
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Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease moves forward in animals
Continuous low-level glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor delivery provides neuroprotection and induces behavioral recovery in a primate model
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Research Identifies Proteins Crucial To Construction Of Brain's Information Superhighway
Thrombospondins Are Astrocyte-Secreted Proteins that Promote CNS Synaptogenesis
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Asthma Gene Clusters Identified
Findings Could Lead To New Treatment Based On Individual Genetic Profiles
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