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Predicting Colorectal Cancer Response to Chemotherapy

“Our study demonstrates that systems medicine approaches (i.e., quantitative analysis of multiple factors in patients' samples combined with mathematical…

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New Study Links Bats to Ebola Virus in Bangladesh

EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, released new research on Ebola virus in fruit bats in…

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Surgical Site Infections Raise Risk of Blood Clots Post-Surgery

Despite receiving blood thinners and other clot prevention treatment, some patients still develop potentially lethal blood clots in the first month after their…

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Choline Supplementation in Pregnancy: A New Schizophrenia Strategy

Choline, an essential nutrient similar to the B vitamin and found in foods such as liver, muscle meats, fish, nuts and eggs, when given as a dietary supplement…

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Innovative Solutions to Protect COPD Patients from Infections

The abbreviation COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the disease makes it difficult for patients to breathe. However, the disease affects…

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Major step toward an Alzheimer's vaccine

This major breakthrough, details of which are presented today in an early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), opens…

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Breakthrough Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Once in a while, those results give them a giant leap forward. In a preliminary study in a canine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), University of…

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Tamoxifen Shows Promise for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Symptoms

A new study has found that tamoxifen, a well-known breast cancer drug, can counteract some pathologic features in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy…

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Mainz University Launches New Network for MS Research

To date, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has been considered to be an incurable disease involving the immune system and its exact causes are still unknown. Why exactly…

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Patient Expectations Vs. Reality in Acute Bronchitis Care

Examining the gap in patient expectations and the actual length of time the body takes to rid itself of a chest cold, Dr. Mark Ebell, associate professor of…

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Supplements and cow’s milk play biggest roles in determining vitamin D levels in children, new research indicates

Those factors play a bigger role than even skin colour and exposure to the sun, according to Dr. Jonathon Maguire, a researcher and pediatrician at St….

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Study Finds Knee Replacement Surgery May Lead to Weight Gain

Daniel Riddle, Ph.D., professor in the VCU Department of Physical Therapy in the School of Allied Health Professions, and his research team reviewed the…

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New Insights Into Immune System Foot Soldiers Unveiled

Researchers at McGill University and the Research Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences have discovered the molecular…

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Understanding Side Effects of Anti-VEGF Therapies for Eye Health

“Very little is known about the factors that regulate the integrity and function of this tissue [the ciliary body] in the adult,” said author Patricia A….

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MycPermCheck: New Insights on Tuberculosis Agents

Tuberculosis is caused by a pathogen called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. If differs from many other types of bacteria in that it possesses a particularly thick…

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Killer T Cells’ Role in Multiple Sclerosis Revealed

Misguided killer T cells may be the missing link in sustained tissue damage in the brains and spines of people with multiple sclerosis, findings from the…

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