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Pandemic Preparedness: A Third of Countries Miss Prioritization

One-third of countries engaged in pandemic influenza planning have not prioritized who should get vaccinations and antiviral medications, according to…

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Breakthrough Technique Boosts Leukemia Treatment for Kids

Clinicians at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have successfully demonstrated an improved technique for blood stem cell transplantations in children that…

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Rush and UCSF Found Gene Therapy Appeared To Reduce Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease by 40 Percent

Ceregene, Inc., announced today that CERE-120, a gene therapy product in development for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, was well tolerated and appeared…

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Key Mechanism of Ebola and Marburg Disease Uncovered

Researchers in the Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the Centers for Disease Control and…

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H. Pylori: Bacteria’s Dual Role in Stomach Cancer Risk

Infection with H. pylori, which is known to cause ulcers, has also been associated with certain types of gastric cancer, but the strength of association varies…

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Unlocking Dietary Clues: Hair Analysis for Eating Disorders

Women with eating disorders often cannot recognise their problem, or attempt to disguise it. This makes diagnosis and treatment very difficult. But newly…

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Vitamin D Shows Promise in Fighting Breast Cancer, Study Finds

The authors, from Imperial College London, measured the levels of vitamin D in the blood serum of 279 women with invasive breast cancer. The disease was in its…

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Hereditary Factors in Depression: The Role of Serotonin

The signal substance serotonin plays a significant role in brain functions. The level of serotonin in the brain has been shown to affect our emotions and…

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Exploring HIV/AIDS Challenges in the Workforce Today

More that 40,000 additional persons become infected with HIV each year. In a special issue of WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation,…

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Duke Study: Physician Resistance Limits Diabetes Tech Adoption

Yet researchers have found that the newer methods to manage diabetes are not being widely used because physicians may be reluctant to prescribe them, and even…

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Novel Ad5-TRAIL Gene Therapy Trial for Prostate Cancer

The Ad5-TRAIL gene therapy for prostate cancer research trial is a Phase I study designed to test the optimal dosage at which the therapeutic agent can safely…

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Herpes Vaccine Advances: Promising Findings from MSU Study

In a study published earlier this year in the Virology Journal, MSU virologist William Halford showed that mice vaccinated with a live, genetically-modified…

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Brain Communication Gaps in Adults with Autism Identified

Researchers from the University of Washington's Autism Center will report today at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience on the first study that…

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Engineered Drug Promises Lasting Relief for Arthritis Sufferers

The modified drug, which would be injected directly into arthritic joints, could last for several weeks rather than just the few hours the unmodified drug…

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High Glucose Before Surgery Linked to Complications Risks

Boris Mraovic, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology in the Artificial Pancreas Center at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in…

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New Insights on Post-Stimulus Dopamine Release Mechanisms

Determining the mechanisms that cause what is being called “post-stimulus activated release” and how they maintain dopamine levels could have important…

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