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Tracking down microRNA candidates that can contribute to disease

November 6, 2018 Can, candidates:, contribute, disease, Down, microRNA, that, to, Tracking

What started as Ninad Oak’s side project turned out into something much larger, his doctorate thesis. “The project started as

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Big, high-calorie meals after 6 pm may increase heart disease risk for Hispanics

November 5, 2018 6, after, Big, disease, for, heart, high-calorie, Hispanics, Increase, may, meals, pm, risk

A big evening dinner shouldn’t be on the menu. Eating the majority of a person’s daily calories in the evening

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Air travel ‘could protect humanity from a deadly disease pandemic’

November 2, 2018 air, deadly, disease, humanity, pandemic, protect, travel

Air travel is a ‘natural vaccination’ and could protect humanity from the next pandemic ‘because it strengthens your immune system

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‘Mad cow disease’ found on Scottish farm

October 18, 2018 'Mad, cow, disease, farm, found, on, Scottish

A case of BSE—commonly dubbed “mad cow disease”—has been found on a Scottish farm, though the isolated case posed no

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Early changes to synapse gene regulation may cause Alzheimer’s disease

October 15, 2018 Alzheimer's, cause, Changes, disease, early, gene, may, regulation, synapse, to

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, involving memory loss and a reduction in cognitive abilities. Patients

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New biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease found via CRISPR technique

October 10, 2018 Alzheimer's, biomarker, Crispr, disease, for, found, New, technique, via

The objective of the research, undertaken in the laboratories of the IBPM, is to develop a model for studying Alzheimer’s

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Evidence does not support statin use for conditions other than heart disease

October 9, 2018 Conditions, disease, does, evidence, for, heart, not, Other, statin, Support, than, Use

Despite studies suggesting benefits for conditions beyond cardiovascular disease (CVD), the evidence does not support revising current statin prescribing guidelines.

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Scientists create new map of brain region impaired by Alzheimer’s

October 8, 2018 aging, Alzheimer's, brain's, Colorful, destroys, disease, helps, map, Scientists, track

Colorful ‘Alzheimer’s map’ helps scientists track how the disease destroys aging brains Hippocampus is responsible for processing memory and emotional

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Genetic disease healed using genome editing

October 8, 2018 disease, editing, Genetic, genome, healed, Using

Parents of newborns may be familiar with the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria—in Switzerland, all newborn babies are screened for this genetic

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Could we use gene mutations to treat diabetes and heart disease?

October 4, 2018 and, Could, Diabetes, disease, gene, heart, mutations, to, treat, Use, we

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine as well as the Veteran Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, both