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Researchers find what happens inside artery plaque to trigger strokes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): For the first time, researchers at Tulane University and Ochsner Health were able to genetically sequence carotid plaque tissue collected from patients within days after a stroke.
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Genetic testing is 'promising' for detecting hundreds of disease agents: S
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Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): Based on the outcomes of a new study by the scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine by continuously sequencing many DNA strands found in patient samples, Next Generation Sequencing enables doctors to quickly and precisely identify a single pathogen from among hu
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Cystic fibrosis: Causal treatment suitable from childhood
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Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): Cystic fibrosis remains an incurable genetic disorder which impairs lung function and significantly reduces life expectancy. A new combination drug therapy which addresses the disorder's underlying defects offers a promising new treatment approach.
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Bladder cancer immunotherapy response can be predicted by genetics
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Washington [US], August 8 (ANI): Genetic signatures that can predict whether tumours in patients with bladder and other cancers will respond to immunotherapy have recently been identified by researchers from Cedars-Sinai Cancer.
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Education, employment, and social interaction may assist in preventing cog
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Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): Why do some people with amyloid plaques in their brains, associated with Alzheimer's disease, show no signs of the disease, while others with the same amount of plaque have clear memory and thinking problems? Researchers looked at genetic and life course fact
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Study: Genetic variation within and between species to affect animal menta
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Tokyo [Japan], August 5 (ANI): Our cognitive and emotional processes depend heavily on monoamine neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine. Their evolutionary ancestors were metazoans, and while related genes' functions have remained mostly unchanged over time, genetic variation within a
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Research: Mitochondrial DNA mutations associated with heart disease risk
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Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): During a recent study researchers have discovered how mitochondrial function, and dysfunction, play critical roles in numerous diseases, and even ageing.
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Study: Physical and mental activities helps to reduce risk of dementia
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Minneapolis [US], July 30 (ANI): The risk of dementia may be reduced by engaging in physical and mental tasks like household chores, exercise, and socialising. In addition to examining the impacts of these activities, the study also examined the effects of mental activities and the usage of
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Early childhood enrichment may help reverse effects of lead poisoning: Stu
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Pennsylvania [US], July 25 (ANI): Over 3,500 genes in the hippocampus, a region of the brain important to learning and memory, are impacted by lead poisoning, according to a new study from Thomas Jefferson University.
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Researchers reveal multiple diagnoses are the norm for mental illness in r
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Boulder (Colorado) [US], July 25 (ANI): In their lives, more than half of people with one psychiatric disorder will also develop a second or third. A third or more have four or more.
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New gene treatment can lower the risk of bleeding in people with hemophili
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Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): A study involving UCL researchers found that a single gene therapy injection can dramatically reduce the bleeding risk faced by people with haemophilia B.
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Study reveals a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle can lower the risk of st
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Washington [US], July 23 (ANI): According to a new study, people who are genetically at higher risk for stroke can lower that risk by adopting a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle.
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