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Babies Who Develop Leukemia Appear to Inherit an Unfortunate Combination
Feb 27, 2014Babies who develop leukemia during the first year of life appear to inherit an unfortunate combination of genetic variations that can make the infants highly susceptible to the disease, according to a new study at Washington University ...
Tags: Leukemia, Genetic Predisposition, DNA, gene
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Everyday Our Cells Take in Nutrients From Food and Convert Them Into The Building Blocks
Feb 13, 2014Everyday our cells take in nutrients from food and convert them into the building blocks that make life possible. However, it has been challenging to pinpoint exactly how a single nutrient or vitamin changes gene expression and physiology. ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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A Substantial Fraction of The Neanderthal Genome Persists in Modern Human Populations
Feb 8, 2014A substantial fraction of the Neanderthal genome persists in modern human populations. A new approach applied to analyzing whole-genome sequencing data from 665 people from Europe and East Asia shows that more than 20 percent of the ...
Tags: DNA, Max Planck Institute, Vernot, Human Genome
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It's Not Possible to Predict Which Viruses Will Predominate for The Entire Flu Season
Jan 6, 2014It's not possible to predict which viruses will predominate for the entire 2013-14 flu season, but so far pH1N1 is the most prevalent, U.S. officials say. In a notice to clinicians, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, H1N1, Predominant Virus
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Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld Made a Statement Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
Jan 3, 2014In 2002, Secretary of state Donald Rumsfeld made a statement regarding weapons of mass destruction that today is still well known. He famously parsed the evidence (or lack thereof) into "known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns." ...
Tags: weapons of mass destruction, evolutionary biology, Donald Rumsfeld
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Restricting Calorie Consumption Is One of The Few Proven Ways to Combat Aging
Jan 3, 2014Restricting calorie consumption is one of the few proven ways to combat aging. Though the underlying mechanism is unknown, calorie restriction has been shown to prolong lifespan in yeast, worms, flies, monkeys, and, in some studies, humans. ...
Tags: calorie consumption, aging, calorie restriction, Keren Yizhak, anti-aging
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Much Larger Humans Often Face a Difficult Pregnancy and Delivery?
Jan 2, 2014How can the tiny marmoset – a New World monkey – regularly successfully bear twins and sometimes triplets and quadruplets when much larger humans often face a difficult pregnancy and delivery? The answer, said researchers led ...
Tags: tiny marmoset, pregnancy, genetic changes, twin gestation
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Cancerplex for Genomic Testing of Cancer Was Launched by KEW
Oct 29, 2013KEW Group, the oncology personalized medicine management and analytics company, has launched CancerPlex assay, a comprehensive gene testing panel that can be used to examine the genetic profile of many common cancers. Developed and ...
Tags: Genomic Testing, Medicine
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Partek Has Partnered with Kennedy Krieger Institute to Develop Commercial Software
May 23, 2013Partek Incorporated has partnered with Kennedy Krieger Institute to develop commercial software, which will aid in analyzing genomic data from patients suffering with autism spectrum disorder and mental health disorders. Analyzing human ...
Tags: Partek, Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Perkinelmer and Massachusetts Will Jointly Develop Sequencing Informatics System
Aug 29, 2012PerkinElmer has teamed up with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Pathology Department and Cancer Center to develop a new sequencing informatics system that can be used in advanced cancer research to profile genetic changes in tumors. ...
Tags: sequencing informatics system, automated sample, data analysis system