A multi-institutional group of researchers led by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has linked a strong cancer driver gene to
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Fertility treatment, not maternal age, causes epigenetic changes in mouse offspring
Though epigenetic disorders—diseases caused by faulty gene expression—are still rare overall, babies born using fertility treatments have up to an
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Disparities persist in early kidney transplantation despite policy changes
A recent analysis reveals persistent disparities in preemptive transplantation, when a patient receives a kidney transplant before ever starting dialysis,
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Researchers uncover molecular changes associated with treating lymphatic filariasis
The Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis delivers mass drug administration to 500 million people each year, and adverse events
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Chromosomal changes implicated in disease linked to social and economic disadvantage
Chromosomal changes implicated in disease are linked to social and economic disadvantage, finds a study of 473 families, published online
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Changes in blood flow tell heart cells to regenerate
Altered blood flow resulting from heart injury switches on a communication cascade that reprograms heart cells and leads to heart
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Menopausal changes to female heart happen earlier than thought
It’s known the female heart changes after menopause, but a new University of Guelph study is the first to reveal
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Weight loss surgery changes the way our bodies sense food
How bariatric surgery helps people with obesity and diabetes is related to changes in the way the gut senses food
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Fatty liver changes the distribution and activity of proteins
Chronic excessive caloric intake leads to the deposition of fat droplets in the liver. This condition, known as fatty liver,
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Changes in Nomenclature for Perioperative Cognitive Disorders
MONDAY, Oct. 22, 2018 — Recommendations have been developed for nomenclature of cognitive changes associated with anesthesia and surgery; the
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