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New genetic discovery could boost treatment for stroke patients
Scientists have identified a genetic mutation in one of the 23,000 human genes that can double the risk of a stroke, which kills more than six million people worldwide each year and is the second ...
Sun 5 Feb 12 from The Independent
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Socialized personal genomics?
Norway to bring cancer-gene tests to the clinic: Norway is set to become ...
22 hours ago from Discover Magazine
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Researchers weigh methods to more accurately measure genome sequencing
Lost in the euphoria of the 2003 announcement that the human genome had been sequenced was a fundamental question: how can we be sure that an individual's genome has been read correctly?
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Proposed autism diagnostic criteria roils medical community
A proposal to use new diagnostic criteria for autism has roiled the US medical community, with many experts concerned that the move could exclude children affected by some forms of the disorder.
Sun 5 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Questions hang over red-wine chemical
How resveratrol benefits health a matter of debate.
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Nature News
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Parasites or not? Transposable elements in fruit flies
The problem of parasitism occurs at all levels right down to the DNA scale. Genomes may contain up to 80 percent "foreign" DNA but details of the mechanisms by which this enters the host genome ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Collective action: Occupied genetic switches hold clues to cells' history
If you wanted to draw your family tree, you could start by searching for people who share your surname. Cells, of course, don't have surnames, but scientists at the European Molecular Biology ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Identical twins reveal mechanisms behind aging
In a recent study led by Uppsala University, the researchers compared the DNA of identical (monozygotic) twins of different age. They could show that structural modifications of the DNA, where ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Alzheimer's Spreads Like a Virus From Neuron to Neuron, Studies Show
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Discover Magazine
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DNA rules out Cotswolds 'big cat'
Scientists fail to find any evidence that "big cats" killed two roe deer found dead in Gloucestershire.
Thu 2 Feb 12 from BBC News
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