The number of people who died as a result of Hurricane Maria — which hit Puerto Rico on September 20,
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Latent TB treatment: Shorter is better: Game-changing study on treatment of latent Tuberculosis shows a novel, short therapy is safer and more effective in children and adults than standard therapy
Treatment of latent tuberculosis is set to transform after a pair of studies from the Research-Institute of the McGill University
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Osteoporosis, fracture risk predicted with new genetic screen
A new genetic screen may predict a person’s future risk of osteoporosis and bone fracture, according to a study by
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Faulty science and ethics cited in DNA analyzes of Atacama mummy
University of Otago-led international collaborative research calls into question the ethics and skeletal and genomic analysis surrounding research into the
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Overcoming a major barrier to developing liquid biopsies: A new study helps set standards for RNA sequencing, improving consistency and laying the foundation to move the field forward
The idea of testing blood or urine to find markers that help diagnose or treat disease holds great promise. But
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Gene therapy shown to cure type 2 diabetes and obesity in mice, researchers report
A research team from the UAB led by Professor Fatima Bosch has managed to cure obesity and type 2 diabetes
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Potential new drug for two life-threatening diseases: New plant-based drug could provide treatment for two deadly tropical diseases
Derived from nature, a potential new drug to treat two life-threatening tropical diseases has been discovered as a result of
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Genetic ancestry test users ‘cherry-pick’ which races to identify with
Genetic ancestry tests are often advertised as a tool to uncover new connections to diverse cultures and ancestries, but new
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Individual access to genomic disease risk factors has a beneficial impact on lifestyles
Giving personal genomic information to individuals can have a major, long-term effect on their lifestyle, researchers have found. The Finnish
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No clear evidence that nicotine ‘preloading’ helps smokers to quit: Any beneficial effect may have been masked by reduction in use of smoking cessation drug
There is insufficient evidence to show that using nicotine patches for four weeks before a quit attempt (known as “preloading”)
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