Antibiotics Administered to Mothers During Childbirth Linked to Autoimmune Diseases in Children
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Children whose mothers have received antibiotic treatment during childbirth are more likely to develop autoimmune diseases compared to their counterparts, according to a rece…
New Study Finds No Significant Association Between Preterm Delivery and Autism
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is one of the most common developmental disorders and is increasingly diagnosed worldwide. According to the Wor…
Exposure to Flame Retardants Linked to Premature Birth, Higher Birth Weight
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Newswise — (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — In the largest study of its kind, researchers at UC Davis Health found that exposure to organophosphate ester flame retardants during pregnancy was associated with preterm birth, especially among females. The chemicals were also linked to higher birth weight, a co…
Using Advanced Genetic Techniques, Scientists Create Mice with Traits of Tourette Disorder
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In research that may be a step forward toward finding personalized treatments for Tourette disorder, scientists at Rutgers University–New Brunswick have bred mice tha…
Circadian Rhythms Can Influence Drugs’ Effectiveness
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Giving drugs at different times of day could significantly affect how they are metabolized in the liver, according to a new study from MIT. Using tiny, engineered livers derived from cells from human donors, the researchers found that many genes involved in drug metabolism are under circadian con…
Largest Study of Its Kind Finds New Genetic Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes
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Share on PinterestLargest ever genome-wide association study reveals fresh insights about type 2 diabetes risk. Image credit: TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images.The risk factors for type 2 diabetes are both environmental and genetic, and researchers have identified many genetic risk facto…
New Study Reveals Molecular Fingerprint of Biological Aging
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Global metabolic profiling of SOLVE-IT study cohort. Credit: Aging Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1111/acel.14104 University of Pittsburgh researchers have uncovered blood-based markers linked with healthy and …
Novel Cervical Cancer Treatments in Clinical Trial
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Novel Cervical Cancer Treatments in Clinical Trial By: Monica Smith | January 29, 2024 | 5 min. read | Share Article Summary Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Director of Surgical Research and Educatio…
Children Surpass a Year of HIV Remission After Treatment Pause
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Four children have remained free of detectable HIV for more than one year after their antiretroviral therapy (ART) was paused to see if they could achieve HIV remission, according to a presentation today at the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Denver. The chi…
Five Grand Challenges for the Future at the Interface of Engineering and Medicine
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These research areas — part of the Convergence Revolution — have the greatest potential of achieving tremendous impact on the field of medicine in the coming decades or century. Jianyi "Jay" Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.,Just imagine this, the creation of: An artificially intelligen…