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Exposure to BPA may cause permanent fertility defects, researchers find
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered that exposure during pregnancy to Bisphenol A (BPA), a common component of plastics, causes permanent abnormalities in the uterus of offspring, ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Obesity as protection against metabolic syndrome, not its cause
The collection of symptoms that is the metabolic syndrome -- insulin resistance, high cholesterol, fatty liver, and a greater risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke -- are all related ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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'Pain gene' discovery could lead to less suffering
The reason some people can feel more pain than others may have been explained by scientists.
Mon 8 Mar 10 from Telegraph.co.uk
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Gene discovered for newly recognized disease in Amish children
The gene for a newly recognized disease has been identified thanks to the determination of an Amish father and the clinical skills and persistence of Indiana University and Riley Hospital for ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Food allergy-related disorder linked to master allergy gene
Scientists have identified a region of a human chromosome that is associated with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a recently recognized allergic disease. People with EoE frequently have difficulty ...
Sun 7 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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New approach to immune cell analysis seen as first step to better distinguish health and disease
Investigators have developed a new mathematical approach to analyze molecular data derived from complex mixtures of immune cells. This approach, when combined with well-established techniques, ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from Eurekalert
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Mathematical innovation turns blood draw into information gold mine
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a software algorithm that could enable a common laboratory device to virtually separate a whole-blood sample into its different ...
Sun 7 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Studies on nutrients, gene expression could lead to tailored diets for disease prevention
Personal health recommendations and diets tailored to better prevent diseases may be in our future, just by focusing on genetics.
Fri 5 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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A fingerprint for genes
Cells may not have a mouth, but they still need to ingest substances from the external environment. If this process - known as endocytosis - is affected, it can lead to infectious diseases or ...
Fri 5 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Gluten intolerance in Finland has doubled
The occurrence of gluten intolerance in the Finnish population has doubled in the past twenty years. In the early 1980s, about one per cent of adults in Finland had gluten intolerance, but the ...
Fri 5 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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