How an emerging disease in dogs is shedding light on cystic fibrosis
A canine gallbladder disease that involves the accumulation of abnormal mucus similar to that seen in human cystic fibrosis (CF) […]
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Fetal brain impacted when mom fights severe flu: New mouse study explains how microbiologystudy
A bad case of the flu during pregnancy can increase the risk for fetal neurodevelopmental disorders such as schizophrenia and
Native Hawaiians face higher rates of accelerated biological aging, study finds microbiologystudy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain We normally associate our age with the year we are born. However, what if your age
Study reveals link between transthyretin levels and heart disease risk microbiologystudy
Cumulative incidence of heart failure stratified by transthyretin levels. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50231-1 Physician–scientists from the University of
Should people with kidney disease get genetic testing? microbiologystudy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain About 37 million people in the United States have chronic kidney disease and studies show that
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Mutations in DNA damage repair genes associated with response to cisplatin in bladder cancer microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An analysis of pre-treatment tumor specimens from 105 patients with localized muscle-invasive bladder cancer found that
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Losing a loved one may speed up aging, study finds microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Losing someone close, like a family member, can make you age faster, says a new study
YAP/TAZ interactions can confer resistance to anti-tumor drug indisulam microbiologystudy
Scientists from Hiroshima University Hospital clarified the mechanism by which YAP/TAZ confers resistance against indisulam. Indisulam induced degradation of RBM39
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Is free genetic testing really free? microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Free genetic testing, offered partially or fully subsidized by industry, may have trade-offs, and health systems