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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2012 Johns Hopkins researchers have succeeded in teaching computers how to identify commonalities in DNA sequences known to regulate gene activity, and to then use those commonalities to predict other regulatory regions throughout the genome. The tool is expected to help scientists better understand disease risk and cell development. The work was reported in two recent papers in Genome Research. "Our goal is to understand how regulatory information is encrypted and to learn which sequence variati ... read more |
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 How silver turns people blue Researchers from Brown University have shown for the first time how ingesting too much silver can cause argyria, a rare condition in which patients' skin turns a striking shade of grayish blue. "It' ... more | |
 China to phase out prisoner organs 'next year': researcher China will start phasing out the use of executed prisoners as a source of organs for transplants next year, a researcher for the government has said, according to a World Health Organisation magazine. ... more | |
  Novel Technique To Produce Stem Cells from Peripheral Blood Stem cells are a valuable resource for medical and biological research, but are difficult to study due to ethical and societal barriers. However, genetically manipulated cells from adults may provid ... more | |
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 Sandy as bad as 9/11 for New York hospitals: doctor With power outages and emergency evacuations of seriously ill patients in hurricane-strength winds, New York hospitals faced their biggest challenge this week since the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to a senior doctor. ... more | |
  Switzerland lifts ban on Novartis flu vaccine Switzerland's national drug agency announced Wednesday it was lifting a ban on sales of flu vaccines made by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis after documenting that concerns over impurities were unfounded. ... more | |
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World not ready for rise in extreme heat, scientists say
US monster storm kills 30
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 UN pinpoints climate-linked health risks Two UN agencies on Monday presented a new tool to map health risks linked to climate change and extreme weather conditions, enabling authorities to give advance warnings and act to prevent "climate-sensitive" diseases from spreading. ... more | |
Test allows doctors to see disease without microscope Scientists in Britain say they have developed a super-sensitive test using nano-particles to spot markers for cancer or the AIDS virus in human blood serum using the naked eye. ... more | |
  Why astronauts experience low blood pressure after returning to Earth from space When astronauts return to Earth, their altitude isn't the only thing that drops-their blood pressure does too. This condition, known as orthostatic hypotension, occurs in up to half of those astrona ... more | |
 Migratory birds' ticks can spread viral haemorrhagic fever A type of haemorrhagic fever (Crimean-Congo) that is prevalent in Africa, Asia, and the Balkans has begun to spread to new areas in southern Europe. Now Swedish researchers have shown that migratory ... more |
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 Plants provide accurate low-cost alternative for diagnosis of West Nile Virus While the United States has largely been spared the scourge of mosquito-borne diseases endemic to the developing world-including yellow fever, malaria and dengue fever-mosquito-related illnesses in ... more | |
 Chinese city to ban plastic surgery for minors A Chinese city is set to ban minors from having cosmetic surgery under draft rules aimed at tackling the country's growing obsession with going under the knife, an official statement said. ... more | |
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Quantum collapse models point to subtle limits in timekeeping accuracy
It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today's tech
Primordial magnetism offers fresh angle on the Hubble constant puzzle | |
 Novartis flu vaccine ban extends to Germany Germany became the fourth country Thursday to ban sales of flu vaccines made by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, following embargoes by Italy, Switzerland and Austria. ... more | |
Italy, Switzerland, Austria freeze sales of Novartis flu vaccines Italian, Swiss and Austrian authorities on Wednesday halted the sale of flu vaccines made by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis. ... more | |
 Mexico overcomes bird flu outbreak Mexico declared Wednesday that it has overcome a bird flu outbreak in the west of the country that had triggered the slaughter of 22 million hens since June. ... more | |
 Japan hopes medical tourists immune to China row As relations between Tokyo and Beijing appear increasingly in need of major surgery, officials in the far north of Japan are hoping the infant industry of medical tourism can thrive unscathed. ... more |
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