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(Emory University) Alpha-synuclein is the main component of Lewy bodies, the clumps of aggregated proteins that form in the brains of Parkinson's disease patients. The alpha-synuclein gene is mutated or triplicated in some cases of inherited Parkinson's. A process called chaperone-mediated autophag
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(Society of Nuclear Medicine) In a study to determine the diagnostic value of molecular imaging in nodal staging of patients with thyroid cancer, researchers were able for the first time to accurately distinguish between cancerous cells in regional lymph nodes and normal residual thyroid tissue dir
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(Public Library of Science) Researchers from Duke University Medical Center have identified a variation in a particular gene that increases susceptibility to early coronary artery disease. For years, scientists have known that the devastating, early-onset form of the disease was inherited, but they
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(NIH/National Library of Medicine) An international team of scientists has discovered a new syndrome associated with severe congenital neutropenia, a rare disorder in which children lack sufficient infection-fighting white cells, and identified the genetic cause of the syndrome. The findings are p
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(American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology) In a first of its kind study, a first-degree family history of prostate cancer has no impact on the treatment outcomes of prostate cancer patients treated with brachytherapy, also called seed implants, and patients with this type of family h
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(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) A tumor-suppressing gene is a key to understanding, and perhaps killing, dormant ovarian cancer cells that persist after initial treatment only to reawaken later, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the De
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Time.com - Scientists say a rare sleep disorder may be a precursor of the eventual onset of severe symptoms of the disease
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Reuters - Obese children who have difficulty breathing while they sleep have excessive daytime sleepiness compared with slimmer children who are also chronic snorers, new research in the journal Pediatrics shows.
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who take virginity pledges
are just as likely to have sex as teens who don't make such promises --
and they're less likely to practice safe sex to prevent disease or
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are just as likely to have sex as teens who don't make such promises --
and they're less likely to practice safe sex to prevent disease or
pregnancy, a new study finds. read more »
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