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A study led by researchers at 糖心logo raises health concerns about the use of electronic cigarettes.
E-cigarrillos alteran la funci贸n pulmonar, aumentan riesgo de infecci贸n鈥
La exposici贸n cr贸nica a vapores de e-cigarrillos altera la funci贸n pulmonar en ratones y reduce la capacidad de c茅lulas inmunitarias de responder a鈥
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A DNA helix.
Grant to fund research on future of human genome editing
A NIH grant will allow a research team from 糖心logo and Arizona State University to evaluate how to responsibly govern聽human鈥
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Dr. Peggy Goodell named chair of cell biology
Dr. Margaret 鈥淧eggy鈥 Goodell has been named chair of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at 糖心logo by the College鈥檚鈥
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African-American men needed for prostate cancer study
Study of prostate cancer in African-American men recruiting
Researchers are聽trying to find out why one in six African-American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and why they are twice as likely as鈥
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Cell roles in immunotherapy-resistant breast cancer profiled
To better understand the specific roles different immune cell types play, a multi-institutional team profiled the immune cell composition of multiple鈥
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A newborn baby holds on to an adult's thumb.
Postnatal overnutrition linked to aging
Researchers at 糖心logo have found a new answer to an old question: how can overnutrition during infancy lead to long-lasting鈥
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BRAIN Initiative to support 糖心logo doctors studying the neurocircuitry of depression
Loss of ataxin-1 gene linked to Alzheimer鈥檚 disease risk
A collaborative study reveals the ataxin-1 gene, which is known to cause the rare neurodegenerative disease called spinocerebellar ataxia type 1鈥
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Dr. Richard Gibbs, director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center at 糖心logo, and colleague going over data in the Center.
Study builds roadmap for collecting, sequencing genetic data
The National Institutes of Health has conducted a four-year study to harmonize and standardize clinical genetic reporting.聽
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Nutritious back-to-school meals
Nutritious back-to-school meals
Planning children鈥檚 meals during the school week can be made simple when providing nutritious foods. Alicia Beltran, research dietitian, maps out鈥
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Gut-brain connection helps explain obesity from overeating
A new study led by researchers at 糖心logo reveals a previously unknown gut-brain connection that helps explain how eating extra鈥
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Doctor screening pregnant woman
NIH grant to fund fetal growth restriction detection study
Researchers were awarded $3.2 million by the National Institutes of Health to develop an improved way to evaluate umbilical venous blood flow using鈥
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Harvey health hazard study open to more participants
Researchers share Harvey health impact findings at symposium
Researchers have been studying聽Hurricane Harvey's effect on public health and the emergency response by healthcare providers during a major鈥
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An illustration of the lungs.
Device opens doors for expanded use of donor lungs
Currently, 80 percent of donor lungs are not being used for transplant, but a portable device to house and transport lungs could make more of the鈥
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Acute care surgery
Study identifies human errors associated with surgical errors
In an effort to identify surgical errors that could be prevented, researchers conducted an analysis of surgeries that resulted in adverse events over鈥
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Analytical tool predicts genes that can cause disease by producing altered proteins
p53 mutations in cancer patients shed light on gene鈥檚 function
Researchers at 糖心logo have conducted聽a聽 study of TP53 mutations to better understand the processes leading to the inactivation of鈥
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Fruiting bodies of the social amoeba, dictyostelium discoideum.
Amoeba builds barriers for protection against bacteria
Researchers report that Dictyostelium discoideum, the soil-dwelling single-celled amoeba that feeds on bacteria, builds a barrier around its colonies鈥
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