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Why Women's Health Research Needs To Move on From "Bikini Medicine"

A new study has found that women’s health research remains disproportionately focused on the reproductive years - particularly on pregnancy – with few articles on the major causes of illness and death in women.

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“Perfect Storm” of Genetic Mutations Underlie Rare Brain Malformations

A series of genetic mutations have been identified as risk factors for the development of rare brain blood vessel malformations that increase the risk of strokes and seizures.
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Novel COVID-19 Sensor Enables Fast and Accurate Testing

A COVID-19 sensor could revolutionize virus testing by adding accuracy and speed to a process that frustrated many during the pandemic.
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Liquid Biopsy Could Enable Earlier Detection of Metastatic Breast Cancer

Liquid biopsy performed on serum samples taken from breast cancer patients can provide increasingly accurate information on cancer progression and enable earlier detection of cancer recurrence.
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Genetic Risk in Asthma Mediated by Gene Expression Changes in Airway Cells

A transcriptome-wide study of the airway has shown that the gene expression pattern in airway epithelial cells mediates the genetic risk of asthma.
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Tumor Cells Pass Themselves Off as Platelets To Evade Detection

A team of researchers has discovered that tumor cells pass themselves off as platelets to go undetected in the bloodstream.
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Blood Test Predicts Sepsis Soon After Infection

In mice, a new test predicted sepsis soon after infection, well before blood clotting and organ failure, enabling early antibiotic treatment and markedly increased survival.
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Skin Biopsies Could Be Used as ALS Diagnostics

Researchers have identified the presence of an ALS biomarker in the skin of the patients.
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New Pathway for Tumor Cells To Transfer Genetic Material Discovered

University of Notre Dame researchers have discovered another way tumor cells transfer genetic material to other cells in their microenvironment, causing cancer to spread.
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New Antibody Test To Diagnose Multiple Sclerosis Developed

Researchers have validated a new antibody test to diagnose multiple sclerosis.
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