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Most Effective Way To Detect SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater Investigated
A group of researchers have demonstrated that, from seven methods commonly used to test for viruses in untreated wastewater, an adsorption-extraction technique can most efficiently detect SARS-CoV-2
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Genetic Variants and the Biology of Stillbirth
Columbia researchers have uncovered an array of new genes that cause stillbirth, significantly increasing the understanding of the condition's genetic foundations.
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A New Way of Diagnosing Alzheimer's – Right Under Your Nose
However, currently available technologies for diagnosing AD are limited because they involve expensive machinery and invasive or inconvenient procedures. Now, a new study hints at a novel way of diagnosing AD in a much simpler way – collecting and analyzing specific proteins in nasal discharge samples.
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Monitoring Skin Cancer Using Molecules in Urine
Researchers at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, have identified fluorescent molecules in urine that correlate with melanoma progression, creating new possibilities for monitoring the disease.
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Exome Sequencing May Fall Short As Standalone Tool for Newborn Screening
Scientists from UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley and Tata Consultancy Services are offering the first comprehensive assessment of how sequencing stacks up to the older screening technology, tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS), that California uses to analyze the blood spots taken at birth for rare disorders, known as inborn errors of metabolism.
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Scientists Find Link Between Lead Poisoning and Reduced Gene Expression
Scientists have unveiled a correlation between high blood lead levels in children and methylation of genes involved in haem synthesis and carcinogenesis, indicating a previously unknown mechanism for lead poisoning.
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Mass Spectrometry Shows Potential for Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Detection
Signature peptides of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in clinical samples (nasopharyngeal swabs) have been detected by mass spectrometry in 3 minutes and without specific reagents. It provides a proof of concept of the use of this method as a possible alternative to PCR, currently the reference method.
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Molecular Switch Turns on Brown Fat Energy Burn
An international research team have discovered how to activate brown fat in humans, which may lead to new treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity.
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Autism-Associated Mutation Disrupts Oxytocin Signaling Pathway in Mouse Model
Researchers have discovered a new connection between a genetic alteration, disruption in the oxytocin signaling pathway and social difficulties related to autism.
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New Method To Help Spot Gastric Cancer Cells Developed
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed an optically induced electrokinetics microfluidic method for label-free separation and characterization of gastric cancer cells.
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