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Genetic Testing Provides Insights Into Sudden Unexplained Deaths in Amish Community
Researchers used post-mortem genetic testing to find the underlying cause of multiple sudden deaths in young people and sudden cardiac arrests in two large Amish families.
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Using AI To Detect and Grade Prostate Cancer
Research teams at the Karolinska Institutet and Tampere University have developed a method based on artificial intelligence (AI) for the diagnosis and grading of prostate cancer.
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Smartphone Cameras Can Speed Up Urinary Tract Infection Diagnosis
Researchers have developed a test that could help diagnose urinary tract infections more quickly than current tests, using a normal smartphone camera.
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Biomarker Predicts Which Patients With Heart Failure Have a Higher Risk of Dying
A UCLA-led study revealed a new way to predict which patients with "stable" heart failure - those who have heart injury but do not require hospitalization - have a higher risk of dying within one to three years.
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Gender Differences in Self-Promotion of Research
In a recent study by Lerchenmueller et al., male scientists were found to frame their research findings more positively than female scientists and subsequently received higher rates of citations.
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Direct-to-Consumer Fertility Testing: A Viable Alternative or Confusing and Misleading?
Consumers view direct-to-consumer fertility testing as a viable alternative to traditional testing, but also find it confusing and misleading, according to a new study.
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Celebrating One Million Records: An Open-access Database for Clinical Geneticists
An open-access database for medically-relevant human variation has announced the submission of the one-millionth record.
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Genetic Test Could Reveal Causes of Rare Diseases
A new study suggests that the causes of rare diseases could be uncovered by using an approach created to identify genetic mutations that trigger a muscle-wasting condition.
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Paper-based Test Could Diagnose Lyme Disease at Early Stages
Researchers have developed a blood test that quickly and sensitively diagnoses Lyme disease in its early stages.
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Single-molecule Detection of Cancer Markers Brings Liquid Biopsy Closer to Clinic
A fast, inexpensive yet sensitive technique to detect cancer markers is bringing researchers closer to a "liquid biopsy" - a test using a small sample of blood or serum to detect cancer, rather than the invasive tissue sampling routinely used for diagnosis.
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