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Diagnostic Biomarker for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Discovered

Researchers have discovered that the editing efficiency at the glutamine/arginine (Q/R) site of GluA2 messenger RNA coding protein that constitutes the glutamate receptor is significantly reduced in the cerebrospinal fluid, which may serve as a new diagnostic biomarker for ALS.
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AI-Based Diagnosis Model for CNS Tumors Developed

A team of researchers has proposed an AI-based automatic diagnosis model for central nervous system tumors.
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Rare Diseases May Not Be As Rare As We Thought

Rare diseases are often caused by defects in genetic material. If children inherit only a defective gene from one parent, they often are asymptomatic “carriers” – or at least that was the previous assumption.
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Autism Screening Tool Is Effective But Limited

According to research, an autism screening tool used widely in the US is effective but has limitations.
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Fully Integrated System for Deep-Tissue Monitoring Developed

A new, fully integrated, wearable system has been developed that can monitor deep tissues while the wearer is moving.
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Risk Biomarkers Could Predict Serious Side Effect of Stem Cell Transplant

Doctors are one step closer to having a risk biomarker to alert them to which of their pediatric stem cell transplant patients are likely to experience a potentially deadly side effect called sinusoidal obstruction syndrome.
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Chronic Pain Experience Recorded in Patients’ Brains

Scientists from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have, for the first time, recorded pain-related data from the brains of patients with chronic pain conditions.
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Siblings With Autism Share More of Their Fathers Genetics Than Mothers

Scientists long thought that siblings born with ASD share more of their mother’s genome than their father’s. But researchers have now shown that, in many cases, it’s dad who might be playing a bigger genetic role.
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Gut Bacteria in a Toddler Can Predict What Their BMI Will Be at 5 Years Old

The make-up and volume of gut bacteria in toddlers at 3.5 years old is predictive of body mass index (BMI) at age 5, irrespective of whether they are born prematurely or not, according to new research.
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Hair Cortisone Levels a Strong Predictor of Future Cardiovascular Disease

New research has suggested that levels of hormones secreted in response to stress, which can be found in hair, are a strong predictor of future cardiovascular disease.
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