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Excess Visceral Fat Associated With Poorer Cognitive Performance
According to a study, Asian people with an excess amount of visceral fat tend to show poorer performance in cognitive tests of memory, executive function, processing speed and attention.
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Novel Genomic Approach Ensures Better Diagnosis of Hereditary Diseases
All human beings are genetically very similar, sharing approx. 99.9% of the DNA code. The remaining 0.1% explains the natural differences between people, including our predisposition to hereditary diseases.
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Organoids Offer Insight Into Liver Cancer
Scientists have revealed new scientific insights into the features of fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC), a rare type of childhood liver cancer.
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Fossil Find in California Shakes Up the Natural History of Cycad Plants
A well-preserved 80-million-year-old pollen cone discovered in California has rewritten scientific understanding of the plants.
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Transcriptional Buffering Occurs in Rett Syndrome Nerve Cells
New insights into transcriptional buffering help to explain how cells balance RNA levels in the body.
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Pharmacogenetic Testing Is Now in Action
UC San Francisco will be the first hospital in California, and one of only a few nationwide, to offer pharmacogenetic testing.
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Ambient Air Pollution Associated With Dementia Risk
A team of researchers elaborate on how exposure to ambient air pollution, such as car exhaust and power plant emissions, is associated with a measurably greater risk of developing dementia over time.
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The Ice Cap Is Teeming With Microorganisms
Greenlandic ice is teeming with life, both on the surface and underneath. There are microscopic organisms that until recently science had no idea existed.
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Dual Gene-Editing Strategy To Combat HIV
Gene-editing therapy aimed at two targets – HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, and CCR5, the co-receptor that helps the virus get into cells – can effectively eliminate HIV infection.
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Fish Feces Acts As Coral “Probiotic”
According to a study, feces from coral predators are packed with living symbiotic algae that corals depend upon.
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