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Sat Nav's Shut-Off Brain Regions

Researchers show that parts of our brains that light-up when we explore new areas are silenced when we follow satnavs.
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CTCs Show Promise as a Diagnostic Tool in Lung Cancer

Prospective clinical trial demonstrates that testing for CTCs reveals lung cancer recurrence an average of six months earlier than conventional scans.
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Accurately Detecting Single Nucleotide Variations in Individual Cells

AccuSomatic Amplification for Single Cell Sequencing enables the discovery of true somatic SNVs in single cells that could not be accurately detected by any prior method.
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The Key to Drug Resistant Breast Cancer

Two immune system molecules may be key to the development of drug resistance in estrogen-driven breast cancers.
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Biomarker Predicts Death in Sepsis Patients

Methylthioadenosine has been identified as a biomarker that can predict which patients are most likely to die from sepsis, and could be used to improve diagnosis and treatment.
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Novel Cancer Suppressing Genes Identified

Study reveals possible drug targets for cancers with a faulty PTEN gene.
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Is Air Pollution Changing Your DNA?

A new study suggests that taking a B vitamin supplement may protect against certain epigenetic effects associated with air pollution.
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Discovering New Genes in Pest Species

New method of delivering “interfering RNA” in a mist will likely speed the process of discovering the function of many mystery genes in insects.
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Personalized Warfarin Treatment Lowers Patient Risk

Using genetic testing to help personalize doses of warfarin therapy given to patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery appears to lower the risk of combined adverse events compared with clinically guided dosing.
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Epigenetic Labels Predict Increased Mortality

An altered methylation status at only ten specific sites in the genome can indicate that mortality is increased by up to seven times.
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