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Study Shows Link Between Inflammation in Maternal Blood and Schizophrenia in Offspring
Maternal inflammation as indicated by the presence in maternal blood of early gestational C-reactive protein- an established inflammatory biomarker- appears to be associated with greater risk for schizophrenia in offspring, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical Center, and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
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Finding the roots of illiteracy: Working memory is key to early academic achievement
Working memory in children is linked strongly to reading and academic achievement, a new study from the University of Luxembourg and partner Universities from Brazil* has shown. Moreover, this finding holds true regardless of socio-economic status.
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No rest for the bleary: Study investigates the effects of interrupted sleep
The familiar cry in the night, followed by a blind shuffle to the crib, a feeding, a diaper change, and a final retreat back into oblivion- every hour on the hour. Such is the sleep pattern of most new parents, who report feeling more exhausted in the morning than when they went to bed the night before.
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Alzheimer's disease: Simplified diagnosis, with more reliable criteria
Alzheimer's disease is the most common (70%) form of dementia. In France, the number of people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia is estimated at between 750,000 and one million, and is expected to reach 1.
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Advancing our understanding of how hearing works with new research
Understanding how hearing works has long been hampered by challenges associated with seeing inside the inner ear, but technology being developed by a team of researchers that includes a biomedical engineer from Texas A&M University is generating some of the most detailed images of the inner ear to date.
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Appistry Announces Pipeline Challenge Competition to Reward Creative Solutions for NGS Analysis
Winner will receive $70,000 worth of bioinformatics tools, software, hardware, and support to develop and build a production-grade pipeline.
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Apple Derived Cellulose Scaffolds for 3D Mammalian Cell Culture
Researchers demonstrate that cellulose scaffolds are a potentially useful biomaterial that can be successfully employed for in vitro 3D cell culture.
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BGI, University of Birmingham Create UK Environmental Omics Centre
The Centre will seek to protect environment, health and global biodiversity by analysing the toxicity of compounds more efficiently than has been achieved before.
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CSHL Receives $50M to Establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology
Center will support research and education programs at one of the world’s leading independent biomedical research institutions.
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NIH Funds $24M into Alzheimer’s Disease Genome Research
Scientists will analyze genome sequence data to identify gene risk, protective factors.
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