Category: Disease
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Happy new year, with disease and misery! (again)
Harmonia Philosophica has said it before more than once, but repetition is the mother of learning... Most of us do not want to be reminded of the basic element of life. For all of you that had the courage to continue reading this wire despite its despicable title, I have one reminder: health is overrated!…
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Health. Disease. Blurry lines…
Our genome is made up of 20,000 genes, all of which may cause disease. At present, 4,141 genes have been identified as being responsible for genetic abnormalities, leaving around 16,000 genes with unknown implication in disease. Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, -- working in collaboration with scientists from Pakistan and the USA…
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Autoimmune diseases. The usefulness of forgetting. The paths…
Sciences analyze how autoimmune diseases work. The problem comes when the body incorrectly identifies a normal protein as a threat. When that happens, the B cell selection process produces what are known as autoantibodies that prove very effective at harming our own bodies. "Over time, the B cells that initially produce the 'winning' autoantibodies begin…
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Science and Astronomy. As in “Astrology”. No, really! Read the article!
We are not blank slates with regard to how susceptible we are to emerging strains of flu virus, researchers have discovered. These findings could provide relevant information for the development of a universal flu vaccine. Your birth year predicts - to a certain extent - how likely you are to get seriously ill or die…
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Disease. Accepting.
Can we learn to live with – rather than kill – cancer? A new study suggests that frequent, low-dose chemotherapy that keeps tumor growth under control may be more effective than standard high-dose chemotherapy that seeks to eradicate cancer cells completely. The treatment strategy, which was tested in mice, flies in the face of conventional…
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