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Researchers genetically compared humans who were identified by facial recognition algorithms as lookalikes. They analyzed their DNA sequences (genome), their DNA methylation statuses (epigenome), and their microbiome profiles. They found that 9 of these 16 non-blood-related lookalike pairs had very…

Deborah Jean Anderson, PhD, professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received a four-year, $7.2 million grant from the NIH's National Institute of Child Health and Human Development renewing support for a Contraceptive Research Center (CRC)…

The use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in mice with malignant melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, accelerated their metastatic bone growth, likely because the drugs depleted the mice's intestinal flora and weakened their immune response, according to a new study…

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Over the last few months, poliovirus 2 derived from the strain used in the Sabin vaccine (oral polio vaccine) has been repeatedly detected in environmental samples in the USA as well as in the UK. What does this signify? The…

A new report reveals some of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on general practice in Australia. The data used is poised to shine a light on how COVID-19 affects long-term health. NPS MedicineWise released the fifth General Practice Insights…

In a recent study published in the Journal of Medical Virology, researchers analyzed antibody profiles of mothers infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and their offspring. Study: SARS-CoV-2 IgG “heritage” in newborn: a credit of maternal natural…

Many years ago, it was common to see an MD license plate or emblem on physician cars when they made house calls — which tapered off to 1% by 1980. Back then, doctors needed to park their cars outside patients’…

New research suggests at least 17 million people in the European Union may have experienced long COVID-19 symptoms during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic, with women more likely than men to suffer from the condition, the World…