When you’re a top athlete, what usually tanks a race is either what’s going on in your head or what’s going on in your gut. And when Tobias Christensson found a way to help with that second part, he ignited…
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Researchers find autoantibodies behind coronavirus blood clotting
Fox News Go A new study suggests doctors have found the culprit behind serious blood clotting in up to half of hospitalized coronavirus patients. Researchers at Michigan Medicine studied blood samples from 172 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in search of eight types…
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Study identifies more genes that are likely behind psoriasis and eczema
A Swedish study has identified 17 new genes that could be targeted for treatment of psoriasis and eczema, two common hereditary skin diseases with no cure. Pelin Sahlén, senior lecturer at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, says that the combined…
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RTL1 gene a likely culprit behind temple and Kagami-Ogata syndromes
Temple and Kagami-Ogata syndromes are serious genetic conditions that can lead to a variety of health problems with neonatal lethality, and in the case of Temple syndrome, severe growth problems occur. However, the genetic mechanisms of these illnesses are not…
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New method created for identifying genes behind brain tumors
Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a method for identifying functional mutations and their effect on genes relevant to the development of glioblastoma—a malignant brain tumor with a very poor prognosis. The study is published in Genome Biology. The human…
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Researchers pinpoint genes behind sex biases in autoimmune disorders, schizophrenia
Some diseases exhibit a clear sex bias, occurring more often, hitting harder or eliciting different symptoms in men or women. For instance, the autoimmune conditions lupus and Sjögren’s syndrome affect nine times more women than men, while schizophrenia affects more…
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