Researchers Discover Hearing Protein
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Harvard researchers have identified the most important protein involved in hearing, which may be the first step toward eventual gene therapy for deafness.
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When a particular combination of proteins is expressed by a mother and her developing fetus, the risk of developing preeclampsia increases, according to a study by Hiby and colleagues in the Oct 18 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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A gene that helps to stave off the effects of multiple sclerosis has been discovered by scientists.
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A molecule which may protect against food allergy has been identified.
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Scientists have found a key protein that helps newts regrow severed limbs and which may guide future research into human regenerative medicine.
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In a new study, scientists have found that the left and right ears process sound differently.
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Scientists have pinpointed mutations in an ancient protein that transformed its shape and function more than 400 million years ago.
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Levels of cotinine, a substance created by the breakdown of nicotine in the body, does not appear to be linked to hearing loss, according to an article in the November issue of The Archives of Otolaryngology - Head &amp; Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives
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Research into using stem cells to repair damaged nerves just got a big boost, with scientists pinpointing a protein key to controlling binocular vision -- visual depth perception -- in mammals.
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Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discovering a way to silence specific genes, a revolutionary finding that scientists are scrambling to harness for fighting illnesses as diverse as cancer, heart disease and AIDS.
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Researchers get a new tool to determine protein structures.
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Scientists have identified a protein in urine that has shown some effectiveness as a diagnostic test for breast cancer. But breast cancer experts who have seen the study, to be published soon
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Scientists pinpoint a new gene linked with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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Scientists believe they have discovered a gene which plays a critical role in the development of sperm.
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Scientists identify a protein that helps detect DNA damage in developing eggs.
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A protein in the pancreas of mice may offer insight into the mechanism behind gestational diabetes, a condition that affects about 4 percent of all pregnant women, researchers said on Thursday.
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Challenging decades of scientific belief that the decoding of sound originates from a preferred side of the brain, UCLA and University of Arizona scientists have demonstrated that right-left differences for the auditory processing of sound start at the ear