Decades-Long Study to Probe  a Range of Diseases
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THURSDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers are launching a major population-based study to examine the genetic and environmental factors that may cause many diseases, including asthma, Alzheimer's, cancer, depression, diabetes, heart disease and reproductive problems, among others.
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Taking care of a chronically-ill child can add a decade or more to the biological age of a mother&#39;s cells, according to a study of the effects of prolonged stress on the body.
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UK researchers have published the results of the largest ever study of the genetics behind common diseases.
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Researchers develop a new protein test that could one day take the guess-work out of making a diagnosis
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Four separate studies published on Sunday identify a series of genes linked with lupus, a debilitating illness that can affect various parts of the body at once.
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A four-year study is to test if treatment for tuberculosis can be speeded up using a combination of drugs.
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In what&#39;s being described as the largest study of its kind into breast cancer risk factors, a new project will look at 50,000 sisters of women with the disease to try to determine the environmental and genetic causes.
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A massive new study of the genetics of autism could lead to diagnostic tests and, eventually, to the identification of new drug targets.
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Researchers say they may have discovered what causes psoriasis, a common and irritating skin ailment, and that their findings may open the way to an effective treatment.
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The Royal Society is to investigate how a person&#39;s individual genetic make-up could affect the way medicine works on them. It is hoped that the research will allow medical professionals to eventually tailor-make drugs to suit the patient.
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Next-generation sequencing uncovers disease-causing microbes.
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U.S. researchers have developed a technique that allows them to glimpse interactions between molecules on the surface of a cell.
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BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhuanet) --Brain diseases have been on a steady increase in the past two decades and researchers believe they have found a link between these diseases and the environment.
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Doctors at John Hopkins&#39; University School of Medicine Department of Neurology / Neurosurgery launched a study of the cause of the genetic disorder which may lead to making a step forward in finding a treatment.
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The Sister Study, which will involve thousands of women whose sisters have been diagnosed with breast cancer, is the largest study of its kind ever conducted into the risk factors for breast cancer.
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Experts at Cardiff University are leading a study of the DNA of thousands of people as part of research into Alzheimer's disease.
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High-tech scans could identify the role of iron compounds in the development of diseases like Alzheimer's.