Genetic Study Bolsters Columbus Link to Syphilis
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Scientists have found what they say is the strongest evidence yet linking the first European explorers of the New World to the origin of sexually transmitted syphilis.
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Experts identify a genetic trait which shows if a family has a high risk of having babies with cleft lips or palates.
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Scientists reconstruct part of the genetic code of a 75-million-year-old mammal ancestor.
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A drug-resistant strain of potentially deadly bacteria has moved beyond the borders of U.S. hospitals and is being transmitted among gay men during sex, researchers said on Monday.
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Although New York City residents are healthier overall than they were a decade ago, increases in the number of cases of the sexually transmitted diseases syphilis and chlamydia show that the diseases &quot;may again be cause for concern,&quot; particularly because
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Scientists in Dundee find a potential link between a chicken gene and human diseases.
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Outbreaks of syphilis in the United States were not driven by the sexual revolution or the gay liberation movement but by changes in people's immunity, research by scientists from Imperial College in London showed.
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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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DNA is aiding fossil hunters in the search for human origins by approaching the search for human origins from a different angle.
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Many people mistakenly believe that oral sex is safe, unaware that they can readily catch or pass on syphilis in this manner, according to a report put out by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Researchers from universities in the UK, the US and South Africa have successfully identified key genes in the body&#39;s fight against HIV infection.
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Researchers studying DNA from 500-year-old bone slivers said Friday that preliminary data suggests Christopher Columbus might be buried in Spain, rather than in a rival tomb in the Dominican Republic &#151; but for now they cannot be sure.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDayNews) -- The epidemic of syphilis among American gay men may be a product of the natural evolution of the disease, not the result of condom fatigue and more unsafe sex, British researchers suggest.
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Scientists say they have uncovered an important clue to understanding the origins of the Aids epidemic.
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A married couple who sailed to America  from England around 1630 are the reason why thousands of people  in the United States are at higher risk of a hereditary form of  colon cancer, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Men&#39;s Health magazine says Detroit is the nation&#39;s sexual disease capital, but Columbus isn&#39;t far behind. The magazine based the rankings primarily on gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia data gathered in 2002
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Analysis of bones in the cathedral of Seville in southern Spain leaves open the possibility that they are those of the explorer Christopher Columbus, a lead