In a Lifetime of Sickle Cell, the Evolution of a Disease
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One womanâs career as a patient and an activist demonstrates how the understanding of sickle cell disease has changed.
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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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A single gene fault could hold the key to a range of disorders linked to heart disease and stroke, a study has found.
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It is becoming clear that the human genome responds to changes in diet, even though it takes many generations to do so.
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Research and investment into  brain-related illnesses is growing at an unprecedented rate as  scientific advances coincide with the demands of an aging  baby-boom population determined to beat the odds.
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NEW YORK  - Painful episodes in children   with sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma are temporally   associated with respiratory symptoms, doctors from St. Louis,   Missouri, have noticed.
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The quest to understand dog genetics will help scientists track down the causes of disease in both canines and people.
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Genetic breakthroughs and an unlikely drug offer hope for a disease ravaging the eyes of an aging population.
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Scientists say changes in children's small blood vessels could be used to predict heart disease in later life.
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Day in and day out, for seven decades, brothers Robert and Gerald Cleveland have meticulously managed their blood glucose levels, fending off a disease that typically gives its victims just 20 or 30 years.
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Scientists have shown that a single protein plays a central role in the development of diabetes.
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By Gosling, Samuel D Graybeal, Anna  ABSTRACT. Over the past 15 years, several important theoretical and methodological developments have emerged from evolutionary biology.
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As technologically advanced as our country is today, it&#39;s both frustrating and heartbreaking that millions of Americans of all ages and across all social, cultural and ethnic groups are still battling life-threatening and debilitating diseases.
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The 10 percent of children with sickle cell disease who are at risk for a stroke need ongoing blood transfusions to reduce their risk, according to a study at 25 sites in North America.
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Scientists have taken an important step towards a new way of treating disease by switching off key genes.
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NEW YORK  - People with sickle cell disease or cystic fibrosis -- two genetic disorders -- are twice as likely to be denied health insurance coverage compared with those with other chronic illnesses, according to the results of a survey.
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A new journal focuses on common ailments that afflict the worldâs poor.