Content by Massachusetts General Hospital
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Testing Immune Cells in the Placenta May Indicate the Health of Fetal Brain Immune Cells
Assessing these placental cells may reveal when immune activation in a pregnant woman negatively affects the development of fetal brain immune cells
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Circulating Proteins Linked to Preeclampsia Identified
The findings could provide clues into how the conditions arise and how they might be prevented or treated
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Noninvasive Fetal Screening Effectively Detects Abnormalities
Noninvasive method has the potential to survey the entire fetal exome without the need for amniocentesis
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New CRISPR-Cas Approach Permits More Precise DNA Cleavage
So-called SpRYgests enable DNA cutting at practically any sequence for DNA editing
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Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers Can Predict Postoperative Delirium
Research also provides new mechanistic insights into how this delirium occurs
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Screening before Age 50 Reduces the Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Women
Research could have major health care implications on both individual and population-wide scales
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New Tool More Accurately Uses Genomic Data to Predict Disease Risk
Integrating data from different ancestries reduces bias in predicting disease risk
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Does Nerve Damage Contribute to “Long-COVID” Symptoms?
Almost all post-COVID neuropathy appears due to infection-triggered immune dysfunction that is potentially treatable
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Newly Diagnosed Diabetes in Patients with COVID-19 May Be Transitory
Researchers shed light on whether newly diagnosed diabetes in COVID-19 patients is truly new
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Model May Help Improve Treatments, Clinical Trials of Patients with COVID-19
Model reveals certain biological markers that differ based on patient characteristics and response to treatment
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Booster Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine Is Required for Protection against Omicron
Traditional regimens of COVID-19 vaccines do not neutralize the fast-spreading Omicron variant
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