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Texas A&M Team Develops New Way to Grow Blood Vessels

Formation of new blood vessels, a process also known as angiogenesis, is one of the major clinical challenges in wound healing and tissue implants
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Whole Blood Test for Toxoplasmosis Is Sensitive, Specific

Transmission of toxoplasmosis from mother to fetus can lead to severe congenital problems and fetal death
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During HIV Infection, Antibody Can Block B Cells from Fighting Pathogens

NIH scientists suspect process aims to curb immune-system hyperactivity
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Researchers Predict Risk for Common Deadly Diseases from Millions of Genetic Variants

Through this "polygenic risk scoring," researchers can identify people at high risk for disease, even if they don't present other warning signs
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New RNA, DNA-Sequencing Platform Matches Thousands of Drugs to Late-Stage Cancer Patients

A comprehensive RNA and DNA sequencing platform benefits late-stage and drug-resistant multiple myeloma patients by determining which drugs would work best for them
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Changes in Gut Microbiome in Only One Subset of Helminth-Infected Patients

Over the last decade, it's become clearer than ever that bacteria in the human gut—collectively termed the microbiome—play a key role in health and disease
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A Targeted Approach to Treating Glioma

With a new method, surgeons would remove a tumor, then implant microparticles that attack the remaining cancer cells
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Researchers Identify Potential Diagnostic Test for Kawasaki Disease

For the first time, researchers have determined that Kawasaki Disease can be accurately diagnosed on the basis of the pattern of host gene expression in whole blood
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Epigenetic Markers of Ovarian Cancer

John Hopkins researchers, in collaboration with Insilico Medicine, identify that silencing of the GULP1 gene expression by methylation plays an important role in ovarian carcinogenesis