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Researchers have found four new genetic variants that increase the risk of contracting one of the major forms of leukemia, confirming that risk factors for the fatal blood cancer can be inherited. The findings mean scientists now know of 10 genetic variants associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), scientists at Europe’s Institute of Cancer Research [...]
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Scientists Find New Leukemia Gene Risk Factors
Posted by Siril on January 11th, 2010
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No Comments »Government targets New Year quiters
Posted by mrudula on January 7th, 2010
The government has launched its latest weapon in the battle to wrest people away from their nicotine addiction The NHS Stop Smoking Quit Kit hopes to tap in to New Year resolutions, with new research showing that 44% of smokers in England are attempting to quit from January. Put together by smoking experts and smokers [...]
Thinning Bones Osteoporosis Medication
Posted by admin on January 7th, 2010
To hear Sally Field tell it, reversing bone loss with the drug Boniva is important because you have only “one body and one life.” And the 63-year-old actress—who looks around 45 in commercials for the bone-building drug—implies that many, if not most, healthy and fit middle-aged women are on the road to osteoporosis. They’re not. [...]
Clever way to break the nitrogen-nitrogen bond
Posted by admin on January 7th, 2010
New reaction cleaves dinitrogen, brings carbon and nitrogen together To break some chemical bonds you need to know a guy, who knows a guy who knows a compound. Scientists ordered just such a hit and have broken two of the toughest bonds in chemistry in the laboratory equivalent of broad daylight. The reaction yields a [...]
Lupus not identical in twins
Posted by admin on January 7th, 2010
Pattern of chemical tags on DNA linked to the autoimmune disease Lupus can tell identical twins apart by the distinguishing marks the pairs carry on their DNA. Fewer DNA methylation marks may leave one twin vulnerable to the inflammatory autoimmune disease, even while the other sibling remains healthy, a new study appearing online December 22 [...]
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