Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have together with an international team mapped the relationship between length of pregnancy and chemical DNA changes in more than 6,000 newborn babies.
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Tapping pre-existing immunity to enhance therapeutic cancer treatment
A new research from the University of Helsinki showed for the first time how the pre-immunization acquired through common childhood vaccines can be used to enhance therapeutic cancer treatment.
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660 young scientists invited to 70th anniversary of Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
Young scientists from 101 countries are invited to the 70th anniversary of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. This was the result of the decision taken today by the Council for the Meetings to conclude the nomination and selection process.
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Despite best intentions, researchers don’t always share findings with study participants
Researchers and the participants who enroll in their clinical trials do not always speak the same language, making it difficult to share trial results with study participants.
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Pediatrician use of developmental screening tools increasing
(HealthDay)—From 2002 to 2016, there was an increase in pediatricians’ reported use of developmental screening tools and in referral of at-risk patients for early intervention (EI), according to a study published online March 2 in Pediatrics.
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New US guidelines urge a hepatitis C check for most adults
Most American adults need to be checked for hepatitis C, say guidelines released Monday that urge millions more people to get screened for the liver-damaging virus that can fester for decades it’s spotted.
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Nine times more new virus cases outside China than in: WHO
The World Health Organization said Monday that the number of new coronavirus cases registered in the past day in China was far lower than in the rest of the world.
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Senegal confirms first coronavirus case
Senegal on Monday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus, a French citizen who visited France last month before returning to the West African country and being quarantined in the capital Dakar.
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Bye-bye handshakes: how coronavirus is changing global habits
Say no to a handshake, refuse kisses on the cheeks and definitely avoid hugging. Instead, a direct gaze or maybe a gesture with the hands.
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Sleeping sheep may offer clues to human brain disease
People may count sheep when they cannot sleep, but when they do finally drift off their brains generate the same type of brain wave as their ovine counterparts, according to new research published in eNeuro. Monitoring how a sheep’s sleep changes during the progression of a brain disease may one day translate to sleep-based diagnosis in humans.
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