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DNA sequencing for difficult diagnoses of mitochondrial diseases may hit clinics soon
Identifying complete DNA sequences could identify difficult-to-diagnose diseases in humans. This concept is being used for the first time in a clinic. MitoExome sequencing uses new technologies known as next-generation sequencing (NGS) to decode all of the genes associated with mitochondria. Mitochondria are a capsule shaped organelle present within the ...
Suriname hit with dengue epidemic, health ministry says
Suriname health authorities confirmed Wednesday that a dengue epidemic has taken hold here, resulting in numerous of people being hospitalized over the past month.
Pediatric emergency research team hit the mark
You could call it paying it forward. A trip to the Emergency Department (ED) is every parent's worst nightmare. But what if the information documented as a result of your child's visit could help a child with similar symptoms a few provinces away? Terry Klassen and his ...
Pediatric emergency research team hit the mark
(Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute) Pediatric Emergency Research of Canada is today recognized as one of the Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research in 2011. The award is bestowed jointly by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Japan and New Zealand were hit hardest by earthquakes
This press release is available in German . Last year, earthquakes and their consequences, such as tsunamis, landslides, and ground settlements, caused a damage of 365 billion US dollars. Hence, 2011 was the year with the so far highest economic losses due to earthquakes. ...
Hong Kong government offices hit by deadly bug
Massive disinfection work was carried out at Hong Kong's new government headquarters Tuesday, after the bacteria of a potentially fatal disease was found and one minister was hospitalised.
Dodging the cognitive hit of early-life seizures
About half of newborns who have seizures go on to have long-term intellectual and memory deficits and cognitive disorders such as autism, but why this occurs has been unknown. In the December 14 Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston detail how early-life seizures disrupt normal brain development, and ...
Thousands hit by Djibouti diarrhoea outbreak: WHO
Authorities in Djibouti have reported a serious outbreak of a potentially fatal diarrhoea infection in the capital, with two deaths since October and 127 new cases this month, the WHO said on Tuesday.
Teen Births Hit Record Low, C-Sections Down, CDC Reports For 2010
Teen births in the US hit a record low in 2010, and for the first time in a decade, C-sections appear to be falling, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These revelations are in a report released last week titled "Births: ...
“If Hamlet Give The First Or Second Hit”, The Development Of Burkitt’s Lymphoma
Although Burkitt's lymphoma is thankfully fairly rare in the general population, it is the most common form of malignancy in children in Equatorial Africa and is very frequent in immunocompromised persons, such as those suffering from AIDS. It is invariably accompanied by an increase in the expression of a ...
‘If Hamlet give the first or second hit’: The development of Burkitt’s lymphoma
The human c-myc gene encodes a transcription factor (MYC) involved in the regulation of a vast number of other genes – it has been estimated that the transcription of about one in six genes is somehow under the control of MYC. Perhaps because of MYC's wide range of targets, mutations ...