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2,441 results for: mutations

  1. Health & Medicine

    Herpes virus homes in on cancer target

    Herpes simplex virus 1 has an affinity for cells with a mutation that marks many tumors, indicating how the virus may be refined as a cancer therapy and that certain new drugs might attack herpes itself.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Gene mutation can spur autoimmunity

    A mutation of a gene on the X chromosome can lead to a dangerous autoimmune disorder and type I diabetes.

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  3. Science News of the Year 2002

    A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2002.

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  4. Science News of the Year 2002

    A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2002.

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  5. Gene influences density of the skeleton

    The mutated gene responsible for a rare bone disorder has been found.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Ominous drug-resistance hints appear

    The first signs of partial resistance to an important class of drugs called quinolones have appeared in Haemophilus influenzae, a bacterium that can cause pneumonia and meningitis.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Endgame for Epilepsy?

    Researchers look toward a cure.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    NO News

    Preliminary research suggests that inhaled nitric oxide may offer a much-needed treatment for patients suffering from complications of sickle cell disease.

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  9. Anthropology

    The gene that came to stay

    A gene thought by some scientists to foster a bold, novelty-seeking personality, as well as attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), apparently spread substantially in human populations over roughly the past 40,000 years.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Genetic flaw found in painful gut disease

    Scientists have discovered a genetic mutation that occurs in people with Crohn's disease, a digestive disorder that attacks the intestines.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Nobel prize: Physiology or medicine

    The 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to three researchers who pioneered work in cell division.

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  12. Ecosystems

    Cryptic Invasion: Native reeds harbor aggressive alien

    A mild-mannered reed native to the United States is getting blamed for the mayhem caused by an evil twin.

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