The new gene therapy to treat leukemia uses the patients’ own blood cells to hunt down and wipe out their cancer.
The first clear success with gene therapy to treat leukemia, turning the patients’ own blood cells into assasins that hunt down and wipe out their cancer has been reported by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Students love technology.
It’s a fact that college students are obsessed with technology. Key surveys were performed recently to gauge students’ tech use scientifically. And OnlineEducation.net has made an infographic based on results from the student/technology study. (Infographic)
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The test analyzes fetal DNA found in the mother’s blood and can establish sex weeks earlier than other options.
A baby’s sex can be determined as early as seven weeks into pregnancy by a simple blood test. The test is highly accurate if used correctly, a finding that experts say is likely to lead to more widespread use by parents concerned about gender-linked diseases, those who are merely curious and people considering the more ethically controversial step of selecting the sex of their children.
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64% of small businesses don’t think social media is necessary.
According to a new study, small businesses don’t seem to be swept up in the social media revolution.
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Early morning smokers have higher levels of nicotine and possibly other tobacco toxins in their body.
Are you a smoker that needs a cigarette soon after waking up in the morning? Then, you have an increased risk of developing lung, and head and neck cancers, two new studies have warned.
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Straight-A students live longer.
Straight A students may live longer, according to the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study has been following more than 10,000 people who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957. Those students who finished in the top 25 percent of their high school class were healthier, decades later, than the ones who finished in the bottom quarter.
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Workplace incivility is on the rise.
Are you stressed on the job? Do rude, inconsiderate, or unpleasant coworkers add to your list of headaches? “Workplace incivility” is on the rise, said researchers at the American Psychological Association annual meeting on Sunday.
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A large proportion of people with sleep apnea also snore.
Wearing compression stockings might help people suffering from the common sleep disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, claim researchers.
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The study found that it is more expensive to eat more dietary fiber and vitamin D.
The average American’s food bill can increase by almost 10% by adding healthier food to their diet – and that is just to boost a single nutrient like potassium.
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A chemical found in bear bile could help heart attack sufferers.
There may be a ray of hope for millions of heart patients worldwide. Scientists have claimed that a chemical, also found in bear bile, may help the recovery of people who have had a heart attack.
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How has that therapy worked out for you?
Therapy doesn’t always work. Sometimes, it makes things worse. And a study indicates that the only person guaranteed to feel better about life after someone sits down on a psychologist’s couch is the psychologist. In a special report being published next month to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the journal American Psychologist has suggested that in their eagerness to help survivors to cope with the terrorist attacks, some mental health professionals may have exacerbated the trauma. Experts greatly over-estimated the number of survivors who might want treatment, and used discredited methods to help those who came to see them…
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Chewing food 40 times caused study participants to eat nearly 12 percent fewer calories.
People who chew their food more take in fewer calories, which may help them control their weight, according to a new study.
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