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Women may be buffered from traumatic stress by high estrogen levels

Bailey Kirkpatrick | 
Whether a woman’s estrogen level is high or low could determine if she may be susceptible to developing post-traumatic stress ...
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Fighting brain cancer with weaponized human skin cells?

Rachel Becker | 
Human skin can be morphed into genetically modified, cancer-killing brain stem cells, according to a new study. This latest advance ...
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Sleep to forget: Downtime helps our brains refine, sharpen memories

Mike McRae | 
[W]hile scientists have long understood that our memories rely on connections being built between neurons in our brains, it's not ...
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Molecular ‘Rosetta Stone’ could provide insight into autism

Nicholas Weiler | 
Distinct sets of genetic defects in a single neuronal protein can lead either to infantile epilepsy or to autism spectrum ...
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Annoyed by loud chewing? It may be all in your brain

Kate Samuelson | 
Misophonia, a disorder which means sufferers have a hatred of sounds such as eating, chewing, loud breathing or even repeated ...
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Resurgence in ‘mad cow disease’? Recent death sparks focus on mystery prion protein

Roxanne Porozinski | 
The original wave of mad cow only infected a limited number of people with a very specific genetic signature. Can ...
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Is human-pig stem cell chimera research ‘jumping ahead of ethical considerations’?

Lori Marino | 
[Editor's note: Excerpts are from an opinion piece written by Lori Marino, executive director of the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy and a ...
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Blacks found genetically more susceptible to opiate addiction, study says

Robert Preidt | 
Researchers say they've found a genetic variant associated with opioid addiction, and it might lead to personalized treatment for the ...
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Gene-edited ants could shed light on human society, disease

Natalie Angier | 
[Daniel Kronauer of Rockefeller University and his colleagues] have manipulated the DNA of Cerapachys biroi ants, creating what Dr. Kronauer says are ...
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Brain cancer in children: Unique ‘genetic drivers’ open door to precision medical treatments

Emily Mullin | 
In the past 30 years, childhood deaths from cancer have declined by 50 percent overall, but those from pediatric brain ...
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Transplant breakthrough? Organs of one species grown inside an animal of another

Alessandra Potenza | 
It’s possible to grow organs of one species inside an animal of another species and then transplant that organ to ...
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Epigenetics Around the Web: Can changes acquired during an organism’s life be passed on?

Nicholas Staropoli | 
Epigenetics Around the Web is a weekly roundup of the latest studies and news in the field of epigenetics presented ...
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Our Facebook, social media use is influenced by genetics

Nick McDerrmott | 
Scientists found our DNA influences how long we spend on Facebook, chat rooms and online gaming. ... A study reveals ...
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Brains of people with autism share distinct genetic ‘signature’

Nicholette Zeliadt | 
The brains of people with autism show a distinct molecular signature, according to the largest-yet postmortem study of people with ...
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Schizophrenia linked to mutation of memory, sense-of-direction gene

Mutations in a gene that should enable memories and a sense of direction instead can result in imprecise communication between ...
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US adults wary of gene editing: What does that mean for medicine?

Samir Shah | 
The Pew survey revealed that 50 percent of U.S. adults said they would not want genetic editing and 68 percent ...
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Stem cell therapy shows promise in toddler with Down syndrome

IANS | 
A three-year-old baby -- born with Down syndrome and having subnormal motor skills -- has shown improvement after undergoing stem ...
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Society, not testosterone, is the driving force in sex, equality

Sarah Ditum | 
[Editor's note: Excerpts are from a review of a book by writer Cordelia Fine, who challenges the notion that testosterone ...
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Curiosity about ideas, experiences may be related to higher cognitive ability

Dom Galeon | 
[An international team of 60 researchers], led by Todd Lencz from the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, studied the genes ...
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Epigenetics Around the Web: Alzheimer’s drug moves closer to patients

Nicholas Staropoli | 
Epigenetics Around the Web is a weekly roundup of the latest studies and news in the field of epigenetics presented ...
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Healthy aging promoted by tweaking ‘old blood’

Jessica Hamzelou | 
The effects of blood on aging were first discovered in experiments that stitched young and old mice together so that ...
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Syndactyly: Family’s ‘fused fingers’ deformity sheds light on human genome

Natalie Angier | 
They said it was their family curse: a rare congenital deformity called syndactyly, in which the thumb and index finger ...
'Brain on a chip': In vitro model finds regional links to specific diseases, treatments

‘Brain on a chip’: In vitro model finds regional links to specific diseases, treatments

Dom Galeon | 
We have come a long way in our understanding of how the brain works, but the more we know about ...
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Even mild brain trauma could be dangerous for those at risk for Alzheimer’s Disease

Catharine Paddock | 
Moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury is a known risk factor for diseases that gradually destroy the brain - such as late-onset ...
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Genetically engineered killer zombie mice? Not quite

Sara Chodosh | 
Neuroscientists at Yale University published a paper  [On Jan. 12, 2017,] in the journal Cell showing how they could trigger a ...
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Malfunctioning part of ‘ADHD gene’ identified, clearing way for specialized medications

Devon Frye | 
ADHD is highly genetic, and [the ADGRL3 gene] in particular has long been implicated it its development...Now, a new study ...
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Viruses in our genome may have influenced brain development, neurological diseases

Over millions of years, retroviruses have been incorporated into our human DNA, where they today make up almost 10 per ...
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