Stanford Medicine
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Obesity may be linked to malfunctions in cell ‘antennae’
Nearly every cell in your body has [a structure called the primary cilium]...It not only looks like an antenna, it ...
He/She: Brains of men and women hard-wired different because of hormones, genes
[In the past, studying sex-based differences in the brain] was not a universally popular idea. The neuroscience community had largely ...
Food poisoning alert: Salmonella strain prevalent in Africa mutates, slowing health response
The Salmonella strains responsible for most food-poisoning cases occurring in developed countries pretty much limit their residence in the human body to the gut...But a ...
Stem cells pinpoint how mutation common in East Asians increases heart disease risk
More than 500 million people worldwide carry a genetic mutation that disables a common metabolic protein called ALDH2. The mutation, which predominantly ...
GMOs + tobacco = life saving vaccines
Plants could act as safe, speedy factories for personalized treatments against a common form of cancer, according to recent findings ...
Uncharted waters of whole genome sequencing
A few years ago, when I spoke with Euan Ashley, MD, associate professor of medicine and of genetics, about the ...
New technique to amplify ancient DNA for study
Really old human DNA (we’re talking thousands of years) holds amazing secrets about our distant past. What did we look ...