Advocates call for more genetic screening for disease risks as young people say ‘knowledge is power’
When Ben Neat heard about a genetic screening study that Monash University was conducting, he thought it might…
This Blood Thinner Is More Effective Than Aspirin at Preventing Heart Attacks
Aspirin is one of the most widely taken medicines in the world, having been recommended for decades as…
Trends in antidote use in France from 2015 to 2021: a nationwide poison centers study
During the study period, 1,392,365 cases of exposure were recorded by French Poison Centers, or approximately 199,000 per…
‘Frankenstein’ bunnies with head spikes invade US
It’s not just a bad hare day. A rapidly spreading virus is causing cottontail rabbits to grow black,…
Why rare genetic diseases are not so rare in India
Thousands of years of endogamy may have shaped genetic disease risk in India. Scientists are now trying to…
Early-life exercise extends healthspan but not lifespan in mice
Animal handling, welfare, and monitoring All procedures involving animals were approved by Laboratory Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee…
RareInsight simplifies the communication of genetic results for rare disease patients
RareInsight is an interactive dashboard designed to support the dissemination and interpretation of genetic test results for clinicians,…
Calls for tougher biosecurity controls after 62,000kg illegal import sentence
Australia’s agriculture industry is calling for stronger penalties for breaching biosecurity controls after a woman avoided jail for…
Few shot learning for phenotype-driven diagnosis of patients with rare genetic diseases
Overview of the undiagnosed diseases network patient cohort We assemble a cohort of 465 patients in the Undiagnosed…
High diversity of dietary flavonoid intake is associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality and major chronic diseases
Design For the present investigation, we used data from the UK Biobank—a large, prospective, population-based cohort study47. Between…