Category Archives: Congenital disorders

Abstract Rare or de novo variants have substantial contribution to human diseases, but the statistical power to identify risk genes by rare variants is generally low due to rarity of genotype data. Previous studies have shown that risk genes usually have high expression in relevant cell types, although for many conditions the identity of these […]

A team of scientists led by Sanford Burnham Prebys and the Osaka International Cancer Institute has recently found that mannose – a type of sugar known to be lethal to honeybees – inhibits the growth of cancer cells in humans and could thus potentially be used as a secondary treatment against cancer. “This sugar could give […]

July 23, 2023 ProQR Therapeutics: A Promising Outlook Presents Moderate Buy Recommendation Intriguing developments have unfolded in the world of biomedical innovation, causing considerable excitement among industry analysts and investors alike. ProQR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: PRQR), a pioneering company dedicated to transforming lives through innovative RNA therapeutics, has astutely captured the attention of experts in the […]

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One Amish family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, had known for some time their son was deeply troubled and unhappy. Now in his early twenties, he had not flourished, and had not found his way as a productive member of their farming community of 40,000 Old Order Amish. The family faced many barriers to address their son’s […]

Objectives General objective Measuring safety of the booster doses of AstraZeneca vaccine in people vaccinated with two doses of Sinopharm or Sputnik V vaccines in Iran. Specific objectives 1) To Estimate the incidence of different types of serious adverse events (SAEs) within 13 weeks in all enrolled vaccinated individuals after either the first or second […]

When you hear that you need “urgent pacemaker implantation,” you should drop whatever you are doing—whether it’s getting ready to travel or running a country— and get to the hospital as soon as possible. That’s what just happened to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And on early Sunday morning, doctors at the Sheba Medical Center […]

Abstract Copper is an essential trace element for human health and, at the same time, a major industrial metal widely used both in its elemental form and in compounds. We conducted a dose-dependent assessment of the response of outbred albino male rats to subchronic low-dose exposure to copper oxide nanoparticles administered intraperitoneally at cumulative doses […]