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Scientists discover new code governing gene activity

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The research could reshape scientists' understanding of gene regulation and how genetic variations may influence gene expression in development or disease. This breakthrough finding revealed a long-postulated hidden spatial grammar embedded in DNA.

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Researchers have cracked the cellular code on protein folding, offering hope for new therapeutic avenues for many diseases

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While we often think of diseases as caused by foreign bodies -- bacteria or viruses -- there are hundreds of diseases affecting humans that result from errors in cellular production of its proteins.

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Synthetic chemicals and chemical products require a new regulatory and legal approach to safeguard children's health

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Nations must better safeguard health and reduce childhood diseases linked to exposures to toxic chemicals, according to researchers. Governments need to test and regulate chemicals and chemical products as closely as they safeguard prescription drugs, the researchers write.

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American Cancer Society Calls for Restoration of Key CDC, FDA Data

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14, 2025 -- With certain government data currently being withheld, removed, or restored but partially redacted on the websites of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration, the American Cancer. FRIDAY, Feb.

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Norovirus Sickens Hundreds on Three Cruise Ships: CDC

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20, 2024 -- Just over 300 people have been sickened in norovirus outbreaks on three different cruise ships in December, new government data shows.This is the only month this year in which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and. FRIDAY, Dec.

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Mpox Is Still Circulating Among U.S. Gay Men

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THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 -- Though not at numbers seen in the 2022 outbreak, mpox cases are still circulating in the United States, largely among gay and bisexual men, new government data shows. Centers for Disease Control and. According to the U.S.

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As Suicide Rates Climb, Older Men Are Most Vulnerable

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suicide rates continue to rise, new government data shows older men have become the most susceptible. Centers for Disease. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 (Healthday News) -- As U.S. In a report published Wednesday, researchers from the U.S.