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Medical News Today
For the first time, researchers have quantified the composition of various types of immune cell in breast tissue and assessed whether it is linked to later risk of breast cancer. In the journal Clinical Cancer Research, the team — from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester — suggests that the findings reveal important clues about the role of the immune system in the early stages of breast cancer development.
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A genetic trait that affects red blood cells and is fairly common among African-Americans and Hispanic Americans can cause an important blood sugar test to miss signs of diabetes, researchers say.
The test known as hemoglobin A1c estimates long-term blood sugar levels by measuring the amount of glucose sticking to red blood cells, but blood cells from people with sickle cell trait don't live as long, so they have less time to collect glucose.
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PLOS via Infection Control Today
Viral and human genetics together account for about one third of the differences in disease progression rates seen among people infected with the HIV, according to new research published in PLOS Computational Biology. The findings suggest that patient genetics influences disease progression by triggering mutations in the HIV viral genome.
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Cell Press via ScienceDaily
The bacterial world is rife with unusual talents, among them a knack for producing electricity. In the wild, "electrogenic" bacteria generate current as part of their metabolism, and now researchers have found a way to confer that ability upon nonelectrogenic bacteria. This technique could have applications for sustainable electricity generation and wastewater treatment.
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Reuters
Less than half of U.S. adolescents get vaccinated to protect against seasonal influenza, and even fewer teens receive shots to help prevent cancers of the cervix and throat, new research suggests.
"Immunization rates for teenagers are lower than for younger children who see the doctor more often," said Dr. Henry Bernstein of Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine in Hempstead, New York.
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National Human Genome Research Institute via Lab Manager
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) — stem cells that are capable of differentiating into one of many cell types — are a technique that opens the doors to medical advances, including generating cartilage cell tissue to repair knees, retinal cells to improve the vision of those with age-related macular degeneration and other eye diseases and cardiac cells to restore damaged heart tissues.
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DARK Daily
Owners and managers of community and regional independent lab companies and community laboratories gathered recently at a lab conference to assess what many believe is a bleak future. That's because, in less than 11 months, medical laboratories across the United States will be dealing with unprecedented price cuts to the Medicare Part B clinical laboratory fee schedule and how those price cuts erode the financial stability of these essential labs, often the only local medical laboratory serving smaller communities and rural areas throughout the nation.
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