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September 17, 2018, 11:19

Regrowing dental tissue with stem cells from baby teeth

A successful Phase 1 clinical trial in China, co-led by School of Dental Medicine researcher Songtao Shi, paves the way for more widespread investigation into the utility of dental stem cells.

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September 14, 2018, 10:10

BYU genetic researchers solve a giant mystery: How Shawn Bradley got to be so tall

Former basketball pro has incredibly unique combination of genetic variants that affect height

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September 13, 2018, 16:40

Scientists engineer way to prevent immune response to gene therapy in mice

A new study gives Stanford researchers hope that they may have solved a big problem plaguing gene therapy: the prospect of an autoimmune attack.

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September 12, 2018, 10:25

Antioxidant reduces risk for second heart attack, stroke

Cells and platelets stick inside arteries, increase risk after initial attack

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September 12, 2018, 10:22

Scientists test new cancer vaccine against melanoma

An experimental cancer vaccine that boosts the immune system’s ability to fight cancers could work in tandem with other cancer therapies to fight aggressive tumors, scientists reported recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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September 11, 2018, 12:05

Hormone Therapy Can Make Prostate Cancer Worse, Study Finds

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have discovered how prostate cancer can sometimes withstand and outwit a standard hormone therapy, causing the cancer to spread. Their findings also point to a simple blood test that may help doctors predict when this type of hormone therapy resistance will occur.

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September 11, 2018, 11:01

Losing just six hours of sleep could increase diabetes risk, study finds

Rockville, Md. (September 5, 2018)--Losing a single night's sleep may affect the liver's ability to produce glucose and process insulin, increasing the risk of metabolic diseases such as hepatic steatosis (fatty liver) and type 2 diabetes. The findings of the mouse study are published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology--Endocrinology and Metabolism.

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September 10, 2018, 12:43

New breakthrough in the war against antibiotic resistance

Scientists at The University of Western Australia, in collaboration with researchers in Canada, have developed a new compound that can combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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