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New breakthrough offers hope for potential treatment of rare childhood epilepsy

New breakthrough offers hope for potential treatment of rare childhood epilepsy

Seizure disorders in babies are frightening and heartbreaking. A new basic science breakthrough offers hope for a potential treatment for rare developmental and epileptic encephalopathies resulting from a single genetic mutation. The gene in question,

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UT One Health Initiative to focus on animal and environmental health issues

UT One Health Initiative to focus on animal and environmental health issues

The University of Tennessee System has announced the creation of the UT One Health Initiative (UTOHI), an effort to enhance research collaborations across the state and region to address rapidly emerging health challenges. The UTOHI

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Finding new clues to combat glioblastoma

Finding new clues to combat glioblastoma

Glioblastoma is an aggressive, killer disease. While victims of this fast-moving brain tumor comprise only about 15% of all people with brain cancer, its victims rarely survive more than a few years after diagnosis. But

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Tulane establishes COVID-19 research program to develop a vaccine and test treatments

Tulane establishes COVID-19 research program to develop a vaccine and test treatments

From working to develop one of the first nonhuman primate models for the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to designing new therapeutic strategies and nanotechnology-based tests to rapidly diagnose infections, researchers at Tulane University are

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Patient satisfaction or confidence not significantly affected by physician's gender and race

Patient satisfaction or confidence not significantly affected by physician's gender and race

When a patient arrives at an American emergency room today, they have a higher chance than ever before of seeing a doctor who's a woman or a person of color. And they're also more likely

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Studies analyze epidemiologic supervision and influenza cases among children in Catalonia

Studies analyze epidemiologic supervision and influenza cases among children in Catalonia

The viral infections of the upper respiratory tract are an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and, among them, influenza is one of the most important ones, with severe cases ranging from three and