The early treatment of obesity in children is effective in both the short and long term, researchers from Karolinska Institutet report in a study published in The International Journal of Obesity. The researchers followed over 170 young children in Sweden who had received treatment for diagnosed obesity. The children were recruited to the randomized controlled study when they were between […]

Reviewed For his work discovering the basis for hemoglobin gene switching and applying those insights to develop a therapy for sickle cell disease and other blood diseases, the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania awarded Stuart Orkin, MD the third Elaine Redding Brinster Prize in Science or Medicine. Orkin's research advanced the understanding of how the fetal […]

‘There’s not a day goes by when I don’t think of her,’ says Katy Vincent, of her best friend, Miranda Filmer. ‘She was one of a kind.’ The childhood friends, from Wiltshire, met as 11-year-olds at The Pony Club, but through university, jobs and relationships, their friendship stood the test of time. ‘We had a sisterly bond, we worked hard […]

While attending the opening night of her mom’s show, “Previously Worn by Brooke Shields,” Grier Henchy supported the iconic model by wearing a special item Shields previously wore. We love a clever fashion moment, and this one happens to be vintage, too! For the inaugural performance of Shields’ show at Café Carlyle, Henchy donned a Badgley Mischka gown that was […]

England only has one antidepressant withdrawal helpline – and it’s closing. This will be scary news for many, as the nationwide service, called the Bristol Tranquilliser Project, won’t be replaced once it’s gone. Funding for the helpline has been withdrawn, and it’s up to local services to plug the gap this will leave. While nothing quite like it exists, there […]

EastEnders stars Danny Dyer and Jake Wood are among celebrities lacing up their football boots to raise money for a two-year-old boy with a rare disorder. Born with a gene mutation that causes extreme muscle weakness, little Leo is fighting for his life in hospital after contracting pneumonia. His mum, Lucinda Andrews, is fundraising £220,000 for groundbreaking research which she […]

The thought of moving into a new apartment may be thrilling enough as we’re about to open a new chapter in our lives. It serves as a milestone in our lives since moving in means we’re independent enough to live on our own. We cannot wait to relish in the freedom and control we’ll have and spend some alone time […]

Have you ever wondered why certain medications don’t seem to work as well for you as they do for others? This variability in drug response is what pharmacogenomic testing hopes to explain by looking at the genes within your DNA. Pharmacogenomics, or PGx, is the study of how genes affect your response to medications. Genes are segments of DNA that […]

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Several types of cancer are believed to be linked to alterations of macromolecular structures known as nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). These structures are embedded in the nuclear envelope, a membrane barrier that separates the nucleus of a cell from the cytoplasm (the liquid filling the rest of the cell). They consist of proteins called nucleoporins, which regulate the transport of […]