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Blindfolded training could help doctors save young lives
In a simulation training study, pediatric team leaders who wore a blindfold improved their leadership skills ratings by 11% over
Critical new clues about what goes awry in autistic brains: Changes in RNA editing play an important role in the disorder, scientists find
A team of UCLA-led scientists has discovered important clues to what goes wrong in the brains of people with autism
Patients with common heart failure more likely to have lethal heart rhythms
Researchers at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai discovered that a non-treatable form of lethal heart rhythm responsible for sudden
Finding a rhyme and reason to CRISPR-Cas9’s mutations: Investigators predict CRISPR-Cas9 gene disruptions with accuracy, experimentally confirm findings in disease models
Since the early days of CRISPR-Cas9, researchers have known that this gene editing technology is excellent for breaking things. With
Earlier diagnosis, potential therapy for Huntington’s disease suggested in new research
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that Huntington’s disease may take
Scientists engineer way to prevent immune response to gene therapy in mice
Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have demonstrated that gene therapy can be effective without causing a dangerous side effect
More than just a DNA repair deficiency syndrome: Impaired acetylation in Cockayne syndrome B
The Cockayne syndrome is a very rare hereditary disease, which can lead among others to dwarfism, neurological impairment, premature aging
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome more likely to have a child with autism
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are more likely than other women to have an autistic child, according to an
Medical errors in the emergency room: Understanding why: 250,000 deaths per year are caused by medical error
Medical errors are estimated to cause 250,000 deaths per year in the US. Previously, research on admitted patients suggested that