Many countries are experiencing a fast demographic shift, the consequences of which for energy consumption and the environment have been studied but generally undervalued by…
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About two million hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) occur in the US every year, which leads to up to 100,000 annual deaths. Approximately one-third of these infections…
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Our major aim in the scoring project was to update the next generation about the plasticity of protein structures in a comprehensive and reproducible manner…
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The transfer of genetic material between separate evolutionary lineages (horizontal transfer) is a recognized event that occurs between viruses as well as from DNA viruses…
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The relationship between interhospital competition and the costs passed on to patients and their families is a complex one. Research has shown that as hospital…
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Osteoporosis tops the cause of chronic bone abnormality, putting the skeleton at a risk of fracture due to severely low bone mass and terribly fragile…
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Thinking of one’s favorite food makes one’s mouth water. But why do we like certain foods so much? London scientists have now investigated whether genes…
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease that manifests clinically with polyarthritis and joint destruction. With the development of biologic agents targeting pro-inflammatory cytokines…
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Antibiotics have played an important role in reducing the incidence of morbidity and mortality in human infections all over the world. Subsequent to the discovery…
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By now, health scientists and many people are well aware that breathing poor quality air will likely shorten your life. Living in the city has…
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Children with low social status or behavioral problems often do worse at school. British researchers have now shown in two studies that the genes are…
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