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  • Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Scores Awareness Lags – European Medical Journal Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Scores Awareness Lags

    Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Scores Awareness Lags – European Medical Journal Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Scores Awareness Lags

    HIGH-RISK women had limited awareness yet strong support for breast cancer polygenic risk scores in clinical risk assessment more.

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    In a survey of 828 women at elevated breast cancer risk without a prior diagnosis, only 18.5% had…

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  • Pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti: genetic mechanisms worldwide, and recommendations for effective vector control | Parasites & Vectors

    Pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti: genetic mechanisms worldwide, and recommendations for effective vector control | Parasites & Vectors

  • Messina JP, Brady OJ, Golding N, Kraemer MUG, Wint GRW, Ray SE, et al. The current and future global distribution and population at risk of dengue. Nat Microbiol. 2019;4:1508–15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0476-8.

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  • New insights can reshape psychiatric practice across continents

    New insights can reshape psychiatric practice across continents

    In a compelling Genomic Press Interview published today in Genomic Psychiatry, Dr. Bruce M. Cohen discusses results and insights that are reshaping international approaches to understanding and treating neuropsychiatric disorders….

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  • New MIT initiative seeks to transform rare brain disorders research | MIT News

    New MIT initiative seeks to transform rare brain disorders research | MIT News

    More than 300 million people worldwide are living with rare disorders — many of which have a genetic cause and affect the brain and nervous system — yet the vast majority of these conditions lack an approved therapy….

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  • Chest mobility, cough strength, muscle strength, physical activity, and quality of life in parkinson’s patients who had COVID-19 | BMC Pulmonary Medicine

    Chest mobility, cough strength, muscle strength, physical activity, and quality of life in parkinson’s patients who had COVID-19 | BMC Pulmonary Medicine

    Our study, whose primary research aim was to investigate impacts of a confirmed history of COVID-19 on muscle strength, chest mobility, physical activity, cough force, and QOL in Parkinson’s patients, yielded important results. Among Parkinson…

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