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Membrane-bound virus clusters provide promising target for the treatment of gastroenteritis, other diseases Researchers have found that a group of viruses that cause severe stomach illness—including the one famous for widespread outbreaks on cruise ships— get transmitted to humans through membrane-cloaked “virus clusters” that exacerbate the spread...
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NHLBI in the Press
A computational framework called ExPecto can accurately predict from a DNA sequence the tissue-specific transcriptional effects of mutations, including those that are rare or that have not been observed.
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers are reporting that combining the antibiotic azithromycin with a widely-used antibiotic treatment used for cystic fibrosis (CF) helps reduce the risk of lung damage in children with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, one of the most common infections in children with CF
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NHLBI in the Press
hree in four African American men and women are likely to develop high blood pressure by the age of 55, according to an NHLBI-funded study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
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NHLBI in the Press
cells die old and have a very long memory. These long-lived immune cells called memory B cells “remember” past infections by producing antibodies specific to a particular pathogen.
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NHLBI in the Press
Fibrosis is characterized by dysfunctional repair responses to tissue injury and occurs in a number of organs. Lung fibrosis is a potentially fatal respiratory disorder that affects millions of people worldwide, but effective therapeutic interventions have yet to be identified.
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NHLBI in the Press
Unlike many other organs in the body, the human heart has very little capacity to repair itself after injury
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NHLBI in the Press
A study partly funded by NHLBI found that the Zika virus might pose a greater risk of miscarriages and stillbirths than experts initially realized, and affect women who do not know they are infected.
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NHLBI in the Press
Low levels of vitamin D are associated with an increased risk of a type of rare lung disease, researchers are reporting.
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers have used gene-editing technology to more accurately predict how a specific gene impacts an individual’s risk for heart disease.
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NHLBI in the Press
Teenagers who don’t get enough sleep may have a higher likelihood of developing risk factors for heart disease, such has high blood pressure and excess body fat, researchers are reporting.