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Complex invokes executive privilege over protein production
May 1, 2008 - Your cells do something akin to editing a major motion picture every day. They take raw footage in the form of genes and turn it into sophisticated proteins with lots of bells and whistles. Many different professionals play a role in this process, including the exon junction complex (EJC), which resembles a movie studio executive. HMS researchers recently turned the spotlight on the EJC. continue
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Sickest patients still struggle under new Medicare Part D
benefit
April 22, 2008 - While the new Medicare
Part D drug benefit has produced positive outcomes, the sickest patients
still skip medications for financial reasons. continue
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Genetic test offers clues about cardiac hypertrophy in children
April 9, 2008 - Some children with unexplained cardiac hypertrophy--a thickening of the heart muscle--harbor mutations in the same 10 genes responsible for the condition in many adults. Regardless of the age at which symptoms appear, cardiac hypertrophy can share common genetic roots. continue
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Less sleep, more TV leads to overweight infants and toddlers
April 7, 2008 - Infants and toddlers who sleep less than 12
hours a day and who watch two or more hours of television
per day are twice as likely to become overweight by age 3
than children who sleep longer. continue
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Restrictive drug policies often cause schizophrenic patients
to discontinue
medication, study finds
April 1, 2008 - Schizophrenic patients in Maine’s Medicaid program
experienced more frequent interruptions in treatment when the state began
requiring physicians to seek prior authorization for medications not on
the programs’ preferred drug list. continue
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Researchers help transgenes fit in
April 1, 2008 - A new discovery promises to improve the quality of organisms that contain genes manufactured in a lab. Often times, an organism's endogenous DNA unexpectedly switches off these transgenes. Working in flies, researchers sandwiched transgenes between protective stretches of DNA, thus insulating the foreign genes from their surroundings and ensuring optimal expression in every tissue. continue
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Harvard medical school reduces financial burden for middle-income
families
March 21, 2008 - Harvard Medical School Dean Jeffrey
Flier today announced that the school is taking steps to reduce
the cost of a four-year medical education by up to $50,000
for families with incomes of $120,000 or less. continue
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