Sentences with phrase «reference for studying disease»

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We included prospective studies that provided hazard ratios (HRs) with 95 % confidence intervals (CI) for at least three categories (including the reference group) of milk consumption in relation to mortality from all causes, overall cardiovascular disease, or overall cancer, We omitted studies that only reported results for total milk products or combined non-fermented and fermented milk because non-fermented and fermented milk may have different associations with mortality.

Most studies have revealed protective effects of breastfeeding on common infections in the first 8 to12 months of life.8, 27,29,30 One study, which distinguished between infectious diseases until and from the age of 6 months, revealed results similar to those from our study.24 Although the authors used exclusive breastfeeding for 3 months as the reference group, exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months reduced the risk of gastrointestinal tract infections between the ages of 3 and 6 months but not between the ages of 6 and 12 months.24 We can not explain why breastfeeding duration was only associated with lower risks of lower respiratory tract infection from 7 to 12 months.

They also set reference points for future studies looking at the connection between metabolic processes and diseases such as cancer.»

And it suggests that stem cells derived from embryos should remain the primary reference for iPS cells when researchers want to compare how cells from diseased patients behave, says Nissim Benvenisty of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who has studied differences between ES cells and iPS cells derived from carriers of fragile X syndrome.

They acknowledge some study limitations, but say their paper is the first to combine results across many studies covering both coronary heart disease and stroke, «making it a valuable reference that can be used to strengthen public health campaigns, and provide a strong health incentive for smokers to stop completely (particularly women).»

The study that these articles reference, which was published by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), did not actually find a statistically significant association between salt intake and blood pressure in kids.

It also aims to establish a reference database of genetic variation in Sweden, which will be available for comparison in genetic disease studies.

This census, published in Nature, comprises a first - draft atlas of the small intestine's cellular composition, providing a reference for studying the biology of a host of conditions affecting or involving the gut, such as inflammatory bowel disease, cancers of the small intestine, celiac disease, and food allergies.

As a proof - of - concept of the atlas's utility as a reference for disease studies, the researchers also surveyed gut epithelial gene expression in two models of intestinal infection, one of Salmonella bacteria, the other of Heligmosomoides polygyrus, a species of helminth (an intestinal parasite).

With the reference cell census data in hand, the research team is excited to conduct additional studies, including ones involving models or human patients with gastrointestinal conditions — Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, gastrointestinal cancers, forms of food allergy, etc. — aimed at identifying changes in gene expression and epithelial structure and function that could reveal new insights and opportunities for therapeutic development.

Within the Swedish Genomes Program a reference database of genetic variation in Sweden has been established and is be available for comparison in genetic disease studies

The sequencing work for this project has been done at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, and the next phase of work is to develop a detailed catalogue of variants and a reference panel of quality - controlled genotyping data that can be used for accurate imputation in genome - wide association studies of malaria and other diseases.

Patients, enrolled in an NIH funded study, met the following criteria [17]: (1) current positive IgG Western blot using CDC surveillance criteria assessed using a single reference laboratory (University Hospital of Stony Brook); (2) treatment for Lyme disease with at least 3 weeks of intravenous ceftriaxone or cefotaxime that was completed at least 4 months before study entry; and (3) objective evidence of memory impairment as documented by the Wechsler Memory Scale - III compared to age -, sex - and education - adjusted population norms.

This approach may also be applicable to a number of rare genetic diseases caused by splicing defects, including ataxia telangiectasia, congenital disorder of glycosylation, and Niemann - Pick disease type C. Although the three DMD studies referenced here represent a great step forward for CRISPR gene therapy, it's important to realize that DMD is a simpler case than other genetic diseases we'd like to treat with CRISPR.

An open comprehensive reference map of the molecular state of cells in healthy human tissues would propel the systematic study of physiological states, developmental trajectories, regulatory circuitry and interactions of cells, and also provide a framework for understanding cellular dysregulation in human disease.

This story references Dr. Candace Croney's study conducted with the Center for Animal Welfare Science on the prevalence of periodontal disease in a population of dogs in commercial breeding facilities in Indiana and Illinois.

Any Dog Club or individual wishing to fund the generation and analysis of a whole genome sequence to study a particular heritable disease or to provide a normal reference sequence for a particular breed should contact Gary Johnson at This email address is being protected from spambots.