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• 4 Genes May Raise Risk for Suicide
• 69 vs. 70: Bias Against Older Organ Donors May Be Costing Lives
• A Better Test to Help Spot Glaucoma?
• A Gene Shielded One Man From Alzheimer's for Decades. Scientists Are Figuring Out How It Works
• A More Diverse Human Genome: The 'Pangenome'
• A New 'Spin' on How Sperm Swim
• A Woman May Have Rid Herself Naturally of HIV -- But How?
• Affection, at Least for Women, May Be Rooted in Genes
• AI Model Predicts Which Animal Viruses Are Likely to Jump to Humans
• 'All of Us': Big U.S. Genetics Study Is Already Helping Participants
• Alzheimer's Gene Linked to Severe COVID-19 Risk
• Alzheimer's Genes Might Also Raise Odds for Epilepsy
• Antibiotics Won't Help Fight Lung-Scarring Disease IDF: Study
• Are Immune-Compromised Kids at Greater Risk From COVID-19?
• Are Many With Autism Missing Out on Key Gene Tests?
• At-Home Gene Test for Breast, Ovarian Cancers Looks Effective
• Autism Alters Brain in Major Ways, Study Finds
• Bald Truth: Mouse Study May Get at Roots of Hair Loss
• Biological Secrets of the Woman Who Can't Feel Pain
• Birth Defects Tied to Rise in Lifelong Cancer Risk
• Bitter or Savory, Taste Genes Could Influence Your Diet
• Black and White Women Share the Same Genetic Risk for Breast Cancer
• Black Death Reshaped Genes in Ways Affecting People's Health Today
• Blood Test Looks at Patients' Whole Genome to Spot Rare Inherited Diseases
• Blood Test Might Help Diagnose Parkinson's Disease Much Earlier
• Blood Test Shows Promise for Quick Diagnosis of ALS
• Blood Test Spots Biological Markers for Schizophrenia
• Blood Type May Predict Which Cancer Patients Are Prone to Clots
• Boys Who Smoke Could Be Harming Their Future Children's Health
• Brain Changes May Be Hallmark of Anorexia
• Brain Study Suggests Autism Develops Differently in Girls Than Boys
• Brain's Iron Stores May Be Key to Alzheimer's
• Breast Cancer Genes Raise Risks for Older Women, Too
• Calorie-Burning 'Brown Fat' Could Help Keep You Healthy, Even if You're Obese
• Can Seniors Handle Results of Alzheimer's Risk Tests?
• Cancer of the Appendix: Very Rare, But Genes May Play Role
• Cancer Survivors at Higher Odds for Second Cancer: Study
• CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy Rids Woman of Tough-to-Treat Lupus
• Cats Might Be Purrfect Model for Human Genetics Research
• CDC Advisors to Discuss 3rd COVID Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised
• Centuries Ago, Gene Changes May Have Stopped Bubonic Plague
• Certain Gene Might Help Shield At-Risk People From Alzheimer's
• Child Cancers Are Rare, But Here Are Signs to Look For
• 'Complex' Genetic Links Between Marijuana Use, Psychiatric Ills
• Concussion's Effect on Brain Can Last 6 Months or More
• Cool Storage Could Keep Lungs Ready for Transplant Longer
• Coronavirus May Have Come From Bats; Could They Also Hold Clues to Treatments?
• Could a DNA Blood Test Spot a Range of Hidden Cancers?
• Could Cholesterol Help Drive Alzheimer's Disease?
• Could Gene Therapy Stem the Damage of Parkinson's?
• Could Loss of the Y Chromosome Help Speed Cancers in Men?
• Could Pollution Help Decide Your Baby's Sex?
• Could the 'Alzheimer's Gene' Raise Risks for Severe COVID-19?
• Could Your Blood Type Raise Your Odds for Stroke?
• Could Your Child Have a Heart Defect? Know the Warning Signs
• Could Your DNA Predict a Happy Marriage?
• Could Your Genes Be to Blame for Your Kid's Aversion to Broccoli?
• Could Your Genes Guard You From the Symptoms of COVID Infection?
• COVID Antibody Treatment Is Safe, Effective in Transplant Patients
• COVID Vaccines May Still Leave Organ Transplant Recipients Unprotected
• COVID Vaccines Safe for Organ Transplant Recipients: Study
• COVID-19 Can Damage Lungs So Badly That 'Only Hope' is Transplant
• COVID-19 Has Taken a Toll on Organ Donation
• CRISPR Therapy Fights Rare Disease Where Protein Clogs Organs
• CT Scans Beat Gene Scores at Predicting Mid-Life Heart Risk
• Daylight Saving Time Change Toughest on Night Owls
• Daytime Napping May Be in Your Genes
• Debunking Myths About Organ Donation
• Demand for Liver Transplant Rises Sharply Among Older Americans
• Digestive Organs Vary Widely Between People, Study Finds
• Discovery Could Explain Why Black Americans More Prone to Colon Cancer
• Disease That Permanently Bends Fingers Could Have Origins in Neanderthal Genes
• Do Fatter Legs Mean Lower Blood Pressure?
• Do Genes Doom Some Kids to Obesity? Probably Not, Study Finds
• Do Your Genes Set You Up for Hot Flashes?
• Do Your Genes Up Your Odds for Alcoholism? One Factor Cuts the Risk
• Do Your Sleep Patterns Affect Your Risk of Alzheimer's Disease?
• Doctors Report That Kidney Grown in Pig Worked in a Human
• Doctors Transplant Gene-Modified Pig Kidneys Into Brain-Dead Patient
• Doctors Transplant Kidneys to Children Without Need for Immune-Suppressing Drugs
• Doctors Use CRISPR Technology to Boost Cancer Immunotherapy
• Dolphins Have a Functioning Clitoris, Study Finds
• Donor's Immune Cells Could Help Transplant Recipients Avoid Organ Rejection
• Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients
• Double-Lung Transplant, Breast Implants Save Life of Man Who Battled Vaping-Linked Illness
• Drink Up! Humans Are the 'Water-Saving Apes'
• Drug Can Keep Leukemia in Remission for Years in Younger Patients
• Drug Lynparza Could Help Fight Some Early-Stage Breast Cancers
• 'Early Birds' May Have Extra Buffer Against Depression
• Early Promise for Therapy Against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Even T. Rex Had Bone Trouble
• Exercise Can Preserve Astronauts' Heart Health on Long Space Flights
• Experts Cast Doubt on Notion That New Strain of Coronavirus Is More Infectious
• Families With Multiple Cases Give Clues to Autism's Origins
• Faulty Gene Could Raise Vulnerability to Asbestos-Linked Cancer
• Feds Propose Overhaul of U.S. Organ Transplant System
• 'Feverish': Healthy Human Brains Are Hotter Than We Thought
• First People in the Americas Probably Brought Their Dogs
• First Trial of Gene-Targeted Asthma Rx in Kids Shows Promise
• From a Lock of Hair, Beethoven's Genome Gives Clues to Health, Family
• Gender-Affirming Mastectomies Give Boost to Patients' Mental Health
• Gene Changes Made This Season's Bird Flu More Severe
• Gene Could Lower HIV Levels in Some People of African Descent
• Gene Could Predispose Some Black Patients to Alzheimer's
• Gene Differences Could Have Black Patients Undergoing Unnecessary Biopsies
• Gene Editing Technique Corrects Sickle Cell Disease in Mice
• Gene Found in Amish Helps Protect Their Hearts
• Gene Study Probes Origins of Addison's Disease
• Gene Study Reveals Brain's Complex Organization
• Gene Test Lets Some Colon Cancer Patients Safely Skip Chemo
• Gene Test Might Help Some Breast Cancer Patients Skip Radiation After Lumpectomy
• Gene Test Spots Those Vulnerable to Rare but Severe Side Effect of Drugs for MS, Other Conditions
• Gene Tests Could Spot 1 Million Americans at Risk of High Cholesterol
• Gene That Shielded Some Against Black Death May Be Helping, Harming People Today
• Gene-Based Embryo Selection: Are 'Designer Babies' on the Horizon?
• Genes Could Raise COVID Risks for People With Down Syndrome
• Genes for Stillbirth May Be Passed Down by Male Relatives
• Genes Help Explain Role of Race in Prostate Cancer Risk
• Genes Might Be Driving You to Go Vegetarian
• Genes or Lifestyle? How a Person Becomes Obese Could Influence Heart Health
• Genes 'Switched On' Much Earlier in Human Embryos Than Thought
• Genetic Research May Help Identify Causes of Stillbirth
• Geneticists Probe Origins of Painful Cluster Headaches
• Genetics Might Explain Some Cases of Cerebral Palsy
• Getting His Life Back: Regaining Strength After a Triple-Organ Transplant
• Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse
• Global Consortium Finds Genes That Drive Severe COVID-19
• Good Outcomes From First 5 Years of Uterus Transplants, But Concerns Remain
• Growing Up Poor May Rewire a Child's Brain: Study
• Healthy Living Helps Ward Off Deadly Prostate Cancers in Men at High Risk
• Heart Transplant Successful in Young Man Who Survived Severe COVID-19
• 'Heart-in-a-Box' Can Be Lifesaving, Matching Up Distant Donors With Patients
• Heart's Electrical Signals Changed in First Pig-to-Human Cardiac Transplant
• Hearts From Drug Abusers Can Be Used for Transplants
• Hearts From Obese Donors Still Safe: Study
• Heavy Drinking Tied to Raised Stroke Risk, Study Finds
• Herpes Virus Yields Up Genetic Secrets
• Highly Inbred, French Bulldogs Face Higher Odds for 20 Health Issues
• How Are 'Super Agers' Protected From Alzheimer's and Mental Decline?
• How Round Is Your Heart? It Might Matter for Health
• How to Be a Living Liver Donor
• Human Biology Appears to Have Two Seasons, Not Four: Study
• Human 'Brain Cell Atlas' Brings New Insight Into Brain Health, Illness
• 'Human Cell Atlas' Maps 1 Million Cell Types in 33 Organs
• Humans Started Loving Carbs a Very Long Time Ago
• Immunocompromised? Why the COVID-19 Vaccine Might Still Protect You
• Implant Can Warn Weeks Early That Transplanted Organ Will Be Rejected
• Improved Pig-to-Human Kidney Transplants Mark a Major Advance
• In 10 Years, COVID-19 Could Be 'Just the Sniffles'
• In a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs
• In Breakthrough Transplant, Man Receives Genetically Modified Pig Heart
• In Breast Cancer Survivors, Obesity Raises Odds for Cancer's Return
• In Medieval Times, Plagues 'Sped Up' With Each New Outbreak
• In Primate Study, Antibody Treatment Prevents Organ Rejection After Transplant
• In Rare Case, COVID-19 Test Caused Spinal Fluid Leak
• Innovative Kidney Donor 'Voucher' System Is Saving Lives
• Insights Into Genes Driving Epilepsy Could Help With Treatment
• Insomnia Tied to Raised Risk of Aneurysm
• Is Alzheimer's Disease Genetic?
• Is Obesity Especially Dangerous for Women at Genetic Risk for Breast Cancer?
• Job Done: Scientists Fill in Missing Gaps to Complete Map of Human Genome
• Just 2 Kids Worldwide Are Known to Have This Rare Genetic Disease. Their Parents United for a Cure
• Kidney Damage Another Consequence of 'Long COVID,' Study Finds
• Kidney Disease Is Tougher on Men Than Women, and Researchers Now Know Why
• Kidney Transplant Patients at High Risk of Fatal COVID-19: Study
• Kidney Transplant Safe When Organ Donor Has COVID: Study
• Largest-Ever Study of Suicide Genetics Gives Clues to Who's at Risk
• Leonardo's 'Vitruvian Man' Ideal Isn't Far Off Modern Measures
• Life-Saving Organ Transplants Plummet During COVID-19 Crisis
• Like Flu, COVID-19 May Turn Out to Be Seasonal
• Liver Cirrhosis Much More Deadly for Black Americans
• Long Periods in Space Alter Astronauts' Brains
• Long Space Flights Could Take Toll on Astronauts' Brains
• Major Gene Study Looks at Origins of Bipolar Disorder
• Major Gene Study Spots DNA Tied to Autism, Other Disorders
• Man Who Received First Pig Heart Transplant Has Died
• Many Blood Cancer Patients Get Little Protection From COVID Vaccine
• Many 'High Priority' Patients Aren't Getting Put on Kidney Transplant Lists
• Many Hospitals Ignore Directives of Organ Transplant Waiting Lists: Study
• Many Women May Overestimate Risks From Genes Tied to Breast Cancer
• Massive Gene Study Probes Origins of Depression
• Measuring Up: Scientists Spot Genes Linked to Height
• Men Exposed to Cigarette Smoke in Childhood More Likely to Have Asthmatic Kids
• Men More Prone to Cancer Than Women, But Why?
• Men Often Die Before Women, and the Y Chromosome May Be to Blame
• Microbes in Lungs Could Affect COVID-19 Outcomes
• Million-Person Study Finds Genes Common to Many Addiction Disorders
• Monkey Given Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Still Alive Two Years Later
• More Clues to the Genes Behind Hearing Loss
• More DNA Errors Seen in Brain Cells of Alzheimer's Patients
• More Education May Slow Start of Early-Onset Alzheimer's
• More Evidence COVID Shots Less Effective for People With Weak Immune Systems
• Most Dog Breeds Are Highly Inbred -- and Unhealthy
• Mother and Son Draw Hope, Healing From Shared Cancer Treatment
• Music Lovers' Physiology 'Synchronizes' at Classical Music Concerts
• Mutant Gene Stops At-Risk People From Getting Alzheimer's: Could It Lead to Treatment?
• Neanderthal Poop Provides Clues to  Modern Humans' 'Microbiome'
• Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race
• Need to Pee? Scientists May Have Found the Gene for That
• Nerve Gas Sarin Probably Caused Gulf War Syndrome
• New Approach Allows Safe Transplant of Kidneys Tainted by Hepatitis C
• New Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts
• New Clues to How Ovarian Cancer Begins -- and Might Be Prevented
• New Clues to Sudden Unexplained Deaths in Young Kids
• New Coronavirus Strain More Contagious, Scientists Say
• New Genetic Insights Into Cause of ALS
• New Insights Into Each Parent's Role in the Genetics of Autism
• New Insights Into What Might Drive Parkinson's Disease
• New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
• New 'Mu' Coronavirus Variant Being Watched Closely: Fauci
• New Polio Vaccine Promising in Early Test
• New Research Links Another Gene to Alzheimer's Risk
• New Technique 80% Effective in Selecting a Baby's Gender
• Newly Approved Drug Fights Lung Cancer Tied to Certain Genes
• No 'Fall Back'? Sleep Experts Argue Against Daylight Standard Time
• No Genetic Damage to Kids of Those Exposed to Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: Study
• Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
• On Waitlist for Liver Transplants, Women Die More Often Than Men
• Organ From Live Donor Best When Child Needs New Kidney
• Organs Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe: Study
• Over 60? You Have Billions of Potentially Cancer-Causing Cells
• Pangolins Hold Clues to How COVID-19 Began -- and Might End
• Patients' Genes Raise Odds for Rare Brain Infection When Using Certain Meds
• Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants
• People Are Still Evolving, Creating New Genes
• People on Immune-Suppressing Meds Fare Equally Well With Severe COVID
• Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
• Pig Study Could Lead to Gene Therapy to Prevent Heart Failure
• Poor Sleep Plus Genes Might Raise Some Folks' Asthma Risk
• Race Affects Outcomes for Young Heart Transplant Patients
• Rare But Dangerous Form of Eating Disorder Could Run in Families
• Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
• Research Gives Clues to Why Cancer in One Breast Could Develop in the Other
• Saving the 'Butterfly Children:' Gene Therapy Helps Heal Deadly Blistering Condition
• Science Brings Shortcut to Spotting 50 Rare Genetic Diseases
• Science Reveals Genes That Help Drive Dyslexia
• Science Reveals Secrets of 'Puppy Dog Eyes'
• Scientists Create First Lab Model of Human 'Pre-Embryo' for Research Purposes
• Scientists Create Synthetic Mouse Embryo With Brain, Beating Heart
• Scientists Decode the Y Chromosome, Key to Male Development
• Scientists Devise Way to Keep Donor Hearts Viable Longer
• Scientists Discover Cause of Swallowing Disorder in German Shepherds
• Scientists Discover Rare Form of ALS That Can Strike Kids
• Scientists Discover Secrets of the Cat's Purr
• Scientists Engineer Mosquitoes That Can't Transmit Malaria
• Scientists Gain Insight Into Genetics of Glaucoma
• Scientists Get Close to Genetic Cause of Lupus
• Scientists Get Closer to a Better PSA Test
• Scientists Move Closer to Mapping Entire Human Genome
• Scientists Restore Some Function to Pig Tissues 1 Hour After Death
• Scientists Spot Genes Linked to Raynaud's Phenomenon
• Scientists Spot More Genes Linked to Problem Drinking
• Scientists Track Spirituality in the Human Brain
• Shape, Size of Brain Arteries May Predict Stroke Risk
• Should All U.S. Newborns Undergo Genomic Testing?
• Skeletons May Put Blame on Vikings for Smallpox' Spread
• Smoking Undermines Human DNA That Would Normally Prevent Cancer
• 'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
• Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
• Some Folks Do Age Slower Than Others
• Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo
• Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
• Space Travel Might Weaken Immune System
• Sperm Samples May Help Predict Autism Risk in Offspring
• Stories Get Listeners' Hearts in Sync
• Stranded Dolphins' Brains Show Alzheimer's-Like Changes
• Study Uncovers Large Collection of Genes Behind Schizophrenia
• Success of Smallpox Vaccine Bears Lessons for Coronavirus Vaccine
• Surgeons Perform Transplant of Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Into Second Patient
• The Naked Ape: Science Unravels How Humans Lost Their Body Hair
• There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
• Thinking of Donating a Kidney? New Data Shows It's Safe
• Third Vaccine Dose Can Help Shield Transplant Patients From COVID
• Tiny Mites Are Feeding on Your Skin, But for How Long?
• Too Much Caffeine Might Raise Your Odds for Glaucoma
• Traces of Human DNA Are Everywhere in the Environment
• Treatment Reverses Young Man's Type 1 Diabetes. Will It Last?
• Treatment Reverses Young Man's Type 1 Diabetes. Will It Last?
• Treatment Used on Donated Hearts May Be Useless, Even Harmful: Study
• Two New Studies Point to the Promise of Gene Therapy for High Cholesterol
• U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving
• Various Mental Illnesses Share Same Genes: Study
• Virus Found in Pig Heart Transplanted Into Man Who Later Died
• 'Walking Miracles': Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
• Want That Pill to Work Fast? Your Body Position Matters
• Were You a Big Baby at Birth? Your Infant May Be Also, Study Finds
• What's Behind Unexplained Epilepsy in Kids? A Gene Test May Tell
• When Genes Raise a Mom's Risk for Cancer, Is It OK to Tell Kids?
• When Kidney Transplant Fails, Trying Again Is Best Option: Study
• WHO Calls for Global Registry of Human Genome Editing
• Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important
• Why Are Some People More Sensitive Than Others? Genes May Tell
• Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
• Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?
• Why Some 'Super Ager' Folks Keep Their Minds Dementia-Free
• Will Vaccines Work Against the New Coronavirus Variants?
• Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key
• With Holidays Ahead, COVID Boosters a Must for People With Weak Immune Systems
• Woman Receives 3-D Printed Ear Transplant Made of Human Cells
• Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
• Women's Menstrual Cycles Tied to Moon's Phases
• Worse COVID Illness May Mean Stronger Immune Protection After
• You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer
• You, Your Family and Cancer: How Genetic Counseling Works
• Young, Immune-Compromised Patients Are Hotspots for Coronavirus Mutations: Study
• Your Dog's Behavior Is in Its DNA
• Your Dog's Breed Has Little Influence on Behavior, Study Finds
• Your Genes May Affect How You'll Heal If Wounded
• Your Height Could Be a Factor in Disease Risk
• Your Liver Is Just 3 Years Old
• Your Sex Affects Your Genes for Body Fat, Cancer, Birth Weight
• Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes
• You've Got Tens of Thousands of Virus Species Living in Your Gut