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New Study Suggests Pregnant Women Should Avoid Caffeine Altogether. Here’s Why

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The results did not differ based on fast or slow caffeine metabolism genotype. Until we learn more, our results suggest it might be prudent to limit or forego caffeine-containing beverages during pregnancy,” Dr. Grantz said in a news release from the NIH.

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BridgeBio Pharma’s Nulibry Approved as First Treatment for Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency Type A

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Molybdopterins are a class of cofactors found in most molybdenum-containing and all tungsten-containing enzymes. In the analysis involving 31 patients, 13 were treated with Nulibry and compared to 18 genotype-matched untreated patients from the history control group.

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Why Proviral DNA Drug Resistance Testing is Useful in Guiding Treatment Decisions for HIV-1 Patients

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Proviral DNA Genotyping. Moreover, drug-resistant virus in proviral DNA could lead to viral rebound if latently infected cells containing drug-resistant proviral DNA become activated. In other words, what is the concordance between proviral resistance results and the historical archive by traditional virus genotyping?

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10 Key Learnings from Successful Cellular and Gene Therapy Trials for Rare Diseases

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These are, in my view, the most valid comparisons, particularly in inherited diseases where the genotype is obviously the same in each individual patient, and as a consequence, the difference in phenotype after gene therapy is a true difference,” he adds. As a result, there are several EU regulations and directives to follow.

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Type 1 Diabetes Vaccine: Does Diamyd Have a Winning Formula?

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Specifically, the vaccine contains human recombinant glutamate decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) protein conjugated to aluminum hydroxide (GAD-alum). The vaccine triggers an immune response against pro-inflammatory processes resulting from autoimmune attack of the pancreas – the inflammation helps to destroy the insulin-producing ?-islet

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Biorepositories as a Guiding Resource for Research & Drug Discovery

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Through these collaborations, cohort research dataset sharing programs allow for whole-genome sequence and genotype data to be made available for independent research. Now, if all you’ve already got is a bioresource of 20,000 people that have already been genotyped, you can choose those from that sample and focus your effort.”.

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HFpEF vs. HFrEF: How To Improve Heart Failure Drug Development

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For example, the sequence environment around the ADRA2B gene contains many other nearby genes, so a simple approach to SNP selection would generate spurious results. Though the HERMES, and the related 2010 CHARGE study, performed large heart failure genomic association analysis, both consortia relied on genotyping and self-reported data.