Researchers can now create mice with the same genetic defects and test potential treatments on them, or study the progress of the disease.

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Dr Marina Singh is sent into the Amazon to investigate the progress of a fertility study that her mentor from medical school, Dr Annick Swenson, is conducting in secret.

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Mass producing stem cells to screen drugs and study the progress of disease is not the sexier side of the field.

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But the latest study attempted to take this into account by following the progress of children born in hospitals in Belarus, some of which ran breastfeeding promotion schemes to boost rates across all groups.

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The grant will be used in part to study whether earlier intervention can slow or stop the progress of the disease.

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By taking this broader view, companies would make progress on one of the principal deficiencies pointed out in the NACD study: the need for better risk management.

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Suicidal thinking, also known as suicidal ideation, doesn't always progress to suicidal behavior (none of the participants attempted suicide during the study).

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By contrast, the more complex National Assessment of Educational Progress test is designed to study average performance.

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The global rankings are the result of two studies - the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS).

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Last week, a study from Case Western reported that at least 20% of the information in most physician progress notes was copy-and-pasted from previous notes.

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