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Friday 16 October 2009
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FDA To Investigate Quality Of Life Problems Following LASIK Eye Surgery
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
The US Food and Drug Administration has launched a collaborative study to investigate the potential impact of Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) eye surgery on patients' quality of life...
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Pain-Related Placebo Effect Detected In Spinal Cord
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
Researchers in Germany found that when they treated volunteers with a placebo that they believed to be a painkiller, scans showed reduced signs of pain-related activity in their spinal cords...
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Scientists Map First Complete Human Epigenome, The Driver Of Gene Expression
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
When scientists mapped the DNA sequence of 3 billion bases in the human genome they uncovered the master blueprint of what makes a human being; now a team in the US has produced a high resolution map of the first complete...
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