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Strong evidence for causal link between obesity and multiple diseases

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA A new study, led by Professor Elina Hyppönen from UniSA’s Australian Centre for Precision Health, presents the strongest evidence yet of a causal relationship between obesity and a wide range of serious conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and neurological, musculoskeletal and respiratory afflictions.  The study, published in Lancet Digital Health, draws data from the UK Biobank – a...

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German Research Advances in Cancer and Blood Disorders Reported in Human Gene Therapy

New Rochelle, NY, October 18, 2017—Virotherapy capable of destroying tumor cells and activating anti-tumor immune reactions, and the use of engineered hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to deliver replacement genes that have the potential to cure blood diseases are among the key areas of gene therapy being advanced by German researchers and highlighted in a special...