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Loss Of Male Sex Chromosome Leads To An Earlier Death For Men

The Shrinking Y Chromosome

The loss of the male sex chromosome as many men age causes the heart muscle to scar and can lead to deadly heart failure, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine shows. The finding may help explain why men die, on average, several years younger than women. UVA researcher Kenneth Walsh, Ph.D., …

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Biotech Lung On A Chip Simulating Lung Disease

Biotech Lung On A Chip Simulating Lung Disease

Innovative new biotechnology could reduce cost and time of developing medicines to treat lung disease such as pulmonary fibrosis, as published in the journal Nature Communications.    It is difficult to develop new medicines to treat pulmonary fibrosis due to it being difficult to mimic how the disease damages and scars lung tissue over time, …

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