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NIH-funded vaccine for West Nile virus enters human clinical trials
A clinical trial of a new investigational vaccine designed to protect against West Nile Virus infection will be sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The experimental...
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NCI-MATCH trial will link targeted cancer drugs to gene abnormalities
Investigators for the nationwide trial in U.S., NCI-MATCH: Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice, announced on June 1 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago that the precision medicine trial will open to...
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Boys More Likely to Have Antipsychotics Prescribed, Regardless of Age
Boys are more likely than girls to receive a prescription for antipsychotic medication regardless of age, researchers have found. Approximately 1.5 percent of boys ages 10-18 received an antipsychotic prescription in 2010, although the percentage...
Could Blue Eyes Raise Odds for Alcoholism?