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Maternal Mortality Declining But Still Above Goal

Maternal mortality rates have dropped substantially over the past quarter century but still are not declining fast enough to meet ambitious international goals for eradicat...

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CRISPR Technique Could ‘Turn Off’ Muscular Dystrophy Gene, Study Says

A recent paper published in the journal Molecular Therapy found that, at least for one disease, that may be possible very soon. According to lead resear...

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Sustainable Development

CRISPR Technique Could ‘Turn Off’ Muscular Dystrophy Gene, Study Says

A recent paper published in the journal Molecular Therapy found that, at least for one disease, that may be possible very soon. According to lead resear...

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Health

MD/Phd Student Expanding Research And Advocacy For Health Care In India

UMass Medical School students are working in Gujarat, India, this summer to improve health care in the mostly low-income rural region. They are conducting health disparitie...

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Sustainable Development

Indian scientist Kamal Bawa gets Midori Prize in Biodiversity

Indian scientist Kamal Bawa, a distinguished professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, has won the 2014 Midori Prize in Biodiversity for his resear...

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Health

UNH Research Finds Unemployment Restricts Access to Kidney Transplants

If they are unemployed or work part-time, people in end-stage kidney failure in need of a kidney transplant are much less likely to be placed on a waiting list for a new ki...

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