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The Warrior Gene: A Mirage?


Individuals with decreased levels of monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) activity display more aggressive tendencies; however, environmental stressors such as childhood abuse can magnify the effec...
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The Role of Non-Coding RNA in Potential Cancer Therapeutics


Introduction The major underlying cause of oncogenesis, the formation of tumors, is dysregulated expression of certain genes in crucial growth regulatory pathways. Recently, research has...
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GGTA1 Editing in Porcine Cardiac Xenotransplantation


Xenotransplantation, the process of transplanting tissues or organs of one species to another species, has recently received much attention on behalf of the University of Maryland Medicin...
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Improving accuracy of coronary artery disease diagnosis with biomarker-based machine learning models


We hypothesize that by utilizing CatBoost and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), biomarker and electrocardiogram-based machine learning models can predict whether a patient has coronar...
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CRISPR/Cas-9 Gene Editing: Making Porcine Xenotransplantation a Viable Treatment Option for End Stage Renal Disease


End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD): From 2000 to 2019, the incident count of newly diagnosed patients with ESRD (the final stage of Chronic Kidney Disease) has drastically increased from 94,...
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ADHD: How genetic predispositions and parental environment interact to impact the severity of ADHD


Section 1: Overview of ADHD ADHD affects around 6 million children between the ages of 3 and 17.1 Of the children diagnosed with ADHD, about 60% of them have symptoms that persist into a...