Charity News from Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2004Switching Off Gene Prevents Epilepsy in MiceDuke University Medical Center | Neurobiologists have found that switching off a single gene for a neuronal protein prevents epilepsy in a mouse model of human epilepsy. Their research offers the hope of drugs that could prevent the alterations in the brain that cause epilepsy. Hopkins Study Offers Guidelines For Food Allergy Testing Johns Hopkins Medicine | A blood test that measures food-specific allergy antibodies can be used to help pediatric allergists with the difficult decision of when to reintroduce a food that a child has been allergic to, say researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. No Abdominal Incisions -- Or Scars -- With New Surgery Tools And Technique Johns Hopkins Medicine | Surgeries performed with specialized medical devices requiring only small incisions, called laparoscopic surgery, have many advantages over traditional open surgery, including less pain, fewer complications and quicker recoveries.
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