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- Powerful new approach to attack flu virus
- Super-sensitive tests could detect diseases earlier
- Disease that stunts infants' growth traced to same gene that makes kids grow too fast
- Discovery expected to shift research direction in lupus and asthma
- Garlic constituent blocks biofilm formation, could benefit cystic fibrosis patients and others
- Genes culled from desert soils suggest potential medical resource
- Locating ground zero: How the brain's emergency workers find the disaster area
- New approach to regulating probiotics recommended
| Powerful new approach to attack flu virus Posted: 27 May 2012 12:38 PM PDT Scientists have manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics. The research demonstrates ways to use manufactured genes as antivirals, which disable key functions of the flu virus.  |
| Super-sensitive tests could detect diseases earlier Posted: 27 May 2012 12:37 PM PDT Scientists have developed an ultra-sensitive test that should enable them to detect signs of a disease in its earliest stages.  |
| Disease that stunts infants' growth traced to same gene that makes kids grow too fast Posted: 27 May 2012 12:36 PM PDT Geneticists have identified the mutation responsible for IMAGe syndrome, a rare disorder that stunts infants' growth. The twist? The mutation occurs on the same gene for a disease that makes cells grow too fast, leading to extra-large children.  |
| Discovery expected to shift research direction in lupus and asthma Posted: 27 May 2012 12:36 PM PDT Newfound details of the immune system suggest a role for never-before-considered drug classes in the treatment of allergic and autoimmune diseases, according to a new study. The results advance the current understanding of the way the body's initial, vague reaction to any invading organism expands into a precise and massive counterattack.  |
| Garlic constituent blocks biofilm formation, could benefit cystic fibrosis patients and others Posted: 27 May 2012 08:55 AM PDT E Pluribus Unum, the de facto motto of the United States, could just as well apply to biofilm-forming bacteria. Bacterial biofilms are far more resistant than individual bacteria to the armories of antibiotics we have devised to combat them. Now researchers have pinpointed a constituent of garlic that attacks a key step in the development of biofilms, in an effort they hope may offer help in particular for patients with cystic fibrosis.  |
| Genes culled from desert soils suggest potential medical resource Posted: 27 May 2012 08:50 AM PDT Despite their ecologic similarity, soils from three geographically distinct areas of the American southwest harbor vastly different collections of small, biosynthetic genes, a finding that suggests the existence of a far greater diversity of potentially useful products than was previously supposed.  |
| Locating ground zero: How the brain's emergency workers find the disaster area Posted: 24 May 2012 09:30 AM PDT Scientists have discovered exactly how cells called microglia detect the site of brain injury – a finding that paves the way for new medical approaches to conditions where microglia's ability to locate hazardous material is compromised, like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.  |
| New approach to regulating probiotics recommended Posted: 24 May 2012 08:25 AM PDT Scientists call for a Category Tree system to be implemented in the United States and Europe to better inform consumers about probiotics.  |
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