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• Biologists develop method for antibiotic susceptibility testing
• Scientists overcome missing data to demonstrate ART effectiveness in HIV-infected infants
• Tumor-suppressing gene works by restraining mobile genetic elements that can lead to genomic instability
• Fiber-rich diet may reduce lung disease
• Brain levels of vitamin B12 decrease with age and are prematurely low in people with autism and schizophrenia
• Most cases of brain-damaged newborns not due to mismanaged deliveries
• Are football players too obese?
• Patients who are not prescribed opioids find more improvements in physical function
• A defense protein that causes cancer
• Estrogen supplements may protect against dementia
• Screening gets top marks for picking up bowel cancer early

Biologists develop method for antibiotic susceptibility testing Posted: 22 Jan 2016 04:43 PM PST A team of biologists and biomedical researchers has developed a new method to determine if bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics within a few hours, an advance that could slow the appearance of drug resistance and allow doctors to more rapidly identify the appropriate treatment for patients with life threatening bacterial infections.

Scientists overcome missing data to demonstrate ART effectiveness in HIV-infected infants Posted: 22 Jan 2016 04:43 PM PST Scientists have demonstrated that the issue of missing data can be successfully overcome using appropriate statistical methods, and as a result, they were able to show how early initiation of ART in infants allows the infant's immune system to be properly reconstructed.

Tumor-suppressing gene works by restraining mobile genetic elements that can lead to genomic instability Posted: 22 Jan 2016 02:09 PM PST The most commonly mutated gene in cancer, p53, works to prevent tumor formation by keeping mobile elements in check that otherwise lead to genomic instability, researchers have found.

Fiber-rich diet may reduce lung disease Posted: 22 Jan 2016 11:54 AM PST A diet rich in fiber may not only protect against diabetes and heart disease, it may reduce the risk of developing lung disease, according to new research.

Brain levels of vitamin B12 decrease with age and are prematurely low in people with autism and schizophrenia Posted: 22 Jan 2016 11:47 AM PST A new study has found that Vitamin B12 levels in the brain are significantly decreased in the elderly and are much lower in individuals with autism or schizophrenia, as compared to their peers at similar ages.

Most cases of brain-damaged newborns not due to mismanaged deliveries Posted: 22 Jan 2016 09:26 AM PST A new study is providing new evidence that the vast majority of babies who are born with severe brain damage are not the result of mismanaged deliveries.

Are football players too obese? Posted: 22 Jan 2016 09:26 AM PST In the world of American football, there is a stigma that players need to increase their overall body size to make an impact on the field. But, new research from a movement science professor suggests that being bigger doesn't mean being better -- or healthier. Exercise scientists set out to determine how body size has changed in college and professional football players over the past 70 years.

Patients who are not prescribed opioids find more improvements in physical function Posted: 22 Jan 2016 09:26 AM PST Opioids may help some patients suffering neuropathic pain, but do not help with mobility and function, according to researchers.

A defense protein that causes cancer Posted: 22 Jan 2016 07:38 AM PST Cancer is caused by the growth of an abnormal cell which harbours DNA mutations. A few years ago, scientists have identified an important mutagen which lies in our own cells: APOBEC, a protein that usually functions as protecting agent against viral infection. Today geneticist have deciphered how APOBEC takes advantage of a weakness in our DNA replication process to induce mutations in our genome.

Estrogen supplements may protect against dementia Posted: 22 Jan 2016 05:38 AM PST Women who take estrogen supplements from before or at the start of menopause and continue with them for a few years have better preserved brain structure, which may reduce the risk of dementia.

Screening gets top marks for picking up bowel cancer early Posted: 22 Jan 2016 05:34 AM PST Bowel cancer is more likely to be diagnosed at the earliest stage if it is picked up by screening, according to new figures.

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