Archive: 14/08/2014

Long antibiotic treatments: Slowly growing bacteria to blame

Whether pneumonia or sepsis – infectious diseases are becoming increasingly difficult to treat. One reason for this is the growing antibiotic resistance. But even non-resistant bacteria can survive antibiotics for some ...

Aug 14, 2014

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Early antibiotic exposure leads to lifelong metabolic disturbances in mice

A new study published today in Cell suggests that antibiotic exposure during a critical window of early development disrupts the bacterial landscape of the gut, home to trillions of diverse microbes, and permanently reprograms ...

Aug 14, 2014

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Researchers identify a brain 'switchboard' important in attention and sleep

Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and elsewhere, using a mouse model, have recorded the activity of individual nerve cells in a small part of the brain that works as a "switchboard," directing signals coming from ...

Aug 14, 2014

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Genetic signal prevents immune cells from turning against the body

When faced with pathogens, the immune system summons a swarm of cells made up of soldiers and peacekeepers. The peacekeeping cells tell the soldier cells to halt fighting when invaders are cleared. Without this cease-fire ...

Aug 14, 2014

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Computation and collaboration lead to significant advance in malaria

Researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new computational method to study the function of disease-causing genes, starting with an important new discovery about a gene associated with malaria – one ...

Aug 14, 2014

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Antibodies, together with viral 'inducers,' found to control HIV in mice

Although HIV can now be effectively suppressed using anti-retroviral drugs, it still comes surging back the moment the flow of drugs is stopped. Latent reservoirs of HIV-infected cells, invisible to the body's immune system ...

Aug 14, 2014

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Researchers identify a mechanism that stops progression of abnormal cells into cancer

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) report that a tumor suppressor pathway, called the Hippo pathway, is responsible for sensing abnormal chromosome numbers in cells and triggering cell cycle arrest, ...

Aug 14, 2014

Researchers develop strategy to combat genetic ALS, FTD

A team of researchers at Mayo Clinic and The Scripps Research Institute in Florida have developed a new therapeutic strategy to combat the most common genetic risk factor for the neurodegenerative disorders amyotrophic lateral ...

Aug 14, 2014

High prevalence of opioid use by Social Security disability recipients, reports Medical Care

More than 40 percent of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) recipients take opioid pain relievers, while the prevalence of chronic opioid use is over 20 percent and rising, reports a study in the September issue of ...

Aug 14, 2014

Novel treatment strengthens bones in genetic disease neurofibromatosis type-1

An enzyme therapy may prevent skeletal abnormalities associated with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type-1, Vanderbilt investigators have discovered.

Aug 14, 2014

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Archive: 14/08/2014

Long antibiotic treatments: Slowly growing bacteria to blame

Early antibiotic exposure leads to lifelong metabolic disturbances in mice

Researchers identify a brain 'switchboard' important in attention and sleep

Genetic signal prevents immune cells from turning against the body

Computation and collaboration lead to significant advance in malaria

Antibodies, together with viral 'inducers,' found to control HIV in mice

Researchers identify a mechanism that stops progression of abnormal cells into cancer

Researchers develop strategy to combat genetic ALS, FTD

High prevalence of opioid use by Social Security disability recipients, reports Medical Care

Novel treatment strengthens bones in genetic disease neurofibromatosis type-1

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