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Super-resistant soil bacteria can thrive on antibiotics
It turns out that hundreds of bacteria can actually 'eat' antibiotics, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School. The scientific team isolated bacteria in soil and fed them 18 different Read more...
Key target found for new pneumonia vaccine
A protein may hold the key to a new vaccine that could effectively target pneumonia, according to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Jay K. Kolls, MD, chief of the Division of Pediatric Read more...
Wellcome Trust plans spike in research spending
The UK's Wellcome Trust says it will pump up its research spending by 60 percent over the next five years as it ambitiously seeks a better understanding of diseases at a genetic level. The funding Read more...
Screening method IDs host of HIV drug targets
A team at Harvard Medical School--led by the geneticist Dr. Stephen J. Elledge--has opened up a new slate of drug targets, identifying 273 proteins that aid HIV reproduction in cells. Because the Read more...
VaxInnate in a race to produce 'universal' flu vaccine
VaxInnate is in a tight race to develop the first "universal" flu vaccine that would be able to tackle a Read more...
New vaccine may stop, slow Alzheimer's
Scientists at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation are reporting success in advancing an experimental, preclinical vaccine that can prevent or slow Alzheimer's. The researchers, led by Dr. Jordan Read more...
LRPR1: A new target for obesity, diabetes
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have identified a new target for drug developers out to control obesity and diabetes. David Hui, PhD, and colleagues say that they knocked out adipocyte Read more...
Insights on Alzheimer's offers clues for new drugs
Gene mutations in the A beta protein are assisting these proteins in clumping together, which in turn is promoting Alzheimer's, according to a scientific team at UCLA. The researchers say that a new Read more...
Blood test accurate in identifying Alzheimer's
A team of scientists primarily led by researchers at Stanford University say they have developed a blood test that is 90 percent accurate in identifying Alzheimer's, often years before its worst Read more...
Compounds that rev up SSRI drugs
A researcher has identified a method for boosting the activity of antidepression drugs--an advance that could revolutionize the way these therapies work. Huge amounts of Read more...
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