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Monday, April 9, 2012

ScienceDaily: Top Health News

ScienceDaily: Top Health News


Sugar production switch in liver may offer target for new diabetes therapies

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 12:06 PM PDT

A newly discovered molecular switch controls liver glucose production and may represent a new avenue for treating insulin-resistant type II diabetes.

New 'genetic bar code' technique establishes ability to derive DNA information from RNA

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 12:06 PM PDT

Researchers have developed a method to derive enough DNA information from non-DNA sources—such as RNA—to clearly identify individuals whose biological data are stored in massive research repositories. The approach may raise questions regarding the ability to protect individual identity when high-dimensional data are collected for research purposes.

Genes identified in common childhood obesity

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 12:06 PM PDT

Genetics researchers have identified at least two new gene variants that increase the risk of common childhood obesity. The meta-analysis is the largest-ever genome-wide study of the common condition.

Emergence of artemisinin resistance on Thai-Myanmar border raises spectre of untreatable malaria

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 12:05 PM PDT

The most deadly species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is becoming resistant to the front line treatment for malaria on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, according to new evidence. This increases concern that resistance could now spread to India and then Africa. Eliminating malaria might then prove impossible.

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