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Monday, September 3, 2012

ScienceDaily: Top Science News

ScienceDaily: Top Science News


Design help for drug cocktails for HIV patients: Mathematical model helps design efficient multi-drug therapies

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:32 AM PDT

For years, doctors treating those with HIV have recognized a relationship between how faithfully patients take the drugs they prescribe, and how likely the virus is to develop drug resistance. New research is helping to explain why those differences exist, and may help doctors quickly and cheaply design new combinations of drugs that are less likely to result in resistance.

Can’t smell anything? Discovery may give you hope

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:31 AM PDT

Scientists have restored the sense of smell in mice through gene therapy for the first time -- a hopeful sign for people who can't smell anything from birth or lose it due to disease. The achievement in curing congenital anosmia may also aid research on other conditions that also stem from problems with the cilia.

Heavy drinking rewires brain, increasing susceptibility to anxiety problems

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:31 AM PDT

After chronic alcohol exposure, mice are unable to control a learned fear response, shedding light on the link between alcoholism and anxiety problems like post-traumatic stress disorder.

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