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- Bats bolster brain hypothesis, maybe technology, too
- Experimental chikungunya vaccine induces robust antibody response
- Food allergies more widespread among inner-city children
- New frontiers in fecal microbiota transplantation
- Computation, collaboration lead to significant advance in malaria
| Bats bolster brain hypothesis, maybe technology, too Posted: 15 Aug 2014 07:23 AM PDT Bats demonstrate remarkable skill in tracking targets such as bugs through the trees in the dark of night. Decades of research on how bats use echolocation to keep a focus on their targets not only lends support to a long debated neuroscience hypothesis about vision but also could lead to smarter sonar and radar technologies. |
| Experimental chikungunya vaccine induces robust antibody response Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:21 PM PDT An experimental vaccine to prevent the mosquito-borne viral illness chikungunya elicited neutralizing antibodies in all 25 adult volunteers who participated in a recent early-stage clinical trial. The most distinctive symptom of chikungunya infection is severe joint pain accompanied by headache and fever. There are currently no vaccines or specific drug treatments for chikungunya. |
| Food allergies more widespread among inner-city children Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:12 PM PDT Already known for their higher-than-usual risk of asthma and environmental allergies, young inner-city children appear to suffer disproportionately from food allergies as well, according to results of a study. "Our findings are a wake-up call, signaling an urgent need to unravel the causes, contributors and mechanisms that drive the high prevalence of food allergies among an already vulnerable group known for its high risk of asthma and environmental allergies," says the senior investigator. |
| New frontiers in fecal microbiota transplantation Posted: 14 Aug 2014 09:45 AM PDT Fecal microbiota transplantation is one of the most innovative new treatments of the 21st century. New research highlights significant advances in this field, and confirms the promise of FMT to advance our understanding of GI disease and aid in the development of new microbiome-based therapeutics to treat a broad range of GI disorders. |
| Computation, collaboration lead to significant advance in malaria Posted: 14 Aug 2014 09:43 AM PDT A new computational method has been developed to study the function of disease-causing genes, starting with an important new discovery about a gene associated with malaria -- one of the biggest global health burdens. The researchers came up with a computational method that allows biological information to literally flow from gene to gene across a massive network across many genomes, known as the "supergenomic" network. |
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