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The Key To Most Evolutionary Change In Bacteria Is Gene ‘Relocation’
In a new study, scientists at the University of Maryland and the Institut Pasteur show that bacteria evolve new abilities, such as antibiotic resistance, predominantly by acquiring genes from other bacteria. The…
Research Shows How Bacteria Stay Ahead Of Vaccines And Antibiotics
New research provides the first detailed genetic picture of an evolutionary war between Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria and the vaccines and antibiotics used against it over recent decades. Large-scale genome sequencing reveals patterns…
Disparities In Physician Demographics Linked To Patient Disparities
Significant disparities exist between the race of kidney disease patients and that of the physicians who will care for them, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical…
Scientists Link Protein To The Insulation Of The Nervous System’s Wiring
This finding has particular importance because several neurodevelopmental disorders have recently been linked to genetic mutations in the complex developmental cascade containing Erk and its sister proteins. Researchers at the University of…
Secondhand Smoke Laws May Reduce Childhood Ear Infections
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers and colleagues from Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society have found that a reduction in secondhand smoking in American homes was associated with fewer…
MSP criticises back treatment care
Scots patients being treated for chronic back pain in England should be given more specialist care closer to home, an MSP has said. The call was made as figures revealed 21 people…
‘Current outbreak of H1N1 not over yet’
The current outbreak of H1N1 influenza is not over yet, according to a health official. This flu strand will most likely continue until April, Bassam Hijjawi, director of the health ministry’s disease…
MoH’s corporate fund signs cooperation pact with college of American pathologists
Health Ministry Corporate Fund has signed a cooperation pact with the College of American Pathologists (CAP) to conduct an Accreditation Readiness Assessment Program (CARA) to enhance the Quality of Medical Laboratories in…
Chicken pox cases rise at Eastern Province schools
The incidences of chicken pox have risen among schoolchildren in the greater Dammam area, and schools are being urged to take the necessary precautions to halt the spread of this disease, a…
Thousands with irregular heartbeat ‘unaware of stroke risk’
Thousands of people are unaware they are at high risk of suffering a stroke because they have an irregular heartbeat. Two out of three people do not know the warning signs of…
Muscat Eye Laser Center to host renowned surgeon
Renowned Japanese eye surgeon Prof Takayuki Akahoshi (pictured), returns to Muscat next month in line with a commitment by local host, Muscat Eye Laser Center, to enabling the delivery of truly world-class…
Mini-strokes create lasting damage to the brain
A new research has suggested transient ischemic attack (TIA), also known as a mini-stroke, creates lasting damage to the brain. The stroke research team, led by Lara Boyd, of the Brain Research…
Exposure to worm infection in the womb cuts eczema risk
A new study has suggested that exposure to worm infections in the womb may protect a newborn infant from developing eczema. The research supports the so-called ”hygiene hypothesis”, which proposes that exposure…
China on verge of stem cell breakthrough
China is on the verge of achieving a breakthrough in stem cell research, says a top scientist in the field. Zhou Qi, chief scientist with the stem cell research project at the…