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Where bacteria get their genes

... with a species of Streptococcus and can therefore prescribe an appropriate antibiotic. If you couldn't classify bacteria because they have genes from all over, doctors wouldn't be able to do this." The research report is published in the current issue of PLoS Biology, available on www.plosbiology.org. Ochman...

FDA Works To Speed The Advent Of New, More Effective Personalized Medicines

...be able to analyze a patient's genetic profile and prescribe the best available drug therapy and dose from the start. Both the guidance and a new Web page are part of a broad effort underway at FDA to foster pharmacogenomics during drug development. FDA also recently approved the first laboratory test, the Am...

Shift of weather patterns necessitates rethinking of reforestation methods

...ughty conditions, Taylor said. Traditional methods prescribe planting in the winter, but conditions ?primarily soil moisture and availability of planting crews ?may mean planting isn't done until late March. A decade or more ago, East Texas weather patterns favored success with this planting strategy. Relative...

UNC launches study of liver injury caused by drugs

... injury, physicians are understandably hesitant to prescribe it, even if it may provide the best benefit for that patient," said Dr. Mark Russo, assistant professor of medicine and DILIN investigator at UNC. One goal of the network is to develop testing that will identify patients who are at risk and, therefo...

Youth With HIV Take More Risks After New Meds Introduced

...HAART. "It may be that physicians are reluctant to prescribe antiretroviral medications to certain subpopulations of youth, such as substance-using youth, because they fear the youth will not adhere to the treatment regimen." According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one-quarter of the 40,0...

Asthma gene clusters identified

...oal is to provide physicians the data they need to prescribe the most effective medications, discover new therapies and to help prevent disease," he said. Ultimately, Dr. Hershey's goal would be to identify gene profiles that are expressed during asthma that are exacerbated by different factors, such as exerc...

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