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Sylvester Breast Cancer Researchers Win Prestigious Department Of Defense Grant To Expand Study Of African-American Women
Breast cancer researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have been awarded a prestigious Department of Defense Synergistic Idea Award, one of just 12 such grants in the United States. The $725,000 research grant over two years will allow Lisa Baumbach, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics at the Miller School, and Mark Pegram, M.D., professor of medicine and associate director for clinical and translational research at the Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at Sylvester, to expand their work examining the genetic differences found in African-American breast cancer patients.
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LSUHSC Dental Researcher Funded To Develop Better Dental Materials
Xiaoming, Xu, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Biomaterials Research at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Dentistry, has been awarded a grant in the amount of $1.77 million over four years by the National Institutes of Health to develop new antibacterial, fluoride-releasing, and bioactive dental materials including dental composites, bonding agents, and sealants. Currently most dental fillings and cosmetic restorations, including bonding and veneers, are done with resin-based dental composites - tooth-colored, plastic, and glass materials. Dr. Xu is working to develop the next generation of dental materials designed to reduce the secondary cavities that often develop around dental resin-based composite fillings as they shrink, causing them to fail. The new materials are expected to reduce secondary cavities and to prolong the life of restorations.
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New Research Points To Gender Relationships Between Parents And Their Children As Vital Factor In Childhood Obesity
The relationships between children and their parent of the same gender in the earliest years of life could be the key to understanding why some young people become obese and others do not, new research conducted by the EarlyBird Diabetes Study has shown.
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Genetic Code Cracked Of Organisms Behind Fungal Disease

Scientists have unlocked the code for the building blocks of fungal organisms which are responsible for mild as well as potentially deadly infections in people. Cracking the genetic code of six species of Candida - the most common cause of fungal infection worldwide - is a major step towards finding new therapies for treating the health problems caused by these organisms. Candida albicans is perhaps best known to most as it can cause thrush in women and babies, although this is easily treated. However several Candida species can pose a far more serious threat to people whose immune systems are compromised, leaving them vulnerable to fungal infections. These include cancer and trauma patients and those who have undergone bone and organ transplants. Now in a paper published in Nature an international team of scientists - including University of Aberdeen researchers - report that they have cracked and analysed the genetic code of six Candida species. Professor Neil Gow, Chair in Microbiology at the University of Aberdeen, said: "This is a landmark paper in the field of fungal research. "Understanding the genome sequences of these Candida species gives us a blueprint for increasing our understanding of the diseases caused by these organisms. "Some species of Candida can cause serious and life threatening infections in patients whose immune systems are suppressed which makes them more susceptible to fungal infections. "The mortality rate of someone who has contracted septicaemia caused by Candida is about 30% to 40%. "While understanding the genetic make-up of Candida does not in itself give us a cure or a new treatment, it does give us a toolbox for tackling the organisms. "Our findings will help define future fungal studies and also help speed up progress in developing new therapies for combating Candida infections." Professor Neil Gow, Dr Carol Munro, Dr Carol Munro, Professor Al Brown, Dr Ian Stansfield and Dr Steven Bate were the Aberdeen researchers who were part of the international collaboration that analysed the genome sequencing that was decoded by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Their subsequent findings also revealed the relationships of Candida species to each other and discovered why some species seem to have lost the ability to mate. University of Aberdeen


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