GEN Sounds of Science July 13, 2017]Findings from a new study published in PLOS Pathogens by investigators at the University of Michigan and the FDA underscores the importance of calcium in Clostridium difficile spore germination.Study Link: http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1006443

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GEN Sounds of Science June 29, 2017A research team from Vanderbilt University, University of North Carolina, and Gilead Sciences has just released new findings in Science Translational Medicine describing how a new antiviral drug candidate inhibits a broad range of coronaviruses, including SARS and MERS.Link to artice: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/9/396/eaal3653

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GEN Sounds of Science June 19, 2017Team believes a rational therapeutic design approach will allow scientists to transform how the disease is tackled. Quantum dot technology also should be applicable to other autoimmune diseases as well.

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GEN Sounds of Science May 25, 2017A synthetic, soft tissue retina developed by an Oxford University doctoral chemistry student could offer fresh hope for visually impaired people.

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GEN Sounds of Science May 19, 2017Sara Radcliffe, president and CEO of the California Life Sciences Association, discusses where Scott Gottlieb, M.D., is most likely to impact biopharma, and what the industry hopes he will accomplish as the FDA’s new commissioner.

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GEN Sounds of Science May 4, 2017A new test not only rapidly and inexpensively detects Zika virus in mosquitoes and human bodily fluids, but can also distinguish between African and Asian strains. Listen now for more details!http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/9/388/eaag0538

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GEN Sounds of Science April 14, 2017New research may eventually lead to orally ingestible bacteria for monitoring gut health and disease—with the ultimate goal being the development of a home inflammation test.

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GEN Sounds of Science April 7, 2017Mary Woolley, President of Research!America, which advocates for medical and health research funding, talks about how her group and other advocates plan to fight back against President Donald Trump’s one-two punch to NIH funding. Researchers will be key to those efforts, she says.

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GEN Sounds of Science April 3, 2017McGill University researchers may have found a natural way to cut down on antibiotic use without sacrificing health.

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GEN Sounds of Science March 16, 2017A recent study suggest that children with sensitive genotypes who come from low-income homes will be less financially successful than their same sex sibling without those genotypes. But children with those same genotypes from a high-income home would actually fare better economically as young adults than their brother or sister.

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