GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Using a new method to identify networks of infection-fighting genes, scientists writing in today’s (Aug. 31) online edition of Nature say more than 15 percent of our genes are mobilized to defend against microbial attacks.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Women with breast cancer who undergo lumpectomy could avoid a return trip to the operating room, thanks to a laboratory test that quickly confirms whether surgeons have removed the entire tumor — before their patients head home, University of Florida physicians report.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Genes can keep elderly people from benefiting equally from exercise, no matter how much effort they expend, according to research findings published in today’s (Aug. 10) Journal of the American Medical Association.