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• Researchers have breakthrough on how persistent bacteria avoid antibiotics
• Fate of eels
• Extensive use of antibiotics in agriculture creating public health crisis, study shows
• New genetic risk factor for type 2 diabetes revealed
• Walking the walk: What sharks, honeybees and humans have in common
• Cone snails are for life, not just at Christmas
• Attacking fungal infection, one of world's major killers

Researchers have breakthrough on how persistent bacteria avoid antibiotics Posted: 29 Dec 2013 08:20 AM PST The mechanism by which some bacteria are able to survive antibacterial treatment has been revealed for the first time.  Their work could pave the way for new ways to control such bacteria.

Fate of eels Posted: 26 Dec 2013 11:31 AM PST The European eel is one of the world's many critically endangered species. Comprehensive protection is difficult because many details of the eel's complex life cycle remain unknown. In a multidisciplinary study, biologists and oceanographers recently demonstrated the crucial influence of ocean currents on eel recruitment. They did so by using, among others, a state-of-the-art ocean model, in combination with genetic studies.

Extensive use of antibiotics in agriculture creating public health crisis, study shows Posted: 26 Dec 2013 08:53 AM PST Citing an overabundance in the use of antibiotics by the agriculture and aquaculture industries that poses a threat to public health, an economics professor has proposed a solution in the form of user fees on the non-human use of antibiotics.

New genetic risk factor for type 2 diabetes revealed Posted: 26 Dec 2013 08:53 AM PST An international team of researchers in Mexico and the United States has uncovered a new genetic clue that contributes to an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, particularly the elevated risk among Mexican and other Latin American populations.

Walking the walk: What sharks, honeybees and humans have in common Posted: 23 Dec 2013 03:19 PM PST In the first study of human hunter-gatherer movement patterns, a team led by UA anthropologist David Raichlen has found that the tribe's movements while foraging can be described by a mathematical pattern called a Lévy walk -- a pattern that also is found in the movements of many other animals, from sharks to honey bees.

Cone snails are for life, not just at Christmas Posted: 23 Dec 2013 03:13 PM PST Those who fly to tropical shores this Christmas in search of sea and sun may be unaware that an exotic shell picked from the beach could potentially bring relief to many thousands of people suffering life-threatening illnesses.

Attacking fungal infection, one of world's major killers Posted: 23 Dec 2013 03:13 PM PST Fungal infections take more than 1.3 million lives each year worldwide, nearly as many as tuberculosis, in addition to contributing to blindness, asthma and other major health problems. A researcher has made it his mission to reduce the death toll and severe disability that fungi can cause.

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