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According to the researchers, Apobec3 helps mice develop antibodies against a virus that is similar to HIV.

LONDON (Reuters) - A sticky glue secreted by drug-resistant bacteria could help scientists develop an effective vaccine against 'superbugs', U.S. researchers told a conference on Wednesday.

A simple blood test to detect whether a person might develop Alzheimer's disease is within sight and could eventually help scientists in their quest toward reversing the disease's onset in those likely to ...

The older a man is, the more likely he is to father children who develop bipolar disorder as adults, a large Swedish study reports. Previous studies have found an association between paternal age and...

In an article published in the journal Science on Thursday, researchers announced that they have discovered a gene, called Apobec3, that might help in the development of an HIV/AIDS vaccine, Reuters health reports. According to the researchers, Apobec3 helps mice develop antibodies against a virus that is similar to HIV.

Community-based exercise organizations, such as the YMCA, are an effective tool in the fight against diabetes, according to a study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers in the October 2008 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. More than 60 million Americans have pre-diabetes, and most of them are unaware. Adults with pre-diabetes are at more than 10 times the normal risk for developing diabetes and at twice the risk for heart attack or stroke. Reaching this growing population is a concern for diabetes educators and physicians.read more

By Will DunhamWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men who have never smoked are more likely to die from lung cancer than women nonsmokers, researchers reported on Monday.They found that male nonsmokers were about 25 percent more likely to die from lung cancer than women nonsmokers even though they developed the disease at similar rates.Men who had never smoked had a 1.1 percent risk of dying from lung cancer, compared to 0.8 percent for the women, the study found. This compares to about 22 percent among men who smoke and 12 percent of women who smoke.

Children who are enrolled in a daycare center as infants are less likely than their peers to develop asthma symptoms by age 5, according to new research published today in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical ...

Emphysema and similar lung diseases seem to put African Americans at particularly high risk for developing lung cancer, a new study suggests.

A report recently released by World Vision has found that girls in developing countries who marry before age 18 -- whose numbers are expected to double to 100 million in the next 10 years -- are at an increased risk of HIV/AIDS, Reuters reports.