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How Specially Designed Probiotics Keep Lung Germs Away in Mice

Hern KE; Phillips AM; Mageeney CM; Williams KP; Sinha A; Carlson HK; Poorey K; Collette NM; Branda SS; Arkin AP

Some tiny germs in our bodies help keep us healthy. Scientists think adding helpful germs to our airways might stop us from getting sick, and their study with mice shows how this could work.

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Gene-Based Aging Tests Don't Work the Same for Everyone

Cruz-Gonzalez S; Okpala O; Gu E; Gomez L; Mews M; Vance JM; Cuccaro ML; Cornejo-Olivas MR; Feliciano-Astacio BE; Byrd GS; Haines J; Pericak-Vance MA; Griswold AJ; Bush WS; Capra JA

Scientists are using something called DNA methylation to try to tell how old someone might be and their risk for diseases like Alzheimer's. However, when they tested it on people from different backgrounds, the method wasn't very accurate, especially for people with African ancestry. They found that small changes in DNA that differ between groups might be affecting the results.

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