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February 9, 2006

Sex: It’s costly but worth it. Just ask a microbe.

The next time you mutter about the high cost of relationship maintenance, take comfort in knowing that microbes share your pain. In the first study to examine the cost of sexuality in microbes, Jianping Xu, associate professor of biology at McMaster University, found that sex exacts physical, morphological and behavioural stress on microbes. His findings are published in the recent edition of Genetics, published by the Genetics Society of America.

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February 8, 2006

Preemies defy odds and overcome difficulties by adulthood: study

Look around, can you tell who among your friends were tiny, preemie babies? As young adults, the majority of extremely low birth-weight infants are attaining similar levels of education, employment and independence as normal birth-weight infants, according to a study by researchers at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University in the February 8 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

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February 8, 2006

Cutting middle management kills productivity

Companies that cut middle managers jeopardize their productivity more than save costs, a study from McMaster University suggests. "Middle managers are the front line communicators with employees," says Rick Hackett, Canada Research Chair in Organizational Behaviour and Human Performance at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. "One-on-one social exchanges between bosses and their workers have a real impact on employee productivity, behaviour and commitment, and when you cut middle-management, often you lose that interaction."

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February 8, 2006

McMaster celebrates top scholars

President Peter George and provost Ken Norrie joined together to congratulate and recognize 78 students who were awarded 2005 President's Honour Awards and 15 in course students who achieved Provost Honour Roll for 2004-5 at a reception in Celebration Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 7. Students entering their first year at McMaster with a secondary school average of 95 per cent or higher received a President's Honour Award while in course students earned Provost Honour Roll distinction through maintaining a perfect 12.0 average on at least 30 units (usually their sessional average).

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February 7, 2006

Bell Canada Lecture to discuss drugability issues

Have you ever thought about the process involved in testing, assessing and approving a drug for public use? Bringing a drug to market can involve extensive costly steps that could take 12 to 15 years of development. It is estimated that the cost involved can surpass $1 billion U.S. and yet only one third of pharmaceuticals successfully brought to market achieve profitability.

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