Health
Bioengineered insulin could offer better diabetes control
For patients with diabetes, insulin is critical to maintaining good health and normal blood-sugar levels. However, it’s not an ideal...
When a broken heart becomes a real medical condition
On Valentine's Day, people who have been unlucky in love will be said to suffer from a "broken heart." Broken...
Drug detectives
A good drug is hard to design: to garner FDA approval and reach consumers, it must not only effectively treat...
Compound found in grapes, red wine may help prevent memory loss
A compound found in common foods such as red grapes and peanuts may help prevent age-related decline in memory, according...
First results from Ebola vaccine trial
The first results from a trial of a candidate Ebola vaccine at Oxford University suggest the vaccine has an acceptable...
Scientists find Ebola virus is mutating
Researchers working at Institut Pasteur in France have found that the Ebola virus is mutating "a lot" causing concern in...
Healthy’ fat tissue could be key to reversing type 2 diabetes
Preventing inflammation in obese fat tissue may hold the key to preventing or even reversing type 2 diabetes, new research...
Researchers prevent type 1 diabetes in lab
In new research published in Endocrinology, Thomas Burris, Ph.D., chair of pharmacological and physiological science at Saint Louis University, reports...
Major cause of blindness linked to calcium deposits in the eye
Microscopic spheres of calcium phosphate have been linked to the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of...
Century-Old Drug Reverses Autism-like Symptoms
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) affect 1 to 2 percent of children in the United States. Hundreds of genetic and environmental...
Drug effectively prevents HIV-like infection in monkeys
A regime of anti-HIV drugs — components of regimens to treat established HIV infection — has the potential to protect...
German medics report on drug success for Ebola patient
German doctors on Friday gave details of how an experimental drug together with advanced intensive care helped save a Ugandan...
Human eye can see ‘invisible’ infrared light
Any science textbook will tell you we can’t see infrared light. Like X-rays and radio waves, infrared light waves are...
Hacking health care
PhD student Andrea Ippolito improves health care through engineering, entrepreneurship, and systems design.For as long as she can remember, Andrea...
Scientists uncover mechanism that controls the fitness of cells, impacting aging and disease
A novel looping mechanism that involves the end caps of DNA may help explain the aging of cells and how...
Hair from infants gives clues about their life in the womb
Like rings of a tree, hair can reveal a lot of information about the past. It can tell if a...
