Health

Global malaria elimination funding is declining at a time when it remains crucial to eliminating the disease worldwide, according to...

Wiley and International AIDS Society confirm new publishing partnership

Hoboken, NJ --July 13, 2017 -- John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), is pleased to announce a new partnership...

Prior dengue infection does not increase Zika disease severity

Individuals who are infected by Zika virus after having dengue fever do not appear to become more severely ill than...

New gene therapy treatment routes for motor neurone disease uncovered in new study

Scientists investigating the genetic causes and altered functioning of nerve cells in motor neurone disease (MND) have discovered a new...

University of Birmingham launches £2million global research project

(University of Birmingham) The University of Birmingham has secured £2 million from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to...

Peptide complex formed in the brain is responsible for Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: Vladimir Polshakov. Members of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine at the Lomonosov Moscow State University have determined the structure...

Feinstein Institute identifies potential cause for lupus

MANHASSET, NY -- Leading rheumatologist and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Professor Betty Diamond, MD, may have identified a protein...

Testing a soft artificial heart

Credit: ETH Zurich It looks like a real heart. And this is the goal of the first entirely soft artificial...

Diet rich in tomatoes cuts skin cancer in half in mice

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Daily tomato consumption appeared to cut the development of skin cancer tumors by half in a mouse...

Can sexual risk and behaviors among women help explain HIV disparities by race/ethnicity?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2017 -- Researchers examined the sexual behaviors of a...

Using a microRNA to shift the makeup of glioblastoma subtypes

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an extremely aggressive brain cancer, is a very complex disease. It is characterized by a fast-growing tumor...

UCSF Health affiliates with Golden Gate Urgent Care

UCSF Health has signed an affiliation with Golden Gate Urgent Care (GGUC) to collaborate in providing top-quality urgent care in...

Kessler Foundation researchers awarded grants by NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research

Credit: Kessler Foundation Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, Peii Chen, PhD, Ekaterina Dobyrakova, PhD, and Soha Saleh, PhD, all of Kessler Foundation,...

Study reveals interplay of an African bat, a parasite and a virus

Credit: Tony Goldberg, UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- If there is anything scientists are certain of when it comes to bats...

Zika vaccine protects fetus against infection and birth defects

GALVESTON, Texas - Immunizing female mice with a Zika vaccine can protect their developing fetus from infection and birth defects...

Stand Up To Cancer, St. Baldrick’s Foundation hail green light for CAR T cell therapy

Credit: Stand Up To Cancer Stand Up To Cancer and the St. Baldrick's Foundation welcomed the Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee's...

Mountain gorillas have herpes virus similar to that found in humans

Credit: Courtesy Tierra Smiley Evans/UC Davis Scientists from the University of California, Davis, have detected a herpes virus in wild...

New report presents national strategy to reduce opioid epidemic

WASHINGTON - Years of sustained and coordinated efforts will be required to contain and reverse the harmful societal effects of...

Research as Art Awards 2017: Fifteen extraordinary images shed light on the beauty and diversity of research