Health

October 26, 2026

Funding will help uncover immune system differences that trigger food allergies

Credit: Children's National Health System Adora A. Lin, M.D., Ph.D., an attending physician in Children's department of Allergy and Immunology,...

Blocking matrix-forming protein might prevent heart failure

Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists used an experimental targeted molecular therapy to block a matrix-forming protein in heart cells...

Clinical trial to find new treatment for visceral leishmaniasis begins in eastern Africa

A new study to find a safer, efficacious and more patient-friendly treatment and improved diagnostic tools for people living with...

Automated analysis of biopsy samples enables rapid and reproducible quantification of NASH disease activity

13 April 2018, Paris, France: Deep-learning approaches to pattern recognition in liver biopsy samples have moved one step closer to...

For racial minority adolescents, cigarette and alcohol use linked to suicidality

Credit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Examining more than 20 years of national data for U.S. adolescents, a research team...

ESC Congress 2018 scientific program online

Sophia Antipolis, APRIL 13, 2018 The scientific programme of ESC Congress 2018 is online now. The world's largest cardiovascular congress...

Hepatitis C virus elimination programmes report encouraging results: Is elimination within reach?

13 April 2018, Paris, France: Two nationwide programmes in Georgia and Iceland, which were designed to eliminate hepatitis C virus...

Two MDC scientists receive ERC grants worth several million euros

(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) Basic researchers Gary Lewin and Norbert Hübner are investigating the...

Breakthrough brings gene-editing medicine one step closer to patient applications

Credit: Ross Neitz Imagine a future where a guided biomachine put into your body seeks out defective gene sequences in...

Alzheimer plaque affects different brain cells differently

(Linköping University) Amyloid beta, a protein linked with Alzheimer's disease, has different properties in different cell types in the brains...

Self-inflicted gunshot wound survivors may deny suicide attempt, face barriers to care

Credit: University of Louisville Researchers have found that more than one-third of patients who denied that their self-inflicted gunshot wound...

Long-term obeticholic acid treatment leads to reversal or stabilization of fibrosis/cirrhosis in patients with PBC

13 April 2018, Paris, France: The first results from the POISE biopsy sub-study have today confirmed that long-term treatment with...

A Web-based lifestyle intervention supports weight loss in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

13 April 2018, Paris, France: Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who participated in a web-based lifestyle modification intervention...

Sensitive new assay detects hepatitis B infection in single liver cells and serum

Credit: Song-Mei Liu Philadelphia, April 12, 2018 - Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) can progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma...

A third of bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis across the world are multi-drug resistant

12 April 2018, Paris, France: A worldwide study initiated to investigate the epidemiology and outcomes of bacterial infections in hospitalized...

Study explores carbohydrates’ impact on head, neck cancers

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Consuming high amounts of carbohydrates and various forms of sugar during...

CU Anschutz scientists awarded $3.8 million Department of Defense grant

AURORA, Colo. (April 12, 2018) - Scientists from the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Colorado School...

‘Molecular microscope’ system safer, more effective in heart and lung transplant biopsies

Credit: University of Alberta A transplant biopsy system that uses gene chips to read molecules is far safer and more...

New affordable hepatitis C combination treatment shows 97 percent cure rate

Credit: DNDi PARIS, 12 April 2018 - An affordable hepatitis C combination treatment including the new drug candidate ravidasvir has...

Linkage to care specialist facilitates access to hepatitis C treatment for people who inject drugs