New, highly curative hepatitis C therapy is both safe and effective as a treatment option for people who inject drugs receiving opioid substitution therapy according...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A genetic mutation may have helped modern humans adapt to smoke exposure from fires and perhaps sparked an evolutionary advantage over...
Credit: Courtesy of Yu Liu HOUSTON, Aug. 8, 2016 – Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the U.S. With one in every...
Biomedical scientists have revealed the inner workings of a group of proteins that help to switch critical genes on and off during blood-cell production, in...
Photo Credit: Elisabeth Fall SAN FRANCISCO, CA–With a trick of engineering, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes improved a potential weapon against inflammation and autoimmune disorders....
Boston, MA – Levels of a widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and other health problems–polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)–exceed federally recommended...
Philadelphia, PA, August 9, 2016 – Prion diseases are deadly neurodegenerative disorders in humans and animals that are characterized by misfolded forms of prion protein...
