Drug-resistant tuberculosis: High mortality rate due to inaccurate tests
Credit: Courtesy of Kathrin Zuercher Around ten million people around the world develop tuberculosis every year and 1.5 million people die from tuberculosis each year....
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Size and time impact outcomes when mechanical clot removal used for large core strokes
American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB 8, Session MEII Thursday Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 7, 2019 --Mechanical clot removal has been...
New 'Trojan horse' cancer treatment shows early promise in multiple tumor types
A brand new type of cancer drug that acts as a 'Trojan horse' to get inside tumour cells has shown promise in patients with six...
Comprehensive review analyzes vocal-cord restoration in 18 Grammy Award-winning singers
Treatment of elite vocalists provides insight into the treatment and management of vocal-cord disease in non-performers A retrospective review of laser microsugery performed in 18...
Intensive blood pressure lowering safe for clot-buster-treated stroke patients, but…
American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB 6, Session MEII Thursday Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 7, 2019 -- Intensive blood pressure lowering...
Prior dengue infection protects against Zika
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 7, 2019 - The higher a person's immunity to dengue virus, the lower their risk of Zika infection, an international team of scientists...
Reversal agent decreases life-threatening bleeding
American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB 7, Session MEII Thursday Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 7, 2019 -- A drug that reverses...
What happens when sand fleas burrow in your skin?
Credit: Feldmeier, et al. (2018) Tungiasis, a tropical disease associated with poverty, is caused by the penetration of female sand fleas into a person's skin,...
Finding clues to a functional HIV cure
Mason researcher helps identify a T cell marker that could help lead to improved treatment for HIV, cancer patients.Credit: Photo by Evan Cantwell George Mason...
Engineered DNA vaccine protects against emerging Mayaro virus infection
New vaccine induces robust and specific immune responses and provides complete protection from disease in preclinical studies PHILADELPHIA -- (Feb. 7, 2019) -- A novel,...
Relationship counseling encourages couples HIV testing
ANN ARBOR--It's long been known that couples HIV testing and counseling is an effective way to mutually disclose HIV status and link to health care--unfortunately,...
At epicenter of Zika outbreak, dengue immunity provided protection
New Haven, Conn. -- When the Zika virus arrived in the Americas in early 2015, it struck hard, infecting 73% of people in one Brazilian...
Removing more blood via minimally invasive surgery more likely to improve hemorrhagic stroke recover
American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB5, Session MEII Thursday Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 7, 2019 -- The greater the volume of...
Cancer cells' plasticity makes them harder to stop
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Why Asian horses don't get sick with the flu
Credit: Ariunbaatar Barkhasbaatar, Wildlife Conservation Society Avian influenza viruses infect horses in Mongolia but do not cause large outbreaks of disease because they failed to...
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