NIH launches study to test combination antibody treatment for HIV infection
Credit: NIAID A clinical trial testing infusions of combination antibodies in people living with HIV has begun at the National Institutes of Health. The early-phase...
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Fatty acids can slow down an overheated immune system
Sometimes, the body's otherwise intelligent immune system mistakenly attacks the body's healthy tissue by responding to infections that do not exist. This causes chronic inflammation...
New way to target advanced breast cancers
Credit: Jackson Laboratory A cytokine signature found in certain kinds of breast cancer cells can not only serve as a diagnostic tool for HER2-negative cancers...
Detecting epigenetic signature may help people stay ahead of IBD
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - With an estimated 1.6 million people in the U.S. dealing with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), physicians can have a hard...
Lighthouse Guild to present Alfred W. Bressler Vision Science Symposium and Pisart Seminar
Lighthouse Guild, the leading not-for-profit vision and healthcare organization, will present the 2018 Alfred W. Bressler Vision Science Symposium and The Pisart Seminar at The...
A new approach towards developing a vaccine against vivax malaria
Credit: del Portillo et al. A novel study indicates promising avenues in an innovative approach for developing a vaccine against Plasmodium vivax, the most prevalent...
Researchers look to immune cell shapes to predict how well body will fight lung cancers
Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have discovered how to quickly and accurately predict which lung cancer patients will benefit...
Smartphone, M.D.
In a potential game changer for the health care industry, a new cell phone app and lab kit now allow a smartphone to identify bacteria...
Study at Johns Hopkins hospital leads to changes in reporting patient safety concerns
In a case study published online last week in Academic Medicine, an international team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins...
Analysis of sea squirt embryo reveals key molecules in dopaminergic neuron differentiation
Tsukuba, Japan - The human brain is exceedingly complex, consisting of various regions with particular functions and approximately 100 billion neurons. This complexity has presented...
New hub to drive vaccine discovery, development and manufacturing revolution
Vax-Hub, a new Future Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub, will bring together academia, industry and policy makers to affect radical change in the development and manufacturing...
A behavioral intervention for cancer patients that works
COLUMBUS, Ohio - This is a story about something rare in health psychology: a treatment that has gone from scientific discovery, through development and testing,...
Mediterranean-style diet may lower women’s stroke risk
Following a Mediterranean-style diet may reduce stroke risk in women over 40 but not in men - according to new research led by the University...
Test could detect patients at risk from lethal fungal spores
Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered a genetic mutation in humans linked to a 17-fold increase in the amount of dangerous fungal spores...
Crunched for time? High-intensity exercise = same cell benefits in fewer minutes
Rockville, Md. (September 20, 2018)--A few minutes of high-intensity interval or sprinting exercise may be as effective as much longer exercise sessions in spurring beneficial...
