Credit: D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) Zika virus (ZIKV) interferes with the cellular machinery controlling cell division and alters the expression of hundreds...
Health experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine are calling on lawmakers and regulators to close loopholes in the Orphan Drug Act they claim give drug companies...
Penicilliosis, caused by the fungus Talaromyces marneffei, is a major opportunistic infection in Southeast Asia. A study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases reports that...
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is a gene whose mutations are associated with a rare, hereditary form of colorectal cancer known as...
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT – A research team led by Deborah Ellis, Ph.D., professor of family medicine and public health sciences in...
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Aug. 17, 2017) — Cedars-Sinai neuroscience investigators have found that Alzheimer's disease affects the retina — the back of the eye...
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Some scientists call it the "final frontier" of our DNA — even though it lies at the...
Credit: Wolfgang Goymann Every year, billions of migratory birds make their way back to Europe from their wintering quarters. Since their energy reserves are not...
Credit: Dr Mark Shepherd, University of Kent Research co-led by bioscientists at the University of Kent provides a molecular explanation for how the bacterium behind...
DURHAM, N.C. — Fungal infections can be devastating to human health, killing approximately 150 people every hour, resulting in over a million deaths every year,...
Credit: ATS Oct. 18, 2017–E-cigarettes appear to trigger unique immune responses as well as the same ones that cigarettes trigger that can lead to lung...
IMAGE: Injured mouse spinal cord. Credit: UAB Spinal cord injuries cause severe functional disabilities in those who sustain them, including paraplegia or tetraplegia, depending on...
Credit: Flora Rissler Nagging by parents — and the ingenuity of the child. Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy shows that there are success factors when...
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2017–The rate at which people are being prescribed opioids to treat pain in Ontario has stabilized...
Credit: ATS Oct. 31, 2017–Blood biomarkers appear to be an early-warning signal for the accelerated loss of lung function and airway obstruction in firefighters who...
