Details of Lassa virus structure could inform development of vaccines,…
Credit: Christina Corbaci, TSRI WHAT: A 10-year Lassa virus research project has yielded structural and functional details of a key viral surface protein that could...
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Air pollution and lack of physical activity pose competing threats to children in China
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – Children and adolescents in mainland China are facing two serious and conflicting public health threats: ongoing exposure to...
Alcohol consumption in late teens can lead to liver problems in…
Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, January 22, 2018 – Alcohol is the leading cause of liver cirrhosis and liver-related deaths. Results of a large long-term...
Researchers work on lowering greenhouse gas emissions from poultry houses
IMAGE: The University of Delaware's Hong Li, assistant professor in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences, is part of a team of researchers from...
Brief report on mucocutaneous findings, course in adult with Zika…
What are the mucocutaneous (skin and mucous membrane) features of a 44-year-old man who returned from a six-day vacation to Puerto Rico with confirmatory testing...
Poll: Nearly two-thirds of mothers ‘shamed’ by others about their parenting skills
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health Some mommy-shaming "wars" become national news headlines. Actress Reese Witherspoon was recently food-shamed for f..
Biochemists feed ‘poison pill’ to deadly virus with a…
It has a funny name – coxsackievirus – but there's nothing funny about how this tiny germ and its close relatives sicken their hosts. Colorado...
How migrating birds ‘run a marathon,’ burning muscles and organs in long flights
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Migrating birds complete long non-stop flights of many hours for songbirds and days for some shorebirds to reach breeding...
People infected by hepatitis C in Canada have limited access to…
Credit: CHUM Montreal, October 14, 2016. – A pill a day for 12 weeks. The new direct-acting antivirals (DAA) are effective in curing the hepatitis...
International entomologists to collaborate on controlling Zika,…
Clique aqui para ler em português.. Haga clic aquí para leer esto en español. On March 13, 2016, in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, the Entomological Society...
A cancer in the family: One spouse’s diagnosis can lower household income
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. – Caring for a husband or wife with cancer significantly diminishes family income, according to researchers from the University of Georgia...
In new study, Illinois scientists trace activity of cancer-fighting…
Plant biofactories can incorporate heavier carbon atoms into cancer-fighting phytochemicals, which can be used to trace their movement in the human body. Process allows Illinois...
What US healthcare needs most is visionary leadership
Credit: Morgan James Publishing The American healthcare delivery system is breaking. It is faltering in so many ways that it seems like the overall system...
NTU scientists use dead bacteria to kill colorectal cancer
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have successfully used dead bacteria to kill colorectal cancer cells. Harvesting the Clostridium sporogenes bacteria found commonly i..
First precision medicine trial in cancer prevention identifies chemoprevention strategy
A team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center,...
