New research indicates that belimumab, a monoclonal antibody therapy that targets a component of the immune system, provides considerable benefits to patients with systemic lupus...
Adenovirus is a common virus that causes infectious diseases of the respiratory tract, eyes and gastrointestinal tract in humans and animals. Researchers at UmeƄ University...
Credit: G. LĆ³pez-Abente et al./Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. Spanish epidemiologists and geologists have found associations between esophageal cancer and soils where lead is abundant,...
(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares) An international research effort led by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III will receive $1,250,000 (Ā1,021,250) ov..
Today, almost two thirds of deaths in Switzerland are not unexpected. How does the cultural context specific to each linguistic region influence end-of-life decisions? Researchers...
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Antimicrobial resistance posed by "superbugs" has been a major public health issue of global concern. Drug-resistant infections kill around...
Despite being very effective and widely used, radiation oncology treatment still suffers from a lack of collective knowledge on how some treatments affects patients' functioning,...
Credit: Boston Children's Hospital Astronomers developed a "guide star" adaptive optics technique to obtain the most crystal-clear and precise telescopic images of distant galaxies, stars...
AURORA, Colo. (April 20, 2018) - A new study of the KhoeSan of Southern Africa has improved the understanding of immune diversity among the oldest...
Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Nature endowed the human with an unique protective system, the immunity. It is capable to protect the body...
Credit: IOF The new interactive Global Map of Dietary Calcium Intake in Adults, launched today by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), reveals that many populations...
Ljubljana, Slovenia - 20 April 2018: Faster walking patients with heart disease are hospitalised less, according to research presented today at EuroPrevent 2018, a European...
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 20, 2018) - An experimental compound appears to improve stroke outcome by reducing the destructive...
Credit: Georgia Tech / Allison Carter A remote command could one day send immune cells on a rampage against a malignant tumor. The ability to...
A study of nearly half a million people has revealed that muscular strength, measured by handgrip, is an indication of how healthy our brains are....
