An emerging field, known as implementation science, may help reduce the nearly 150,000 instances of mother-to-child HIV transmissions that occur annually around the world, mostly...
Credit: Keck School of Medicine of USC LOS ANGELES – In the quest for a new and more effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, researchers from...
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Metabolism at The Rockefeller University Stunning three-dimensional images of fat cells, the first of their kind, are the latest tactic in...
Credit: Sanjay Suchak, University Communications Adding another reason for doctors to avoid the overuse of antibiotics, new research shows that a reduction in the variety...
Credit: Lisa W. Buser Memphis, Tenn. – A recent study, Race, Preoperative Risk Factors, and Death After Surgery, has found that black children are more...
Women who have ovarian cancer often develop a condition called ascites, which is a buildup of fluids in the abdomen. The most common treatment for...
Environmental factors may be a contributory cause in the development of some childhood cancers, leading scientists have revealed. Experts at Newcastle University, UK, have carried...
Credit: UEF Over the past couple of years, scientists at the University of Eastern Finland have shown that sauna bathing is associated with a variety...
Credit: Joshua Leiberman, University of Maryland Baltimore Group A Streptococcus bacteria cause a variety of illnesses that range from mild nuisances like strep throat to...
IMAGE: Researchers sequence the genome of the Lyme-disease-causing tick and find lots of duplicative elements. Credit: Anirudh Dhammi, NC State University Researchers have sequenced the...
Flaviviruses–such as Zika, dengue, and yellow fever–have emerged as human (and other primate) pathogens because of their ability to specifically overcome our anti-viral defenses. In...
What if a single vaccine could protect people from infection by many different viruses? That concept is a step closer to reality. Researchers at Washington...
Credit: M. Rohde/HZI Helicobacter pylori is a spiral bacterium that can colonize the human stomach – sometimes with fatal consequences. A research group led by...
Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. – For the more than 1 million Americans who live with type 1 diabetes, daily insulin injections are literally a...
Credit: Eric Raabe Laboratory studies suggest that an experimental drug already in early clinical trials for a variety of adult cancers might enhance radiation and...
