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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...

Credit: University of Utah Health Salt Lake City, Utah — Dec. 6, 2017 — University of Utah Health cardiologist Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, FACC is...

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – The parasite that causes deadly sleeping sickness has its own biological clock that makes it more vulnerable to medications during...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Aug. 22, 2017 — A new study looked at self-presentation of potentially damaging content on social...

Credit: Woerner, Traxler, Richter Architects In its evaluation, the WR praised the unique photonic approach, which could lead to a global improvement in diagnostics and...

Cubosomes are small biological 'capsules' that can deliver molecules of nutrients or drugs with high efficiency. They have a highly symmetrical interior made of tiny...

Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom Claessen A new treatment for osteoporosis provides major improvements in bone density and more effective protection against fractures than the...

Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2017–Substituting one to two servings of animal proteins with plant proteins every day could lead to...