Chagas diseaseis a parasitic infection typically spread by triatomine vectors, affecting millions of people all over Latin America. Existing chemotherapy is centered on benznidazole and...
A solar-powered purification system could provide remote parts of India with clean drinking water for the first time. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are...
Globalization, environmental changes, population growth and urbanization make emerging virus diseases a major threat to public health. An example of such epidemics is the Zika...
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Professor Daniel Loss from the University of Basel's Department of Physics and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute has been...
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center After her brain cancer became resistant to chemotherapy and then to targeted treatments, 26-year-old Lisa Rosendahl's doctors gave her...
Credit: Morin-Rivat et al. Human disturbance may often be criticised for harming the environment, but new research suggests a persistent lack of human attention in...
Loading video... Credit: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso A drug that's commonly used to treat high blood pressure is being repurposed for...
Poor diagnosis worldwide of fungal disease causes doctors to overprescribe antibiotics, increasing harmful resistance to antimicrobial drugs, according to a paper published today in Emerging...
Modafinil, a drug used to treat narcolepsy -- excessive daytime sleepiness -- can improve memory in patients recovering from depression, according to new research from...
Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have identified a protein that may play an essential role in maintaining a population of tumor-initiating cells (TICs) -- treatment-resistant cells...
Credit: Doug Costa, NOAA/SBNMS WASHINGTON -- A synthesized steroid mirroring one naturally made by the dogfish shark prevents the buildup of a lethal protein implicated...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists have developed a much-needed genetic resource that will greatly accelerate the study of gene functions in wheat. The resource, a...
As global fish stocks continue sinking to alarmingly low levels, a joint study by marine fisheries experts from within and outside of China concluded that...
Credit: Apiwat Wisitsorasak/ King Mongkut University of Technology HOUSTON - (Jan. 17, 2017) - Over time, when a metallic glass is put under stress, its...
A naturally-occurring compound has been found to block a molecular process thought to underlie Parkinson's Disease, and to suppress its toxic products, scientists have reported....
