A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has developed a device with the potential of shortening the time required to rapidly diagnose pathogens responsible...
The development of antiretroviral therapy, a combination of drugs that slows the replication of HIV in the body, has transformed the treatment of this infection....
A new addition in the growing number of studies using brain organoids to understand how the Zika virus leads to microcephaly reveals that human neural...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently concluded that Zika virus infection in pregnant women can stunt neonatal brain development, leading to babies...
Men with low levels of the male sex hormone testosterone need not fear that testosterone replacement therapy will increase their risk of prostate cancer. This...
Credit: Dowall et al. The ongoing Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic with its link to birth defects and serious immune disease has created an urgent need...
A new study suggests there may be an overlap between rare genetic variations linked to bipolar disorder (BD) and those implicated in schizophrenia and autism....
PITTSBURGH — Ever since the advent of smartwatches, technologists have been looking to expand interactions beyond the confines of the small watch face. A new...
Montreal, May 4th 2016 — A new study led by a team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and Cystic...
MAYWOOD, IL – Loyola researchers have identified a tumor gene that may help to predict survival outcomes in patients with cancer of the mouth and...
"The results for tolerability, safety, and the immune response to the vaccine candidate are very promising," explains Prof Marylyn Addo. The antibodies which developed against...
Nature shows how to do it: Photosynthesis is a process used by plants to create energy-rich organic compounds, usually in the form of carbohydrates, and...
Biomedical engineers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have received a three-year, $2.7 million grant from the U.S....
Credit: Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services A study has found that a syringe-like device used to invade intestinal cells also acts as a traffic cop...
The nerve agent sarin causes a deadly overstimulation of the nervous system that can be stopped if treated with an antidote within minutes of poisoning....
